The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-25
AN ACT
To Provide for County Uniformity in
Text Books.

sec. That the electors OF every com
mon school district shall, when lawfully |
assembled In annual district school meet /
ing, ON the third Saturday OF May, with I
not less than hys electors present. nave
tho mower In addition TO the powers al
ready provided by law, TO vote on the /
question OF County Uniformity In Text
Sec. . The ballot Of the electors shall, /
I'm addition 10 the names OF the pc sons
voted for as directors, ard the words /
"For Tax" or Against TaX," have writ |
or printed on il ''for county Inform
ty.h or Against County Uniformity.
Sec. 3 The County Court at its regular
meeting for leyylng taxes shall open the
returns and ascertain I'm addition 10 its
other duties as now provided, whether
the majority Of all the yOt 5 cast at that
election In the county be "FOr County
Uniformity and II such be the fact, the
County Clerk shall within ten DAYS there
after so certify to the County Examiner
and TO the State Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction.
Sec. 4 In each county in which ma
iOrity of all the votes cast shall be For
County Uniformity" the County Examin-
er, together with two reeident teachers OF
the county holding first grade certlhcates
TO be appointed by the State Superintend-
ant OF Public Instruction within thirty
3. and two citizens OF the county interest
ed i'm the public schools to be appointed
by the County Judge within thirty days
shall constitute the County School BOOK
Board. who shall take tine oath OF Office
prescribed by the Constitution OF the
State, and who shall serve until their sue
cessOrs are sppOinted and qualified In Ike
manner. .,
Sec. ) The County Examiner, who shall
be chairman OF the county School Book
Board, shall call its members to meet to-
gether at the county seat in the court
house. on or before the third Tuesday ia
November, for the purpose for which the
Board Is constituted. The Board, after
its organization, shall proceed to careful
y examine and compare the school text
books and their prices which may be sub
mitted for its consideration, and shall
within sixty days by a majority vote OF
all its members, select and adopt a list or
series of school text books on the follow
ing subjects, to-wt: Writing, spelling,
reading, arithmetic, language lessons,
English grammar, geography, history OF
Arkansas and OF the United State civil
government OF Arkansas and of the United
States, physiology and hygiene, and ele-
mentary algebra for uniform use IN tn
common school district of the county for
period,of six years from the.date of their
adoption. In making such adoptiOnS, the
County School Book Board shall give due
consideration to the school texts books
which are used lin the majority of the
school districts of the county, and to the
wishes and recommendations of the teach
r ers and school patrons as may be express
ed to the Board by petition or otherwise;
provided, equally as good terms can be
obtained for the regular supply OF the
books already in general and satisfactory
use in the schools 'Of the county, and for
any exchange of books required, as can be
obtained from publishers Of other school
books of equal merit and workmanship;
2 and, provided further that no school books
shall be adopted the price OF which eH-
ceedS the price at which said books are
q furnished or sold to school patrons in any
other state or territory.
Sec g. The County School Book Board
i shall be in session not to exceed ten days
in any one year, and each member OF the
5 board shall receive two dollars (S2 .00) er
;, day for each day he shall serve, to be paid
out OF thelcommon school funds of the
I county. The Chairman of the Board shall
4 file with the County Clerk statement
showing the number of days each mem
o Der has served and the County Clerk
. shall issue his warrant on the County
l Treasurer in favor of each member in ac-
!, cordance with such statement, payable
out of the common school funds OF the
e county.
Sec. 7. The County Examiner shall keep
a record Of the proceedings of the County
School Book Board and of the books a.
dopted by it for uniform use in the schools
g of the county, with the contract prices of
: the same, Of which adopted list and prices
| he shall give due notice to the teachers
d and school directors OF the county by cir-
cular letters or otherwise. The booksdSo
adopted shall be brought into exclusive
use IN all Of the public schools of the coun-
s ty as soon and as rapidly as practicable;
II and any teacher or school director per-
mitting any other book or books than
G those adopted by the county board to be
@ used in the schools under their charge af-
. ter one year from the date Of their adop-
t ton, shall be subject to fine of not less
e than fifteen dollars (Sl5.00), and any per-
son selling any book so adopted to school
patron at anprice greater than the con-
tract price thereof shall be subject to a
fine of not less than ten dollars $1,000;
c provided, that nothing in this Act shall be
so construed as to prohibit any board OF
school directors, superintendent or teach
er from using readers or other books for
supplementary purposes, but no such sup
Elementary book shall take the place OF
any adopted book on the county list.
} Sec. s That before any school book
: may be lawfully adopted by any County
School Book Board in this state, its pub
, fishers shall deposit in the Office of the
/, State Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
l. tion sample or standard copy thereof
), with It's regular wholesale or mailing price
= plainly written or stamped therein, to-
gethor with written proposition to fur
l. nish such school book TO any school or
n school board, or to their authorized agent
at the lowest wholesale or mailing price
l. thereof And any publisher making a
proposition TO the State Superintendent
|. for furnishing school books in this state
shall file with the Auditor Of State a du-
plcate copy Of his or their proposition TO
. the State uperlntendent, and shall enter
into bond to and with the State OF Ar
kansas in the sum of twenty thousand dol
4 lars 90,0O0,000,) for thocfaithful perform
u ance OF his or their stated proposition,
said bond to be made through some repu
>, table guaranty company,
See. 0. That each County School Book
: Board before adopting any text book shall
G require It's publisher to deposit in the Of
lice of the County Examiner u sample or
10 standard copy of the same, and after Its
n adoption shall require said publisher to
enter into contract with IL, TO furnish said
= of It's adoption and use In the schools Of
D the county Nt It's lowest Wholesale or
a mailing price as certified by the State SUI
"a perintendent and shall require the pub
Usher Of each and every school book SO
: adopted TO guarantee and maintain the
J mechanical quality and execution OF such
book equal TO the sample or standard copy
: thereof filed In the Office OF the County
Examiner; and no County School Book
Board shal adopt any school book whose
publisher shall not have complied as 70
said book with the provisions Of this Act.
Sec. TO- 30 rd Of Directors Of special
school districts In any county which shall
adopt u uniform series OF books us provld-
ed In this Act, shall have the adoption Of
| QdODtiun the county Uniform ~ rios, or IA