The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-19
An Official Proclamation Of Those
Which Have Been Selected.
THE RETAIL AND EXCHANGE PRICES
10 ne Used In the Public schools
OF the State TO the Exclusion
of All Others.

1 's regular session. which convened In tn
+ oi'y OF Austin, on the 18th da,
Oh January, a. ID. 1897, and ad
Journed on the 2lst day OF MAY
a. d. 1897, by an act approved June 10th
~. ID. 1897, provided that the State Boar,
i. o. Education, together with the State Su.
perntendent OF Public Instruction, III,
piesident of the Sam Houston Normal In.
stitute and the attorney general shall con.
stitute a State text book board for the pur-
nose OF adopting a uniform system OF text
BOOKS for the use of the public free schools
; OF this State and for the further purpose
of executing the provisions of said act
said books when so selected to be used
lot period of not less than five 90 years
from the date of their adoption and said
books to include the following branches of
study, to-wit: Spelling, reading. English
| languages, lessons and grammar. geogra-
ply, arithmetic the elements of physiology
and hygiene, history of the United States,
history OF the State OF Texas, ard a grad
| ed system of writing books; and
| Whereas, said board. Immediately upon
the taking effect of said act and as re-
| CURED by the provisions thereof, advertis-
| ed for bids from publishers of school text
| books for furnishing said books to the
| public free schools of this State and under
| the requirements of said act appointed
commission consisting of five 60 persons
| engaged in the school business rs teachers,
Tor the purpose of examining in executive
session all books sent TO the State text
| book board as samples upon which bids
We're based; and
| Whereas. bids embracing all the series
| OF books named in said act were submitted
TO the State textbook board. and after said
Nnrn nnt eEtA had J..
under seal, as required by said act. upon
the merits of the said books. Irrespective
OF price, said board opened said bids and
said report for the purpose of considering
the same; and
Whereas, the said State textbook board
has duly and carefully considered said re-
port. together With the bids made by the
publishers, taking into consideration the
subject matter, material, style. binding.
mechanical excellence and price of said
books, and has adopted books and awarded
contracts for furnishing the same. to be
used in the public free schools of this
State for period of five t5) years from
and after the first day of September. A. ID.
1898, said publishers and the books to he
furnished by each and the prices thereof
being es follows:
Retail Exchge
price. price.
Woodward & Herman Printing Company,
St Louis, Mo-
Rand McNally's elementary geo.
graphy..... -. ....... .42c 21c
Rand McNallys grammar school
geography. ...... .......... ..S1c Acc
Rand McNnlly fourth reader. ..35c lie
Maynard, Merrill & Co., New York,
n. y
Lessons in Psychology, first book 4oc 24c
Lessons in physiology, second
book. ..........,... SOC 4Oc
d. c. Heath Co., Boston, Mass
Sutton & Kinbrough's lower
arithmetic, boards. .........2 4c he
Sutton G. Kimbroughs lower
arithmetic, CLOTH. ....... Soc 15c |
Sutton & Kimbrough's higher
arithmetic. boards. ......... doc zoe |
Sutton & Kimbrough's higher
arithmetic, cloth ....,... .... SOC 25c |
Hyde's practical lessons in Eng
fish, boards.... .............22 &c lie
Hyde's practical English gram
mar, boards. ................ ..35c lSc
Bensons practical spellor book L 15c Sc
Bensons practical speller, book 2I5c Sc
Bensons practical speller, com
plete, boards. ........ zoe 1Oc
CHM & Co. Boston, Mass
81 ickney's first reader. .......... lSc 12c
second reader. -. ....24c 15c
third reader.... .-....30c 1sc
fifth reader. ....45c 25c
Whitney & Lockwood's English
grammar. ......... ....5 0c zoe
U. s. history, byCooper, Estill e.
Lennon. ...................S soc 40c
p V. Pennbacker 6 Wife. Palestine.
Texas.
History of Texas, revised edition CSC 35c
Zaner, Ware & Webb. Dallas. Texas
zaner Ware & Webb's copy hooks,
"a pages both slant and yerti-
cal system. ........ .......... O5c
Whereas said textbook board has en-
tered into contracts with said publishers :
pursuant TO the provisions OF said act,
for furnishing said books for use in the
nrblic frea schools of this State for tho ,
said period os five 80 years, which fact Is
REQUIRED by law 10 be made known TO the
people Of this State by the proclamation OF 7
he Governor;
New. therefore. !, G. a. Culberson, Co
vernon of the State OF Texas. in conformity ]
With tho provisions of eaid act, do hereby ]
make public announcement OF the execu- (
ion and acceptance OF the contracts afore-
aid, and do declare that from and after ]
he first day Of September, A. ID. 1898 q
he said books shall be introduced and used O
Is text books in the public free schools OF
bis State to the exclusion OF all others, q
,royiaed, that nothing here shall be coh- '
tr,ed 10 prevent the use of supplementary !
looks in said schools, but such supple D
Ilentary books shall not be used to the
xclusion of the books adopted as aforesaid. IL
or shall such supplementary books BE- o
o used in the aaid schools as TO compel e
he purchase OF such supplementary books u
y the patrons OF ssid schools
In testimony whereof ] nave hereunto
ct my hand and caused the seal OF State g
, he affixed at the City u Austin, this 81
ne 18th day of March. A. d. 1898.
C a Culberson e
Governor Of Texas.
~ the Governor;
j. W. Madden. Secretary OF State.
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