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17122
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For two hundred years of North Carolina's history there was no constitutional limitation on the power of local governmental units to incur debt or levy taxes. In 1868 the Constitution provided that no county, city, town, or municipal corporation could contract debt for unnecessary expenses. From 1868 to 1940 these local units of government have been asking the Supreme Court of North Carolina to tell them what is a necessary expense for which they may incur debt and levy taxes without a vote of the people.
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17134
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Punishments administered, and those administering punishment, for a number of crimes during the State's colonial history changed greatly by the early 20th-century. A general trend emerges from corporal punishment, locking prisoners in stocks and beating/maiming them depending on the crime, to more civil sentences, varying lengths of imprisonment. Another shift occurs in the governing body doling out punishment from the crown in England to a judicial system within the state.
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17135
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Outlined are the members of the judicial organization from the judges themselves to the police enforcing approved punishments. The study attempts to retrace the history of the State''s judicial system to improve current practices and understand the shift in public perception of the court system. Primary data is included regarding types of crime and the appropriate repercussion.
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17136
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Government organizations are inextricably linked with the judicial system and law enforcement. Expanding government roles after the revolution created an interconnected group of systems on the local, county, and state-wide level that affects the law and how it is carried out. Such changes were born out of necessity to manage the State''s increasing population.
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17137
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Government expansion has been great in the State''s history from not just merely carrying out the law but to building roads and ensuring the population''s health. With growth comes greater responsibility for elected officials and an expanding base of offices to fill. In light of these problems, the author suggests a reorganization of government administration.
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17157
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Governor J. Melville Broughton provides a program of action for the home front as offices and seamen launch on the U.S.S NORTH CAROLINA. North Carolinians along with the Institute of Government and other North Carolina institutions will work together to focus on public water supplies, wartime and emergency duties of police, and public purchasing and financing, while a large portion of North Carolinians are away at war.
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17174
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Coates discusses the chain of aircraft warning services and air raid systems for North Carolina, including centers of post throughout the state.
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17177
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This article reviews the potential acts of espionage and sabotage during World War II against the United States.
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17191
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In this extended issue, Coates presents a series of lectures growing out of Citizens Defense Corps training, discussing basic duties; organization; internal security; defense by sea, land, and air; and issues of mobilization and shortage.
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17203
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Coates takes a look at an analysis of demobilization and the problems that did and can occur during large-scale war efforts.
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17215
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Coates presents the unique history of the Institute of Government and its place in North Carolina.
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17309
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Chapter 413 of the Session Laws of 1945 authorized the town of Tarboro to issue bonds and levy taxes to build a hotel, subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified voters. All were approved with the exception of a plaintiff taxpayer who sued the town on the theory that the hotel was not of public purpose.
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17343
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This article is a review of government, how it functions, and about the individuals who get elected. Each department and its respective responsibilities of the state government are defined. State officials, members of the Institute of Government, and citizens leading volunteer organizations are pictured.
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17351
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Anti-Crime Conferences were organized on the state level in December 1932 and nationally in 1934. Both meetings focused on the importance of cooperation between different law enforcement agencies. During the 1932 conference the Law Enforcing Officers Division of The Institute of Government drafted a Plan of Action and it is reproduced in this article.
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17371
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In 1935, the state educated as many high school students as it supported inmates across the state. These statistics caused debate amongst state politicians on how to correct this situation. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina presents an argument that better training and education in citizenship would create a more responsible population less likely to be imprisoned.
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