The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-16
What The State
Legislature Is
Doing This Week
(By Saff Correspondent


more and more into the red, and
many other matters OF major i'm
portance yet to be decided up
on.
Tuesday the budget already
stood 100000 out of balance in
the red with the public school
problem still to be wrestled with
by the Appropriateness.
Whether the wet weather had
anything to do with it or not
John Barleycorn, a veteran OF
many wars came into the lime
light this week when a bill was
introduced by Senator Umstead
of Orange to authorize the mail
order sale of mtoxicants in dry
counties. The bill authorizes
the state alcoholic control board
to set up warehouses and to sell
and ship liquor. Umstead esti-
mated that the measure would
bring the state approximately $3,-I
100000 a year in new revenue.
The finance committee is expect
ed to consider the matter Thurs
day afternoon. It goes without
saying that it will be opposed by
the dry counties.
In considering the proposed in
crease tax from seven to 10 per
cent on legal liquor as proposed
by the advisory budget commit
tee, the finance committee men,
berS turned it down, and here
was lost $500,000 revenue which
the appropriations group had
counted on.
The senate finance committee
Monday slapped an unfavorable
report on the first of the so-called
"bon-dry" bills to reach it; one
forbidding the sale of wines and
beers in Avery and Madison
counties. 1t appears that none
of these dry bills have a chance
in this legislature. The advisory
commission recommended the p
cent levy on beer which would
raise from $5OO,OOO a year more
than the present levy of one cent
per bottle.
Next to liquor education rank
ed second in importance in the
discussion this week. Raleigh has
been literally besieged with
school teachers on every corner
asking for the proposed salary in
crease.
The teachers were denied a /
second hearing by the appropria-
tions committee but indicated
that the school a m e
m G h be revised upward,
and promised to reconsider its
action last Friday which cut the |
school allotment by approximate
ly $241, 900.
Higher education for negroes
received a break when the
house passed and sent bill to
the senate to create graduate
courses in the negro colleges in |
Greensboro and Durham.
Voting to give railroads some
relief from taxes, the finance !
committee reduced franchise and
income levies of rail carriers by |
$500,000 in 1894.
The appropriations committee
voted to increase the highway pa
troll system by so men which was
a victory for the administration |
and dealt a blow to the highway
diversionists group by declining
to increase road betterment al
lotments by 100000. Munich
palities asked for 100000 for
the improvement of roads in 1889
Al, but this was rejected by the
appropriations group.
A report from the elections
committee will be heard tomor-
row on the measure which would
abolish absentee voting in pri-
maries and tighten absentee vot- !
ing provisions in general cleo
tons.
Hearing will also be held to-
morrow which would require ap-
plicanfs for marriage to pass pys-
ical examination; parents to have
their children immunized against
and expectant moth
ers to take the venereal disease
blood test.
Senator Graham of Lincolnton
this week introduced bill which
would extend the term of office
of legislators from two to four
years.
Among county bills which has
attracted much attention is that
which would put the Yadkin
county officials on a salary basis
instead of its present fee system.
The bill brought on a storm of
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