The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
NOTICE.

SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MARCH
IS, 1S97.-Notice is hereby given, pursu-
ant to law, by the board of education of
Salt Lake City. Utah. of its intention to
adopt text books for use in the public
schools of said city for a period of FIVE
years from the first day of July, 1897.
Separate and sealed proposals from pub
fishers will be received by the board of
education at the Office of the clerk until
Thursday, May 20. 1897. at 7:30 D. m, for
furnishing each of the books named be-
low in approximate numbers indicated.
or such less numbers as the hoard may
require each year. Some of the books
adopted to be of several different kinds,
towit: $4,000 Primers and First Read
ers. 12OG0 Second Readers, 10000 Third
Readers 10000 Fourth Readers, 5000 Fifth
Readers. 10000 Supplementary Readers,
5000 Elementary Language books 5000
English Grammars or Language and
Grammar. 10. coo Spelling Books, 10000 Pri-
mary Arithmetics, 5000 Higher Arithme-
ties. 5000 Mental Arithmetics. 5000 Ele-
mentary Biographies. 1000 Higher Geog-
raphies, 1900 Elementary U. S. Histories,
1.500 advanced L. S. Histories, 1,500 Ply
siology and Hygiene, $4,000 Copy Books.
1900 Nature Studies or Elementary Sci
ence. 5000 Drawing Books, 5000 Music
books.
HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS.
500 Beginning Books in English. 200
American Literature, 200 English Litera-
ture, 200 Rhetoric, 2.000 English classics.
200 Physiology, 200 Botany, 200 Biology,
200 Zoology, 100 Geology, 12O Physics. 70
Chemistry, so Psychology 100 Beginning
French 100 French Grammars, 100 French
Readers, 800 French Readings, SO Begin
ming German, 80 German GrammarS, so
German Readers. 240 German Readings. so
Spanish Grammars. 30 Spanish Readers
200 English History, 200 General History,
200 Roman History. 200 Greek History,
$50 L. S. History, 200 Civil Government,
80 Algebra, 500 Geometry, so Trigonom-
etry, 40 Bookkeeping, 200 Beginning Latin,
200 Latin Grammars, $50 Latin Prose Com
position, $50 Caesars Commentaries, so
Cicero's Orations, Go Virgil Aeneid, 20
Beginning Greek, 20 Greek Grammars,
20 Xenophon's Anabasis, 20 Homers
Had
At the time and place specified. the
Board of Education will meet and public
u open and read all the proposals that
have been received. and will make its de-
cision within 30 days thereafter.
The bids and terms from publishers
must be accompanied by sample copies
of the books proposed to be furnished. to-
gether with a statement of the intro
ductory, exchange, wholesale and retail
prices at which the publisher agrees to
furnish each book within Salt Lake City,
during the full time that is required by
law The publisher or publishers whose
proposals shall be accepted must enter
into a written contract with the Board
two sufficient sureties in reasonable
sur, to be fixed by the board, for the
faithful performance of such contract.
The successful bidders will be required to
deliver. all books, freight and drayage pre-
paid. at the storeroom of the board Salt
Lake City. Payments for books delivered
to be made on or after December LIST of
each year
cation to accept or reject any or all bids.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SALT
LAKE CITY. UTAH.
By ]. B. Moreton, Clerk.