Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-10

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administration at State College, the
commission OF agriculture, the as
SlStant commissioner OF agriculture,
ana Jnree members each from the
board Oh trustees OF me university
ana lrom the board OF agriculture.
The saIarIed members Will draw no
extra compensation ana the other
six will get the same per diem they
draw for attending their regular
board meetings.
The governor will have the privi-
lege Oh naming two purely honorary
cOmmiSSiOnS-One to assist in ObSerV-
ing the one hundred and fiftieth an
niversary of the University of North
Carolina, and one to help Duke Uni
versity observe its hundredth birth
day. These commissions will have
little to do, and will get little for it.
Five commissions are to be named
to study and report back to the legis-
lature or to some State agency as to
findings of fact and recommended
tons for action.
One commission will study the
feasibility of establishing nautical
school, as unit of the Consolidated
University. The school would be es-
tablished, if at all, somewhere on the
coast and membership on the COM
mission is expected to be eastern.
The legislature didn't enact any
wages and hours laws at the recent
session, but authorized appointment
of commission to give further study
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! ton for the 1941 session.
The deplorable situation in. Swain
and Haywood counties in the far west
and Of Hyde county in the east,
brought about by taking SO much
property off the tax books by estab-
lishment Of federal park areas in the
counties, called for legislation auth
Orizing a commission to study the
situation and recommend action for
relief. Small appropriations were
made to defray expenses Of the COM
mission and the members will draw
per diem pay for the time actually
spent on the job.
The teachers and State employees
retirement bill is in almost exactly
the same fix as the Wake-houh leg
/ islation. Nothing was done about it
+ except a commission was authorized
to study and report at the next SEES
| sion.
The probler2 of education for ex-
ceptional children also requires COM
mission study, in the opinion of leg
islators and a group will be named
to perform that service and let sue
ceeding legislatures know what they
find out about the matter
Finally, commissions were author
lied to assist in establishing and
I maintaining the Cape Hatteras Park
and the Cape Fear Parq. Like most
OF the others, these appointments are
more honorary than remunerative
and the chife emolument will be get
ting names printed on nice looking
stationery.
Not only was the 1889 General AS
i sembly less generous in providing
new jobs to be filled by the governor
than recent sessions have been, but
it actually tbolished one commission
which has functioned for several
years-the Real Estate Commission
and under persistent hammering by
Senator Cogburn and Representative
Virgil Wilson pretty badly emascu-
lated the Dry Cleaners Commission.
There is tangible evidence that
legislative sentiment is turning away
from SO many independent commits
siOnS and toward more concentration
of authority. The bureau of ident7fi-
cation and investigation, for instance,
was taken from its independent
budgetary status and placed in the
department of justice. The legislative
reference librarian, essentially an in
! dependent entity, was placed under
the secretary of state. Those changes,
taken with the abolition of at least
one commission and the refusal OF
the Assembly to set up several others
proposed in early bills, indicate that
the trend is definitely toward a more
central fiXation of responsibility in
, State government.
In addition to the honorary COM
mission appointments listed in the
foregoing paragraphs, there will be
several new positions to fill after July
|, but they will be in departments
and while the governor doubtless will
be consulted, the real appointment
will be made by the department or
division head
The legislature itself also named
one or two commissions, notably one
to assist Fayetteville in observing the
sesqui-centennial Of ratification of
the Federal constitution
On the whole, "pickings" for the
governor and his friends are mighty
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