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17311
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The Tar Heel Boy's State program, since its beginning in 1939, has brought together in Chapel Hill each year the outstanding youth of North Carolina, giving them the opportunity of developing for themselves a sense of responsibility as citizens.
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17312
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The 1947 North Carolina General Assembly brought North Carolina near the top of the heap in highway safety legislation. Legislation included reexamination to retail licenses and the increase of highway patrol presence.
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17313
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As North Carolina moves into its new driver re-examination program, which calls for the re-examination of every driver in the state, drivers are showing considerable interest in the tests they must pass before they can get new licenses.
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17314
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Edwards discusses the state of government in North Carolina and the rise of centralized governmental functions.
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5.Asheboro Deals with Unpaved Streets by Pace, Clifford Popular Government Vol. 13 Issue 6, Oct 1947
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17315
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Dust in summer and mud in winter--the old story of dirt streets that has plagued city officials since the advent of the automobile. And plaguing indeed is the story in these times of inflated labor and material costs and static or decreasing municipal awareness. How the town of Asheboro is dealing with the dirt-street problem furnishes an excellent example of the principle ingenuity and resourcefulness of governing officials.
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17316
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No one knows the exact cost of the reconstruction of the Waterside Theatre at Fort Raleigh due to the intangibles attached to attached to the Lost Colony production. The material objects were destroyed--set, scenery, props--but not even the fire could touch the intangibles, and so the Waterside Theatre was rebuilt and the Lost Colony resumed its tenth anniversary season.
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17317
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North Carolina's Motor Vehicle Inspection Program gets underway January 1st, 1948, and in this article the mechanical inspection division tells how it will be carried out.
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17318
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Public purchasing often receives attack and criticism, but Nicholson provides ways to increase the power of the tax dollar.
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17319
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The Board of County Commissioners, having studied tax values of real property in Duplin County, North Carolina, realized that they were not equalized. After due consideration they ordered a revaluation of all real estate in the county in 1947.
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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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17344
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Capus M. Waynick was a member of the State Senate and the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Constitutional Amendments in the General Assembly of 1933. As part of a two piece debate over revisions to the state constitution, Mr. Waynick offered the pro argument for amending the state constitution.
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17345
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Mr. Moore presented evidence to counter Mr. Waynick's argument to rework the state constitution in part two of the debate. Mr. Moore served as a member of State Senate for New Bern and was also a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Constitutional Amendments in the General Assembly of 1933.
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17346
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Major L. P. McLendon served as Chairman of the State Board of Elections in 1934. He delivered a speech to the Institute of Government, reprinted in this article, addressing problems in state elections. His major concern focused on voters casting ballots in favor of community pride, favoritism, and partisanship rather than objectively viewing both candidates and choosing the most able to serve in government.
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17347
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The Traffic Violations Bureau, more popularly known as the Greensboro Traffic Safety Institute, was formed in 1934 because the following year seven traffic-related deaths. Operating independently of the police department and criminal court, the institute's main objective was to prevent automobile related accidents through education. To inform the public, the institute took a number of initiatives including erecting billboards and cartoons published in the Greensboro newspaper.
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17348
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Henry Brandis, Jr. was the associate director of the Institute of Government and addressed citizen's complaints against the Highway Fund. Taxes flowed into the highway fund and some taxpayers questioned whether these taxes targeted only specific citizens. Brandis justified the existence of the Highway Fund by breaking down statistical data.
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