The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-01-12
THE SCHOOL BOOK BILL
It is Introduced by Representative
Monnot.
A Commission to be Appointed by the
oovernor--Its Object to Reduce
the Cost of School
Books.

Hon. John E. Monnot, the Democrat
10 REPRESENTATIVE from Stark county, is
making himself quite useful at Colum-
hns' He has introduced a bill IN the
House to break up the School book mo
monty. The people of Ohio have long
Nom onDressed with this monopoly u
Mr. Monnot certainly deserves much
credit for irving to enact a law that
viii give the people cheaper school
books Following is a copy OF the Dill
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gen
araI Assembly of the State OF ONO
Tbat the Governor is hereby required
70 Snnoint, by and with the advice and
oonSent of the Senate, a competent
eommjssion of four persons, not more
than two of whom shall belong 10 one
noI;tical marty, which commission Shail
he Known as the Ohio School-booK
Commission. whose duty 1t shall De 70
SsIact n and ADOPT a suitable ser
ies Of texf.books on spelling, reading,
writing, arithmetic, grammar setS
raphy, photography anu GhiVeu nC".vo
history, to be used IN the common
schools of this State. The state GOLn-
missioner of Common schools shan oe;
ex-oficio, a member and president Oh
the commission. .hou
Section2. The said Commission shall
have power to employ assistants, Wh0
shall work under its direction IN tne
preparation Of the several teXt-DooKs W
he selected, prepared and adopted,
Section 8. The said Commissioners
shall receive while in the actual dis
charge of their duties, a monthly salary
of one hundred and fifty dollars, to be
Maid upon vouchers signed by the Gov
ernor: and the assistants snail receive
monthly salaries in no case to exceed
one hundred dollars, to be paid upon
vouchers signed by the Governor and
the president of the commission.
Section 4. unnecessary travelling ex-
penses incurred by the commissioners
and their assistants, in the prosecution
of their work, shall be paid from the
state treasury upon vouchers signed by
the Governor and the president OF the
commission.
Section 5. The said commissioners
shall enter upon their work immediate
ly after their appointment. Ihelr OF
flee shall bein the office of the State
Commissioner of Common Schools.
They shall prosecute their work with
all due diligence and without unneces-
sary DELAY. The work of the commits
sion shall be completed within one year
from the date of the appointment
thereof.
Section 6. The text books so select
ed, prepared and adopted, OF the lass
hereinbefore named in section one OF
this act. by the said commission, and
none other, shall be used in the common
schools of this state, and shall not be
changed except as may be provided by
law.
Section 7. The State Commissioner
of Common Schools shall deliver the
text books by the said commission
adopted, in manuscript, to the super
visor of public printing, or other officer
having charge of the state printing;
the supervisor or officer shall deliver
the same to the printer having the con-
tract for the printing thereof, who shall
forthwith cause the same to De set up
in a form, duly corrected and approved
by the said supervisor. The state Com,
missioner of Common Schools shall
cause to be printed annually as many
copies thereof as may be necessary.
The manuscript shall be delivered to the
State Commissioner OF Common
Schools, to be by him kept.
Section 8. The commissioners OF
public printing shall at the same time
and place, in the same manner and I'M
der the same restrictions and require
ments as they advertise and let other
public printing of the State, advertise
and let the printing required by this
act to be done. And the binding OF
the volumes required to be printed
shall be provided for by the commits
sion. but they shall cause the same to
be done at the binding department of
the deaf and dumb asylum, if in their
Judgment that be practicable.
Section 8. When the printing and
binding of the said text books is COM
pleted as aforesaid, the supervisor OF
public printing shall deliver the same
to the State Commissioner II Common
Schools, together with a statement OF
the actual cost of publication per vol
ume: and the said commissioner shall
forthwith send by mail to any person
who may make application therefor,
such statement of the cost per volume
with five per cent. added thereto; and
upon the receipt of the money Of che
price per volume with such per cent.
added, accompanied with satisfactory
evidence under oath that each volume
sent for is for the actual use of some
nerson being a citizen Of this State, the
said commissioner shall pay such
IN less five per centum to be by
him kept as his fees out of which he
shall pay all necessary expenses, into
the State treasury, and forward such
cOpy or copies to the person or persons
SO transmitting the price thereof. But
no person or persons so purchasing
such text books for the purpose of sale,
shall charge therefore a price exceeding
the price paid by them by more than
ten per Centum. 1t shall be a misde-
meanor for any person to sell any OF
said books which have been previously
purchased from the State Commits
sioner of Common Schools at prices
greater than herein provided, punish
able by a fine not to exceed 500, or
Imprisonment not to exceed sixty days,
or both, for each offence, and Justices
of the Peace in the several counties
shall have jurisdiction to try and deter
mine such offences as in other INSIDE
mean0rs.
Section 10. There is hereby apprO.
priated from the general revenue fund
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars
(Sl5OO0 that may be used for the sew
eral purposes named above: |
Section II. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage.