Middletown transcript., 1891-09-03
AN ACT

To Provide Free Text Books for tn,
Free Schools of the State.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and Hous
of Representatives Of the State Of Del
a,oare in General Assembly met:
SEC. /. That on and after th,
first Saturday in April, A. d. 1891
the school Commissioners or trustees o
each school district or districts in the
State shall furnish the necessary text
books free to all the pupils enrolled in
the free schools of the State in the
manner hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The school commissioner
or trustees shall order from the pub
Usher or publishers the books which
have been adopted by the State
Board Of Education for use in the
Free Schools Of the State, at the net
contract prices at which the publish
ers have agreed to supply the same,
as follows There shall be a blank
order book prepared by the Treasur-
er for the use of the school commits
sioners, which shall contain duplicate
order blanks, with u printed list of
the books which have been adopted
by the State Board of Education, and
the net contract prices at which the
publishers agree to furnish the same.
Duplicate orders shall be filled out
and signed by at least two Of the
school commissioners, or in case Of
united or incorporated districts by the
president and secretary Of the school
board one of these orders shall be
forwarded to the State Treasurer to
be forwarded to the publisher or pub.
fishers and the other shall be kept as
stub in the order book as voucher.
The State Treasurer, on receipt OF
an order or orders from school COM
missioners, shall make an entry oftEe
amount of the order or orders against
the district or districts in kook kept
for that purpose, and shall forward
the order or orders at once to the
publisher or publishers, requesting
them on receipt of the order or orders
to ship the books as directed, at the
contract prices named, and send dup
licate invoices or bills for the same
one to the State Treasurer and the
other to the district clerk of the school
district to which the books are con-
signed.
The State Treasurer shall pay the
publisher or publishers out of. the
school fund Of the State for books
thus supplied and charge the amounts
50 paid to the respective districts
ordering said books, and deduct the
same from the amount to which such
district or districts may be entitled
under the school laws Of the State :
Provided, however, that the State
Treasurer shall pay no bill for al
least thirty days from the time it il
rendered in order that he may bt
notified by the school commissioners
Of any error or failure on the part Of
the publisher or publishers to supply
the books as ordered and directed, OF
as billed.
SEC. 8. It shall be the duty Of the
clerk of each school district or dis
tricts TO distribute the books received
as aforesaid, to the scholars of the
district or districts, or their parents
guardians, or other person, as they
may desire, upon receipt for the same
The clerk of each district or districts
shall be responsible for the safe keep
ing of the books furnished him, al
aforesaid, end also for prices of books
sold, as hereinafter provided, t.
parents, guardians, scholars or othel
persons. ANY money or the value o.
the books which such clerks shall fal
to account for, according to law. MAJ
be recovered in the name Of the Stat
by the county superintendent, befor'
Q Justice of the peace, as other ac-
counts, when the amount does not ex
ceed the sum of two hundred dollara
Such clerk shall, at the expiration o
his term of Office, turn over to his sue
cessor In office all books on hand ant
take a receipt for the same, Whicl
shall be his voucher in settlement.
SIC. 4. It shall be the duty of th,
school commissioners to provide TO
the safe keeping and care Of tn
books which shall be returned by tn
pupils at the close of the annua
school term to the clerk of the district
or to such other person as the schoo
commissioners shall designate. The.
shall also keep a separate account o
the amount expended for books an
shall report it under a separate iter
in the annual settlement required b
law. The school commissioners ma.
| furnish books at cost to pupils VIII
wish to replace books lost or willfull
destroyed, or who may wish 10 ow
their books and shall turn the pro
ceeds of all such sales into the schoC
fund of the district and report th
amount at the time of the annut
settlement to State Auditor.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty
every teacher employed under th
provisions of the general school Law
to make out and hand to the com
missioners of the district, at the en-
of aaob onartar q ranort settinO fort