The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
RETIREMENT BILL
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and all tickets, books, papers and
documents used in connection with
and operation of lotteries or any
gaming or gambling"
The lottery racket is a state
wide evil" said Representative
Cadlyle of Forsyth. There is now
no specific authority for a search
warrant allowing a search for lot
terry materials.
This bill would give officers
their first crack at the big men in
the numbers rackets."
Carlyle said Forsyth law officers
were supporting the bill.
Representative Halstead of Cam
den offered a measure to provide
that the highway commission alo-
cate in advance funds to be paid
to counties on the installment plan.
These installments would be paid
to counties as reimbursement for
building roads to link "our ty seats
with larger town within counties.
Halstead, at a roads committee
meeting, voiced sharp criticism of
the present district set-up of the
highway commission.
A bill to appropriate $4,000 an
nually for mineral research in the
west was introduced by group
of representatives f r m western
counties, including Jarvis of Bun
combe, Rogers of Macon and Rog-
ers of Polk.
Legislators who attended a
meeting in Washington of the coun-
Gil of state governments gave a
report to the house and senate on
the topics discussed. They said
the council favored administration
of the works relief program by
the states instead Of the federal
government. The lawmakers at
the council decided tn a t states
should devote themselves to de-
velopment of natural resources and
new industries to stabilize them
when the defense program expires.
A bill by Senator Stringfield of
Cumberland to eliminate the re-
quirement that a summons be
served on infants involved in civil
actions was killed by the senate
despite a spirited defense by its
author.
The upper house also passed a
measure by Senator Stacy of Robe
son to require judges to charge
juries that they may render Sec
ond degree burglary verdicts in
cases in which persons are charged
with first degree burglary.
The senate ordered lcted into
law bill to provide cooperative
law enforcement for New Hanover,
Onslow, Pender and Brunswick
counties.
Lieutenant overnor Harris
urged senators to offer all local
bills soon" in order not to de-
lay adjournment. Representative
Horner of Lee, publisher of a news
paper at Sanford, told the house
that publishers at recent meet
ing in Chapel Hill protested that
the legislature passed bills under
suspended rules without the folks
back home" knowing ;'oout them.
The appropriations committee
adjourned in 20 minutes this after
noon, the shortest session to date,
after hearing Lee Gravely, chair
man of the trustees for the states
two tuberculosis sanatoriums, tell
them the institutions were CON
tent" with the budget -ecommen-
dations.
The education committee gave
the retirement bill a favorable re-
port after adopting an amend
ment, offered by Representative
Taylor of Wayne. The amendment
would allow state employees who
get more than $4,000 year to
participate only up to that amount.
All making less than $4,000 would
participate in full. The require
ment is similar to that of federal
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