Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-30
Wages-Hours Bill
Leader During Week
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were the showing made by railroads
before the finance group and the Uni
versity and public school hearings be-
fore appropriations committee.
First Fight on j. p. Bill.
The first major floor fight of the
session came in the House on the JUS
tees of the peace measure. Introduced
simultaneously in the Senate by SEN
ators Larkins and Blythe and in tho
House by Representatives Cherry and
Morris, the measure extends the ex-
listing law requiring all other courts
to add one dollar to the bill of costs
in every criminal action. said dollar
to be divided equally between a law
enforcement officers benefit fund and
the bureau of Identification, to in
clude justices of the peace. Getting
through the Senate with utmost ease.
the Dill hit strong opposition on the
other side of the rotunda and pro-
clpitated. very severe castigation of
justices of the peace, collectively and
individually. The magistrates were az
sailed by McBryde and Page. with
Murphy and Moore of Pitt adding 81
word or Two of condemnation. Thcv
were defended by burlington AID
Cherry, the last named also explaining
AMI pleading for other provisions Of
the act setting up a voluntary rAtire-
lent system for officers Aftc- vot
Ing down several amendments to ex-
e)rpt counties, tl4e House gave an
ploval of the whole bill and i. will
Become law on July 1.
Wage-Hour Proposal.
8 Senator Gregory, of Rowan pres
ented to the Senate the bill drawn bv
the North Carolina Federation Of La
Dor and modelled almost exactly after
the federal wage-hour law. Neither
the federation nor the introducer of
the bill has any idea that it will get
ny in such extreme form, and Chair
nan Separk, of the Senate commit
.pe' nas announced that the commit
zee Will await the bill being written
ny the attorney general for t,c State
IeEartment of Labor before givine-
consideration to any labor Legislation
The Gregory bill has already been
reviewed, and it's close following oe
the federal statute makes further ~.
view unnecessary. 1t would sinanlv
apply to Interstate business the Same
schedule imposed by federal act on
interstate business. 1t may be two
weeks or more before the committee
gets around to talking seriously about
It. ''"ou'
Fight Over Seed Law.
Other legislation considered d,,rir,
the week included the House p,ir
seed law, the committee substitut,
having passed it's second roll call road
ing and coming up tonight for final
passage in the House. Though not at
all satisfactory to the Senate. because
OF its crippling of seed inspection and
certification work by REDUCING rev.
enue, sentiment is that no less bill
would get by the House at all and
the Senate is expected to accept if
Briefly, it reduces seed license for
many small dealers from ten dollars
to one dollar and cuts income of tho
seed laboratory $4,000 to $4,000 do
pending upon the estimator.
A bill requiring all farmer-coopera
tive stores to pay the same schedule
of taxes paid by privately-owned bust
ness passed the Senate. Another bill
providing for merger of out-of-state
and domestic corporations passed
both houses, after being amended to
require the new firm to be a NORTH
Carolina corporation.
e The joint finance and appropria-
TONS committees concluded schedul-
ed hearings of State department :