Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-10

House on Tuesday last. The bill provides as
follows, and its aims are to cheaper the cost
of school books:
Each board shall determine, at q regular
meeting, by an affirmative vote of majority
of all its members, the studies to be pursued,
and the text books to be used in the schools
under its control, but no text books shall be
changed, nor any portion thereof altered or
revised for five years after its adoption with
out the consent or three fourths of all the
members elected to the Board, given at a
regular meeting, and all branches shall be
taugh in the English language.
Each Board of Education Is authorized and
required to purchase from publishers or
dealers, at the lowest whole sale or contract
prices, such necessary school text books and
to her school supplies as may be determined
by the Board, and each Board of Education
is authorized to contract with any publisher
or publishers of school text books to furnish
such books for any period not exceeding two
years, as said Board of Education may
have heretofore adopted, or may hereafter
adopt.
Each Board of Education shall pay or con
tract to pay for said school text books such
price or prices as the Board may deem
reasonable and just, but in no case to exceed
the lowest prices at which the same may be
sold or offered for sale by the publishers
thereof to any other person, body, firm OF
Board of Education; and it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, either publisher
dealer or agent of either to sell said text.
books to any Board of Education and
charge therefore a price in excess of theil
lowest prices made or offered to any other
person, firm or Board of education, and il
shall be good and sufficient defense in any
Court within this State against any claim
for books sold to any Board of Education
that the price charged for the same books
sold or offered for sale to any other person
firm or Board of Education.
Each Board of Education is authorized anG
required to furnishs to the pupils in thu
schools under its control such necessary
school text books and lother school supplies
at their cost price and 10 per centum added
thereto to pay the expenses of transportation
and selling the same. And the price at which
each book is to be sold to the pupils shall b.
stamped on the title page of such book. AL
books and other school supplies so purchased
shall be paid for at the expiration Of ninety
days from the date of purchase out of the pro
ceeds OF the sales thereof; and if any part o.
the books and other school supplies so pur
chased shall not be sold at the expiration o.
the time specified payment of the books an(
other school supplies remaining unsolt
shall be made from the contingent fund O.
said Board. and when such book and othe
school supplies are sold the proceeds O.
the same shall be repaid to the contingen
fund, so that the books and other school sup
| plies purchased by any Board or its agen
shall always be paid from the proceeds of tn
| sales thereof.
Each Board of Education shall make oil
purchases and sales of such necessary schoo
| text books and other school supplies as ma,
be determined by the Board, and to accoun
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