Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-05-02

TOCK AND WOOL INTERESTS OF
ritoriaI secretary their bonds, with at
least two sufficient sureii les to he ap-
proved by the governor, in the penal
sum of ten thousand dollars for each
publishing house, conditioned that
they shall for the period OF this adOp-
tion, keep the said books and each Of
them for sale mt the points in Mon
tana hereinafter named, at the lowest
wholesale rates in the city Of New
York, \. ", Chicago, ill., Cincinnati,
Ohio, to all responsible merchants in
Montana. or to school trustees desir-
ing to purchase the same from time to
time, in such quantities as may be
requisite to supply their schools: that
the said books and each of them shall
be sold ut retail for the period for
which they are adopted, at not to
exceed the prices hereinafter named,
set opposite the titles OF said books
i'm columns headed "Retail;" that in
case the current wholesale prices shall
ever hereafter be reduced, then all the
merchants and all school trustees
desiring to purchase books fOr the
supply OF their schools shall have the
benefit of such reduction, and a cor
responding reduction shall be forth
with made in the retail prices gliaran-
teed to the people OF Montana; that
for the period OF one year from the
first day OF July a. ID. eighteen hun
dred and eighty nin0, they will cause
the said books to he sold at retail in
at least one town in each county in
Montana and on application Of any
school officer they will forward the
same by mail or express, freight or
postage prepaid, at the prices herein
after named, set opposite the name OF
said books in the column headed
"'lntroduction;" that will for a period
Of twelve months from the said first
day OF July a. ID. eighteen hundred
and eight y-nine, in at least one town
in each county of Montana, exchange
copies OF the books hereby adopted
grade for grade, for the old hooks OF
other series now i'm the hands of pupils
upon the payment in cash at the time
of surrendering the old books, OF the
price hereinafter set opposite the
names OF said books in the column
headed Exchange" that they will
prepare. for Barnes Complete Geog
raphy. special map OF Montana,
covering two pages, from the latest
compilation, engraved in the best style
and at least six pages OF special de
scriptive geography of Montana, and
will cause the same to he included in
all copies of said geography supplied
by them To the people of Montana:
that they shall maintain the mechan-
ical excellence OF such books at least
equal to their present standard. in
respect to binding, printing, quality of
paper and all other essential features;
and that those sold to the people of
Montana shall always be OF the latest
revised edition. and provided furt her
that the map and special descriptive
geography of Montana shall be re-
vised every three years by the pub
fishers.
Sec. 3. In ease the publishers OF he
books hereby adopted shall not on or
before the first day OF July. \. ID.
eighteen hundred and eighty y-nine. til,
with the secretary their bonds herein
before provided. or IN case they shall
not. on or before the first day OF July.
eighteen hundred and ninety, haveper
formed all the obligations of their
bond, in respect to the Introduction
and exchange OF books, and the prep
aration and supply of the special map
and geography OF Montana for Barnes
Complete Geography. or in case they
shall at any time thereafter violate or
fail to perform any OF the conditions
specified in their bonds as hereinbefore
provided, and shall fail within u rea-
sonable time after due notice mailed
To them 10y the t-rrit orial superinten-
dent of public instruction. to make
good their guarantee i'm any respect in
which they may have tailed, then this.
adoption shall become null and void.
and the series of text books now in
Use in the schools. shall remain the
legal text books until changed by law:
and the said books hereby adopted,
upon compliance with the conditions
aforesaid, shall be continued i'm use un-
til otherwise provided by statute Il
shall be the duty of the attorney gen
eral to proceed by suit in the name oi
Montana to enforce and collect the
bunr N thr PutJtiytIers so fHftfng fOr
the benefit of the common schools of
Montana.
Sec. 1. The following are the titles
oi the text books adopted by this act,
with the Introductory and exchange
prices which the publishers shall he
bound to maintain as hereinbefOre
provided, to-wit: The introductory
prices for one year from and after the
first day OF July, A. ID. eighteen hun
dred and eighty-nine, and heexchangs
prices from the first day OF July, eight
cen hundred and eighty-nine, to tine
first day of July, eighteen hundred and
ninety, and the retail prices which they
shall be bound to maint ain thereafter: