Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-28
The New Text Book Law.

II0 N0W 0Nl DOON Law.
Notice to Trustees and the Public
Your attention is respectful,
called to Secs. s and 8 of House
Bill No. 254, which was approved
March Z, 1899. These sections are
given herewith in full:
SECTION s. Not later than the
first Monday in August, 1899, and
at such other times as may be nee
essary to properly supply the
schools of said district the chair
man of each of the several boards
Of trustees of the county shall for
ward to the county superintendent
Of his county list Of the kind Of
books, and the number of each
kind, which will be required
to supply the pupils of the public
schools of his district. Immedi-
ately upon the receipt of this re-
QUESTION from the chairman of the
board Of trustees, the county super
intendent shall order from the
nearest book publisher or publish
ers furnishing said books the books
designated therein, and upon re-
ceipt Of the duplicate bills from
said publishers, and upon compari-
son with the original bills sent to
the trustee or other person to whom
the order was consigned, and after
comparing the same with published
price furnished him by the state
superintendent as hereinbefore pro-
vided, shall order the county treas
urer to remit the purchase price to
the said publisher from the funds
Of said district; provided, that if
the district had no funds to its
credit in the hands of the county
treasurer, then the said county
treasurer shall at once remit from
the current expense fund of the
county, the same to be reimbursed
to the current expense fand of the
county, from the funds of the dis
trict, as soon as the amount has
been paid into the treasury to the
account Of said district; and, pro-
vided, further, that if from any
cause the accounts are not paid
within ninety days, the same shall
draw interest at the rate of per
cent per annum from the date of
the shipment Of the books to the
date of payment.
SEC. 8. The county superin-
tendent and the county treasurer
shall each keep an account of all
books ordered, showing the num-
Der of the district, the number and
kind of books, the date of. the
order, the place from whence
ordered, the date and amount of
the remittance, and such other
items as will in their judgment
render the whole transaction easily
understood. Provided, that the
trustees of each district shall de-
termine whether or not the text
books for said district shall be free
text bo0ks, and il it, shall be de-,
termined BY said trustees The. .;said
text books shall not be free then
any parent or guardian or other
person having the legal or actual
control of a child or children, shall
be required to purchase necessary
books for such child or children
from the trustees of his district at
actual cost to that district, and the
trustees shall pay the purchase
price back into the treasury, the
same to be placed to the credit of
the said district; provided, in cases
where it is deemed by said trustees
that any parent or guardian is un-
able to pay for said text books, the
same may be furnished free. g
House Bill No. 254 makes the
proviso that the text books adopted
shall be in use in all the public
schools Of the state for period Of
six years from and after the first
day Of September, 1899, to the ex-
clusion OF all others. -
Dated July 26, 1899.
LEWIS ELsENsoHN,