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17438
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A good example of how to stretch the taxpayer's dollar can be found in the City of Greensboro's reproduction shop which turns out 90% of all printed matter consumed by city departments.
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2.Proposed Constitutional Amendments by Coates, Albert Popular Government Vol. 14 Issue 10, Oct 1948
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17439
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Four new amendments are on the agenda for North Carolina voters come November 1948--legislator's pay, debt limitation, property tax limitations, and majority votes in special elections.
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17440
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This article concludes a series of reports on the advisory committee meeting on jail standards. This installment discusses mental cases and juvenile delinquency.
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17441
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North Carolina has made tremendous economic progress; however, the full capacity for education of North Carolina's peoples have yet to be achieved. The State Education Commission has proceeded with a study covering various areas of improvement from inequality and instruction, to staff and finance.
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17442
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Committee members have been appointed to study current problems pertaining to the practice of at the local bar, particularly with respect to the unlawful practice of law, the need for expediting the trial of cases, and the status of present fees in relation to cost of living.
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17443
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This summer the commissioners of Guilford and Randolph counties waded into a swampland of confusion over the exact location of their 28 mile common boundary line.
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17444
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Edwards discusses the development of the Court of Claims for North Carolina and the processes involved when individuals take issue against the State.
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17445
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This special issue report discusses the areas of change for the judicial system of North Carolina, from administration to civil and criminal case procedures.
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17446
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This special issue discusses the problems of and limitations on public-local and private legislation in North Carolina.
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17447
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This special issue summarizes the issues addressed by the 1949 North Carolina legislature from alcohol and civil procedures to criminal law, education, and constitutional amendments.
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11.Low-Rent Public Housing by Cochrane, William M. Popular Government Vol. 16 Issue 1, Sept-Oct 1949
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17448
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The new Federal Housing Act and the North Carolina Local Housing Authorities Law make it possible to provide low-rent housing to members of various communities. Local authorities in North Carolina have already begun to take advantage of these opportunities.
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17449
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The 17th decennial census beginning in April 1950 will be the biggest counting operation in United States history. It is particular importance to North Carolina as it has been predicted that the state ill lose one of its twelve representatives, and thus one of its votes in the Electoral College.
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17450
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Although there is no question that North Carolina's Housing Authorities Law enables municipalities to establish and operate housing authorities in the field of low-rent housing, it is doubtful whether this law authorizes condemnation of slums to be sold for redevelopment.
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17451
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Sample surveys in 1947 showed quite clearly that the nation's \"ill housed\" citizens were not confined to the slums of cities; farmers, especially in areas such as Eastern North Carolina, lived in conditions of overcrowding, with no electricity or running water. Under the Housing Act of 1949, loans and grants are available to North Carolina farmers from the Farmers Home Administration.
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17452
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North Carolina cities as a group stand above the average of comparable cities over the country in almost every aspect of city planning activity.
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