The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-21

enAll Do aiWays part ok tho terIns ana condition of every contract made in pur- suance of this act that the State of Ala
 bama shall not be liable to any con- tractor, in any manner for any sum whatever, but all such contractors shall receive their pay or consideration in com pensations solely and exclusively derived from the proceeds of the sale of books, as provided for in this act; Provided, furth- CT, that the commission shall stipulate in the contract for the supplying of any book as herein provided that the con- tractor or contractors shall take up the school books now in use in this State and receive the same in exchange for new
 books at a price not less than 50 per cent
 of the contract price. Provided, That such exchange period shall not continue longer than one year from the date of the contract. And each person Jor pub fisher making a bid for the supplying of any book or books under this act. shall state in such bid or proposal the ex- change price at which such book or books will be furnished.
 Sec g. Be it further enacted, That the Text Book Commission shall have and reserve the right to reject any and all bids or proposals if they shall be of the opinion that any or all should for any reason be rejected. And in case they fail from among the bids or proposals to select or adopt any book or books upon any of the branches mentioned in the previous Section of this Act. they may re-advertise for sealed bids or proposals under the same terms and conditions as before and proceed in their investigation in all respects as they did in the flpst instance, and as required by the terms and provisions in this act. or they may advertise for sealed bids or proposals from authors or publishers of text books who have manuscripts of books not yet published, for prices at which they will publish and furnish in book form such manuscripts, or for prices at which they will sell such manuscripts. together with the copyright with such books for use in the public schools in Alabama, proceed ing In all respect in like manner as be- fore; and provided. that before accepting or rejecting any man
 uscript, it shall be their duty to take the manuscript and to advertise for sealed bids or proposals for publishing the same in book form, in like manner as hereinbefore provided for, and under the same restriction and condition. and the contract may be let for the pnblica-
 ton of all such books or for any one or nore separately; and provided, fur ther that the State Itself shall not, un- der any circumstances, enter into any contract binding 1t to pay for the publi- cation of any book or books, but in the contract with the owner of the manu- script 1t shall be provided that he shall pay the com oensation to the publisher for the publication and putting in book form the manuscript, together with the cost and expense of copyrighting the same And provided. further, that in all cases bids or proposals shall be accom- pa nied with the cash deposit of from five hundred to twenty-five hundred dol lars as the Commission may direct, and as previously provided fin this Act. And 1t is further expressly provided that any person. firm or corporation now doing business, or proposing to do business, in the State of Alabama, shall have the right to bid for the contract to be awarded under this Act in manner as follows: In response to the advertise ment when made as hereinbefore provid- ed, said person. firm, or corporation may submit in writing bid or bids to edit or have edited. publish and supply for use in the public schools in this State, any book or books herein provided for, pro- vided that instead of filing said bid or proposal a sample or specimen copy of each book proposed to be furnished, he may exhibit to the Commission a manu- script or printed form the matter pro- posed to be incorporated in any book. together with such a description and H. lustration of the form and style thereof, as would be fully intelligible and satis- factory to said Commission, or they may submit a book or books the equal of which in every way they propose to fur nish and they shall accompany their bid. or proposal with the cash deposit and execute contract and bond as hereinbe- fore provided
 Sec TO- Be 1t further enacted, That as soon as said Commission shall have entered into a contract or contracts for the furnishing or supplying of books for use in the public schools in this State it shall be the duty of the Governor to
 issue his proclamation announcing such facts to the people of the State.
 Sec. il. Be 1t further enacted, That the party or parties with whom the con tract shall be made shall establish and maintain two or more Repositories in this State, to be designated by the Commis sion where stock or supply of the books sufficient to meet all the immediate de- mands shall be kept. There shall also be maintained in each County in the State not less than three agencies. for the dis trbution of the books to the patrons, to be located and designated by the commis- sion and the contractor shall be permit ted to make arrangements with a mer chant or other person for the handling and distribution of the books. All books shall be sold to the consumer at the re- tail contract price, and in each book shall be printed the following: (The price fixed hereon Is fixed by State contract and de- viations therefrom shall be reported to your County Superintendent of Educa- ton. or to the State Superintendent at MontgomeryD And 1t is expressly pro vided that should any party contracting to furnish books as provided for in this act fail to furnish them OF otherwise breach his contract. in addition to the right to the State to sue on the bond hereinabove required the County Super intendent of any County may sue in the name of the State of Alabama. in any court of competent jurisdiction in the County in which he resides for the use and benefit of the school fund of the County; provided that the right of action to the County Superintendent shall be limited to breaches of the contract com mltted in the County of his residence. and provid 4d, further. that in all cases under this act service of process may be had and deemed sufficient on any agent of the contractor in this State.
 Sec 12 Be it further enacted, That said commission may from time to time make any necessary regulation not con trary to the provisions of this act to secure the prompt distribution of the books herein provided for and the prompt and faithful execution of all contracts and it is expressly now provided that | said commission shall maintain its organ