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17422
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County commissioners and city councilmen from all parts of North Carolina were represented by their law enforcement officers in the first one month Police Procedure School conducted at the Institute of Government. Officers covered subjects of criminal law, court procedure, administration, investigation, fingerprinting, patrol, traffic, accidents, and narcotics.
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17423
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The Law Enforcement Officer's Benefit and Retirement Fund of North Carolina was established by Chap. 349 of the Public Laws of 1937 to provide benefits to law enforcement officers upon disability, retirement, or accidental death in the performance of duty.
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17424
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Thousands of preventable traffic accidents have occurred in North Carolina because of motor vehicle defects. North Carolina's Motor Vehicle Inspection Act provides for requirements and adjustments to prevent additional accidents.
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17425
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Sharp discusses the problem with those jurors who find ways to keep from jury duty and the issues of American freedom that can arise from such decisions to avoid the duty to serve.
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17426
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This article discusses the procedures involved in primary and general elections from compensation and membership to registration and counting votes.
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17427
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Under the Session Laws of 1947, the State Board of Public Welfare of North Carolina must meet regularly with advisory committees of sheriffs and police officers regarding personal safety, welfare, and care of inmates incarcerated in county and municipal jails.
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17429
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The General Assembly of 1947 authorized the Governor to appoint a Commission of eighteen members to study the program of public education in North Carolina. From organization and administration, to finance curriculum and transportation, the Committee must determine procedures and policies.
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17430
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The U.S. Supreme Court now holds that restrictive covenants--property rights which exclude residents based on race--are now unenforceable.
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17431
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With increased cost of services to their citizens and dwindling sources of revenue, a number of cities and towns are casting about for ways to effect greater economy in standard operations. Economic considerations are largely responsible for the introduction of curb collection, as well as safety.
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17432
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Rocky Mount wants a new high school building costing around a million dollars. It wants it now and the only way to get it is through a bond issue. Under the present law bonds for this high school building must come through the County Commissioners of the Counties which include the city. The Commissioners of these counties are meeting school construction needs on the pay as you go plan and refuse to issue bonds. In response, the Aldermen of Rocky Mount have resolved to abolish the Rocky Mount Charter District, which effects not only public schools but health systems, taxation, liquor laws, and welfare funds among many other things.
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11.The Ballot--Boon or Burden? by Norris, Jeannie Faris Popular Government Vol. 14 Issue 8, Aug 1948
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17433
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There are around 2,320,592 potential voters in North Carolina in 1948. Of these potential voters, 1,277,846 registered to vote for the Democratic and Republican primaries. Of these registered voters, 438,211 took the trouble to vote. In other words, only 55% of potential voters, registered while only 34% of registered voters actually voted.
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17434
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A new volume of papers is being published for Walter Clark, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The volume includes personal letters and papers that document Clark's positions on economics, race, and power.
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17435
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More than one dividing line has been drawn between East and West in North Carolina. Industrial, political, geographic, judicial, and physiographic lines all point to different dividing markers between western and eastern North Carolina.
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17436
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You are hearing more about political parties this year because Progressive and State Rights Democrats are on the scene. The ballot you vote in November will have more than the old-line Democratic and Republican columns on it for the first time since Norman Thomas' Socialists appeared on it in 1932.
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17437
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A second advisory committee meeting will look at standards for jails concerning responsibility, fire inspection, food, cleanliness, activities, reading materials, visiting hours, and vagrancy.
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