The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15

sion provided for in chapter 49,, Laws Of
1887 shall be authorized and empowered,
ana II Is hereby made their duty, TO ADOPT
uniform school textbooks for use IN the
public schools of the state Of Kansas in
the following branches, to-wit: A primer
a primary reading chart, and graded
series Of drawing books or drawing port
folios, geometry (the work to include OOtn
plane and solid geometry, Latin grammar,
Latin exercises, Caesar, Cicero, Virgil gem
eral history, history Of Kansas, English
history, rhetoric, English literature, Dot
any, zoology, chemistry, word analysis,
geology, German exercises, German gram
mar and descriptive astronomy; PROVIDED,
however, that no books shall be adopted by
this commission that do not equal In SUD-
ject-matter, material, binding, ana mechan-
cal execution, and approximately equal In
size, the following books, viz; The primer,
to Werner's primer, and to contain not less
than 96 pages, including colored ilustra-
tions and number lessons; the GTaWlnS
Industrial drawing; reading chart to Woos-
ters primary reading chart; the geometry
(the work to include both plane ana sollu
geometry, to Phillips and Fishers ele-
ments Of geometry (abridged); the Latin
grammar, 70 Harknesss Latin grammar;
the Latin exercises, to Collar ana pan
iellss first Latin book; the Caesar to Hark-
ness's Caesar; the Cicero, to Allen and
Greenough's Cicero; the Virgil to Harper
and Mlller's VirgiCs Aeneid; the gem
eral history, to Meyers general history;
the English history, to Montgomery's Eng
lish history the rhetoric, to Genung's ele-
ments of rhetoric; English literature, to
Shaw's outline to English and American lit
erature; the botany, to Bergen's elements
of botany; zoology, to Packard's elements OF
zoology; chemistry to Shepards inorgaIhc
chemistry; geology, to Danas textbook
OF geology (Rice); word analysis, to Swim
| toms word analysis; German exercises to
llar-Eysenbach's German lessons; Ger
man grammar, to Otto's German conversa-
ton grammar; descriptive astronomy, TO
TOdd's astronomy.
Section O. Said commission shall in no
case contract with any author, publisher or
publishers for the furnishing of any book
or books, manuscript or copyright of book
| or books, which are to be sold to the peo-
pie of this state for use In the public
schools at price above or in excess OF the
| following which price shall include all
cost and charges Of packing, transportation
and delivering of books to the retail dealers
and purchasers in the state OF Kansas:
| For the primer twelve cents; for the draw
ing books or portfolios, ten cents; for the
geometry, eighty cents; for the Latin gram
mar, seventy-five cents; for the Latin ex-
ercises, sixty cents; for the Caesar, seven
ty-ive cents; for the Cicero, seventy-tive
cents; for the Virgil, seventy-fve cents;
for the general history, ninety cents; for
the English history, seventy-ive cents; his
| tory of Kansas consisting OF at least 3OO
pages at q cost not to exceed sixty cents;
FOR the rhetoric seventy-fve cents; for the
astronomy, seventy cents; for the German
exercises seventy cents; for the German
grammar, eighty cents; for the English lit
erature, seventy-five cents; for the botany,
seventy-flve cents; for the zoology, eighty
cents; for the chemistry, seventy-five cents;
for the geology, eighty cents; for the word
ever, ever, that retail dealers Shall be enti-
tied to add ten per cent. to the above
stated prices as profit for handling and sale
OF the books adopted by the commission in
compliance with the provisions of this act.
Section g. The method of advertising for
bids, OF receiving bids, the requirements OF
bidders, the opening of bids, the awarding
|. approval of bonds on the part Of any per-
son, persons, firm or corporation who may
desire to bid or to whom q contract Is
awarded under this act the delivering of
books to dealers or purchasers and the
commission for dealers shall be the same
as is provided In chapter 179, Laws Of 1891.
Section A. 1t shall be unlawful for any
school-distrlct board or board Of education
! OF any city of the first or second class to
purchase or contract for any chart, map
globe, or other school apparatus, except
scientific apparatus for high schools, unless
tho same shall have been submitted to the
school textbook commission at q regular OF
special session. and by them approved and
! a maximum price therefor fixed by said
school textbook commission
/ Section 5. The punishment for the viola
tion Gf the provisions of this act, or of any
contract In pursuance thereof or for the
use OF any book In the schools not provided
: for by the commission in pursuance oi
this act. whether on the part Of the com
mission or any member thereof, or any
. school board Of board of education ol
member thereof, or OF any teacher, shall
be the same as prescribed in chapter 1T9