The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-10
ACT LXXXIX.
An Act to Provide for County Uni
formity in Text Books.

Arkansas:
Section 1. That the electors of every
common school district, shall, when law
| fully assembled In annual district school
meeting on the third Saturday in May,
with not less than five electors present,
have the power, In addition to the powers
already provided by law, to vote on the
question of county uniformity in text
books.
Sec. 2. The ballot OF the electors shall,
in addition to the name OF the persons
voted for as directors, and the words "for
taxi or "against tax" have written or
printed on it "fOr county uniformity or
"against counny uniformity
Sec. 3. The county court at its regular
meeting for levying taxes shall open the
returns and ascertain, in addition to
its other duties as now provided, whether
the majority of all the votes cast at that
election in the county be "for county uni
formity," and ii such be the fact the cOun-
ty clerk shall within ten days thereafter
so certify to the County Examiner and TO
the State Superintendent OF Public In
struction.
Sec. A. In each county in which a ma
iority of all the votes cast shall be "for
county Uniformity" the County Exam
iner, together with two resident teachers
of the county, holding first grade certifi-
Gates, to be appointed by the State Super
intendent of Public instruction within
thirty days after receiving notice as In
Section 3, and two citizens of the county
interested in the public schools, to be ap-
pointed by the county Judge within thirty
days, shall constitute the County School
Book Board, who shall take the oath of
office prescribed by the constitution of
the State, and who shall serve until their
successors are appointed and qualified in
like manner.
Sec. 5. The County Examiner, who
shall be chairman of the County School
Book Board, shall call its members to
meet together at the county seat in the
court house on or before the Third Tues.
day in November, for the purpose for
which the Board is constituted. The
Board, after it's organization, shall pro-
coed to carefully examine and compare
the school text books and their prices,
which may be submitted for its considera-
ton, and shall, within sixty days, by
majority vote of all its members, select
and adopt a list or series of school text
books on the following subjects, to-wit:
Writing, Spelling, Reading, Arithmetic,
Language Lessons, English Grammar,
Geography, History of Arkansas and of
the United States, Civil Government of
Arkansas and of the United States,
Physiology and Hygiene and Elementary
Algebra, for uniform use in the common
school districts of the county for a period
of six years from and after their adoption.
In making such adoptions, the County
School Book Board shall give due cosider-
alton to the school text books which are
used iu the majority OF the school districts
of the county, and to the wishes and
recommendations of the teachers and
school patrons, as may be expressed to
the Board by petition or otherwise; pro-
vided, equally as good terms can be OBJ
tained 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;
an cd fhaf
books shall be adopted, the price of which
exceeds the price at which said books are
furnised or sold to school patrons In any
other State or territory.
Sec. g. The County School Book Board
shall be. in session not to exceed ten days
in any one year and each member of the
Board shall receive two dollars ($2) per
day for each day he shall serve, to be pSld
out of the common school funds of the
county. The chairman of the Board shall
file with the county clerk a statement
showing the number of days each member
has served, and the county clerk shall
issue his warrant on the county treasurer
in favor of each member in accordance
with such statement, payable out of the
common school funds of the county.
Sec. 7. The County Examiner shall
keep record Of the proceedings of the
County School Book Board and the books
adopted by II for uniform use in the
schools of the county, with the contract
prices of the same, Of which adopted list
and prices he shall give due notice to the
teachers and school directors Of the county
by circular letters or otherwise. The
books so adopted shall be brought into
exclusive use In all the public schools OF
the county as soon and as rapidly as
practicable; and any teacher or school
director permitting any other book or
books than those adopted by the county
board to be used In the schools under their
charge after one year from the date OF
their adoption, shall be subject to
fine OF not less than fifteen dollars ($I5),
and any person selling any book so adopt
cd to school patron at price greater
than the contract price therof, shall be
subject to u fine Of not less than ten dollars
|lOD provided, that nothing in this act
shall be so construed as TO prohibit any
boardof school directors, superintendent
or teacher from using readers or other
books for supplementary purposes but no
such supplementary book shall TAX the
place OF any adopted book on the. county
list.
Sec. 5. That before any school book
may be lawfully adopted by any County
School Book Board in this State, It's pub
Usher shall deposit in the Office of the