The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-23
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UEIFoRh SERIES OF TEXTBOOKS.
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The following is the law to authoriz
School Districts in any County of the Stat
to sdoPt uniform series of text books an
rspealing the law authoring District uniform
ity of text books.
Uniformity Of Text-Books.-SEc. Il
Laws 1885, Oh. III, Sec. IL SchOo
Districts may, at their annual meetings TO
the election OF School Officers, indicate b,
majority Of all the votes cast at such meet
ing their desire for county uniformir,
OF textbooks, which vote shall be TRANSMITTED
10 the County Superintendent of Public In
struction by the Clerk of the aforesaid Schoo
District within ten days from the time O.
such vote.
Majority of all the Districts of q
County SIC. ". Laws 1885, Oh. III
Sec.2. Whenever q majority of all the Dis
tricts Of County in any one year shall in
dictate as in Section one their desire for
county uniformity of textbooks, the County
Superintendent Of Public Instruction shall
notify the District of such vote. and az this
same time call for one Delegate from each
Municipal Township and City of the third
class in the County, to be elected at q meet.
ing of the School Board of such township. or
day and 1T place and hour specified in said
call. Provided, That if. by virtue of Sec
ton Of this Act, any city of the first OF
second class shall decide TO adopt the proyis
ions of this act in the matter Of county uni
formity, then the city so adopting shall
send the Superintendent of the city schools
and one other person to be elected by the
Beard of Education. to be the representa-
tives OF sHch city on the County Text Book
Board.
Shall Vote Where.-SEC. 70. Laws 1876
Oh. Ill, Sec. 3. Districts Boards shall
vote IN the County and Township in which
their school houses are located.
County Textbook Board.-SEc. "A.
Laws 1885, Oh. III. Sec. A. The dele
gates so elected shall constitute County
Textbook Board. whose duty it shall be to
select and prescribe the textbooks to be used
in each branch Of study required by law
to be taught in the public schools.
Publishers Guarantee. $SEc. 10. laws
1885, Oh. III. Sec. 8. No textbook shall
be prescribed in pursuance of the provisions
IF this Act unless the publishers thereof shall
nave first filed with the County Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction a guarantee Of it's
price, quality and permsnence of supply for
i've years. together with a good and suf-
icient bond for the faithful compliance with
'sid guarantee. conditioned in such sums the
jounty Text-Bosrd may determine and ap-
prove.
Shall Furnish Each School District
} LiSt.-SEC. 76 Laws 1885. Oh. III,
Sec. 6. The County Superintendent of Pub
ic instruction shall be ez-o6fcio Chairman of
aid County Textbook Board. and shall fur
lish each School District list of the text
books selected and prescribed in pursuance
be posted by the District Clerks in their re-
,pective school houses. and said list shall COM
Prise the only legal Textbooks for the school,
If said County, and it is hereby required
If the School Board to conform to the said
lists in the textbooks prescribed for use in
heir schools.
Once in Every Five Years.-Src. II.
Laws 1885, Oh. III, Sec. Z. A County
rext-Board may he elected once IN every FIVE
years in each County, in the manner pre-
'cribed in this Act, whose powers and duties
hall be the same as those hereinbefore emu
nerated.
Cities Of the First and Second Glass
70. flaws 1885, Oh. l76, Sec
81 Any cities of the first and second class
ire hereby exempted from the provisions
# this Act. except that any such city may,
BY a vote Of its Board of Education. decide
o join in a uniformity of textbooks with
he County in which such city is situate, and
10 deciding such city shall be represented
IN the County Textbook Board, as provided
n Section of this Act