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17510
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Chatham County has adopted a meat inspection ordinance similar to those prepared by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Agriculture. This ordinance permits the Chatham County Health Department to hire a licensed veterinarian as inspector. Every person, form or corporation slaughtering animals for the purpose of selling meat or meat products must have his meat inspected.
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17511
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Beginning July 1951, Charlotte, through a city ordinance, will regulate industrial wastes. Responsibility for complying with the ordinance rests with the individual person, firm, company, association, or corporation. These are also responsible for the expense involved in administering the provisions. What may not be deposited in the city sewers is specifically stated as well as guidelines for permit of use.
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17512
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After recognition of the problem in 1893, numerous amendments, and studies, and a troubled beginning with the 1949 General Assembly, the Stream Pollution Bill finally passed in the House in 1951, reshaped to meet previous objections.
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17513
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For the past eighteen years, the Institute of Government has reported the day by day operations of every session of the North Carolina General Assembly to the members of the legislature themselves, to state officials, and to local officials in every county and town in North Carolina. This article summarizes the operations of the Institute's legislative services.
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17514
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North Carolina residents voted on whether to create a Department of Justice under the authority of the General Assembly. The Department of Justice would consolidate different agencies responsible for criminal investigations and upholding punishments. Seven states prior to North Carolina (Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Dakota) approved of developing such a department.
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17515
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Virtually all of North Carolina's larger cities regulate the construction of buildings within their limits. North Carolina is one of eleven states which have state building codes.
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17516
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Mr. Wood was the Assistant Director of the State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. He argued for safer working conditions, proper safety education, and further regulations to prevent workplace accidents.
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17517
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If the voters of the Town of Hazelwood approve, the town will be merged into the town of Waynesville and an unusual joint enterprise aimed at eliminating conflict between the two municipalities will be completed.
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17518
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Mr. Hickson of the National Bureau of Standards discussed different types of paint suitable for highway safety. Increased traffic and widespread use of cars demanded testing and extensive use of new techniques to promote traffic safety.
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17519
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Construction of the new state office building was planned to begin in the late 1930s. Constructing a new capitol goes against the state's trend of expanding the capital complex by adding office buildings around the then 98-year-old capitol.
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17520
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Cemetery beautification is receiving attention from the town of Clinton. The original cemetery has been completely reworked and the new addition landscaped. The town plans to establish a trust fund from the receipts of sales of lots to maintain land.
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17521
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Recent work of the 1951 North Carolina General Assembly concluded with several new legislation pieces dealing with law enforcement: substantive crime, liquor law and enforcement, criminal procedure, and subjects of general interest to law enforcement.
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17522
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Membership agreements permitting North Carolina counties and municipalities to bring some of their employees under Social Security will be mailed to all counties and municipalities on June 1st.
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17523
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Thirty-nine North Carolina State Highway Patrolmen were promoted. The officers were promoted to fill vacancies caused by the 1951 General Assembly's addition of a 105 man troop to the Highway patrol, and by recent transfers to the expanded Auto Theft Bureau and the newly established permanent weighing stations. The promotions were made on the basis of competitive examinations.
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17524
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Blair discusses the newest North Carolina automobile legislation. Legislation concerns equipment, weight, rules of the road, traffic, taxis, parking, licenses, liability, and changes to the state highway patrol.
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