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operation without a certificate, or each day that service is discontinued, modified or re­stricted shall be considered a separate offense. Understand amendment is aimed at truckers who unauthorizedly discontinue, modify or restrict their services. Effective date M . . . .March 31, 1947* 3.B. 102 Becomes Chapter 175 (page 613) Advance Sheets, 1947 Statutes* Amends Section 25 of Act of March 27, 1931 (section 4435.24 N.C.L. Supp.) relating to re­gistration and fees for trucks and trailers, so that trucks and trailers having an unladened weight of 3,500 pounds shall have a flat regis­tration fee of $5.00, Former weight limit was 3,000 pounds. Effective date .... . .March 27, 1947. III. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION A.B. 226 Becomes Chapter 112 (page 413) Advance Sheets, 1947 Statutes, Amends Act of March 23, 1937, as amended (Section 2625.01 - 2625.22, N.C.L. Supp.) relat­ing to unemployment compensation, by adding "stepson or stepdaughter" as a dependent; increas­ing weekly benefit amount from $16.00 to $20.00 per week; changing dependency allowance to two dollars for the first dependent and two dollars for each additional dependent, with a combined limitation of $26.00 for weekly benefit and de­pendency allowance; requiring earned wages within the base period to be a figure equal to thirty times the weekly benefit amount. Effective date . ... . . .July 1, 1947, A.B. 227 Becomes Chapter 90 (page 299) Advance Sheets, 1947 Statutes. Amends Act of March 23, 1937, as amended, relat­ing to unemployment compensation by transferring salaries "equal to $3,000.00, etc." from defini­tion Of wages irnder section 2.14 of said Act (2625.02 N.C.L. Supp.) to accrual contributions under section 7 of said Act (2625.07 N.C.L. Supp.) - 3 m