The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-02
pRESLER TEXT BOOK BILL.
Text OF the Measure Now in the
Governors Hands.
IT PROVIDES FOR A COMMISSION
This VIII Report TO the board on
All school hooks submitted
for Examination.

| which ,,aSso, ho,h ,o,,say a. tho ro,,,lar
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S'SS'o" vi the I"ehty-liilh legislature
| and which is low Ia t1e hands OF the GOV
| crnor.
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| =, oc ehA'ieu An aV' W oiea'.
otA1e irNt BOOK boaru 10 procure iu'
| U.s. IN tns PUBIC iree sehoois OF 'ne
| stSke OF IeNas a series oil uniform TEX
uoohs; deah ls me dlti-s NJ ''3hAa ON
VeEs 'here'a hilpea VIA rtfeiente mere
| ~ manning appropriation therefor De
Iu'us CERTAIN lhliIehvadors, r'D'idins
penh"ies Tor the violation OF the proNi-
| Suns OIL 'hls act. ana declaring an eher-
| S'ny'
| -" u enacted oY me leHlsidtlre ot the
| S,ato oi texas:
HeV'ioh l. ihat me state board OF ouu-
| AVN, toeether WIN the state snperin-
"sVHs u' pu"llC instruction. tue presldeHt
oi Tue sam Houston Normal Institute. and
ne attorney general shall constitute a
State text book board for the purpose Of
Adopting UNIFORM system OF text books for
me use OF tho public free schools Of ttis
state aud for the further purpose Of oNC-
tuuhS the provisions of this act Said
BOARD is hereby authorized to select and
alopt n uniform system of text books for
We purpose above indicated, and the text
DOORS so selected shall be used in the pub
We free schools OF this State for d period Of
not less than FIVE years from the datc OF
their said adoption. Said series TO iupillo
the following branches Of study. tc-wit
spelling reading, English language les
sons and grammar. geography. arithmetic.
the elements of physiology aud hygiene.
history of the United States. history OF the
State Of Texas. graded system Of writing
books, provided that any of said text books
shall not contain anything OF a partisan
or sccraran character. and provided
further. that the State text book board
shalt appoint commission consisting of
FIVE persons engaged In the schuo1 business
as teachers or city or county suporintend-
ents who shall examine In sxecuttve sos
sion all hooks sent 10 the state text book
board as samples upon which bids are TO
be based and shall r.nnrt unon tha merits
Of the books irrespepiive Of price taking
INTO consideration rbtaf,v ,bn ,rtor,,oi
merits or subieot matter NJ ,bn hunks b@t
having proper regard also to the material
atd mechanical oualitiss Of tb, h-oi,. ,nJ
shall report a classified lIst NJ said hooks
to the state text hook hoard NJ a dat
fixed bv said hoard arranrin,. Tho hno,ys a.,
each class ana s,,bclnss ar 1i,.is;on -, sot5
report in III. order in which .he, o,.., r,,,.
commended. MAJ is tho erst roa',.r "a With
the commission glves {,s ,,rst ,,.,o,,,ne,,da
tion SHAH he Dc an 10 iie, ~, A., -
ers the frst rcndsr n uhi.b a., hon.a
may give it, second recon,n,,naati,, eb,I,
no pInced second An, ~, i;s, a,i5 ,.ii
nv In.
nav. been nro,nrly Iis,oa rh,s 'a,., S1,,I,
be delivered "a tho Tex, ,ont Md u,,'iar
seal ana sha,i NOT hr Nronod IN nv ~,
meets IN onsr ao5 oo,si,an ~ H., w
publishers or o,ha,s des;r,r,r a., ' -, 80 ",
adopted NV tho said hoard Tha a" ,,an,,'aro
of said cnmnission shst, ,oto,o ,',nni,,n
upon thclr duties eoch .,ta .nJ sni'ssribs
10 an oath ana shah filc mo sama Win
the secretary OF tho ;ext hool, ho,rd e., ov1
anime nil books referred IN said COMMITS
sim fajthf,,tIy and aartt,,t,,, 9''" ,.,
true rrnnrt tbarsor ,s barai,, "ra l m
and direrte5 Thn So, W." ~, 1911 ~ a..
adn,ttr,, -. 81 w DION puaiu IN
mont tos.,,ber v.,,r ,ta IA. az 4a'u e
,isbers n,,a a,i,nt ~ '.u' '''uo ~ puo
Sion ,Ti,as a. ouoas ,o miGn commits.
otha- n,t,5 uuless
ln,", on M e m,, ny w. s"lno auolpu,s coming
u,icas H.. s"ti ,l''s are ohtIeu AT io"H'
~, 80 'an'"b NV" tonsloera'loh SUBJECT
rla,,ic,t '4xo,,i',,o S'S,e n,nn'ns "'lu me
"',''V"' VNteiiehee' ia "hleh case the text
, """n u""'u WIZ eSsFelso IT'S diScreuon and
a. ,'',, "" H''i Wv, ,h'" 10 MAKE an adoption
:" NV "' III lne circumstances. II the