The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-10
FINANCE BILL IS
BEFORE HOUSE

CONTINUED from rage o"e) .,
raise for teachers is included in
the spending bill.
A public hearing on the county
option liquor bill. passed last week
by the house, will he held by Sen
ate judiciary committee number l
on Thursday. ...
Close to a score of bills were
passed yesterday. BY a unanl--
nous vote, the senate approved
and sent to the house q measure
allowing the city of High Point a
time extension on the issuance of
bonds to finance a hydro-electric
plant in Yadkin county.
The house received proposals
from Rep. Poole of Moore to set
up a l0-member state board OF
agriculture and increase the pow
ers of the body. Rep. Murphy OF
Rowan introduced a bill provid-
ing for the creation of a commits
sion to plan for the participation
by North Carolina in the l5Oth
anniversary of the adoption of the
federal constitution.
The house passed the Dellinger
bin to increase the membership OF
the Avery county board of com,
missioners from two to five and
sent it to the senate, where
measure to abolish the county al
together is pending.
The senate committee on coun-
ties, cities and towns recommend
ed that the Dellinger proposal be
passed, but voted to report unfa-
vorably on the bill to abolish the
county.
The house passed and sent to
the senate bills which would pro-
hibit officials and employees of the
state and b-divisions from re-
ceiving part of the compensation
Of their subordinates, provide for
pay increases for members OF the
board of law examiners; and re-
quire payment of all fees, taxes
and charges before charters OF in
corporation may be issued by the
secretary of state.
The highway commission reor-
ganization bill was offered in the
senate by Sparger of Stokes and
in the house by Johnston of Ire
dell. Under the proposal, the state
would be divided into 10 highway
districts with representative
from each subdivision being APP
pointed by the governor to the
commission. A chairman, also APP
pointed by the governor, would
increase the membership of that
body to IL. -,
The measure to regulate the
cleaning and dyeing industry
would set up q fve-man state COM
mission. The bill received a IA
vorable report in senate judiciary
committee yesterday morning.
The committee voted against
two measures of Senator John
ston of Buncombe, which would
abolish any cause for action by
non-paying passengers in motor
vehicle accidents and permit the
use of declarations of deceased
persons in trials.
Two Johnston bills providing
for revisions of the laws relating
to the extradition of prisoners
and permitting the state to force
out-of-state residents to appear as
witnesses in criminal trials, won
favorable reports. as did the Rat
cliff measure to allow cleaners and
dyers to establish liens on gar
ments on which service charges
are not paid,
House judiciary group number
recommended passage of a bill
to allow divorced women to use
their maiden names.
Deliberations Of the finance
committee were completed rap
Voting to impose the sales tax
on meals, the group later rescind-
ed the action.
The amendment was adopted
soon after Bryant had cited fig
ures showing the budget was
about $1,250,000 out of balance.
The meal tax would have raised
an estimated 100000.
A three per cent tax on equip
ment of contractors, where not
used in erection of public build