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17502
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The 1949 General Assembly of North Carolina established the State-Municipal Road Commission to complete a study of all facts and factors as to the just and proper sharing of revenues for construction and maintenance of streets within municipalities.
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17525
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The ratification of the Powell Bill was the outgrowth of a two decade struggle by officials and citizens of cities and towns to obtain a larger share of the Highway Fund for construction and maintenance of streets.
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17548
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Growing communities throughout the state required more extensive water and sewage lines to support growing populations. The 1955 Act as part of the General Statutes approved any county to appropriate funds for such development. This act was further clarified in the 1957 Act which grants county officials the right \"to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve, operate, maintain, lease and dispose of water systems and sanitary sewer systems\" and to contract out such work.
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17577
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McMahon discusses the modernization of record keeping for counties in North Carolina, including ways to preserve records for further use.
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17819
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For a number of years, the question of the constitutionality of double taxation has been discussed among local North Carolina officials. Given the recent case WILSON V. HIGH POINT AND THE COUNTY OF GUILFORD, county and city officials are questioning the arrangement of double taxation as a violation of North Carolina Constitution and as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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17916
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One of the biggest concerns that North Carolina counties face is the financing of school capital outlay. McMahon discusses the types of needs that different schools face and the ways funding can be provided.
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17922
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The North Carolina General Assembly has given cities and towns authority to acquire, construct, and operate off-street parking facilities.
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17944
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A bond is an instrument given by a public official to protect persons and agencies who might suffer loss because of the wrongful acts of the official. The North Carolina General Assembly has recently developed the blanket bond for county public employees for such acts.
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17949
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The ever-increasing volume of public records presents a growing problem to many of the counties and cities of North Carolina. McMahon discusses the procedures for the proper destruction of public records, who has the authority to do so, and the problems that are occurring with the process.
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20473
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Local records throughout North Carolina continually add up, many with great historical interest, and it is necessary to distinguish these records of value from the rest, protect and preserve them, and keep them available for use and research. The Local Records Program of North Carolina is an important and necessary component of keeping these records available.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Apr 1962,
p165-174, f
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