The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, March 13, 1995                 TAG: 9503130035
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
SOURCE: - BETTY MITCHELL GRAY
DATELINE: RALEIGH                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

LEGISLATORS LAUNCH PROPOSAL AIMED AT SELLING SOUVENIRS TO FERRY RIDERS

Riders on some of the state's coastal ferries would be able buy a souvenir of their trip under a bill that has passed its first test in the state Senate.

The bill would allow the Department of Transportation to sell souvenirs bearing the ferry division logo - a profile of a ferry with a lighthouse in the background.

The measure would help provide a source of extra income to the state ferry system.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. James D. Speed, a Franklin County Democrat, was endorsed by the Senate Transportation Committee and referred on Thursday to the Senate Finance Committee. by CNB