The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-26
SCHOOL BOOK LAW.
New Measure Passed by Ken
lucky Legislature for Uni
form Books and Lower
Prices.

EItNSc.
The following extracts from the
new school book law covered NIL
the points OF interest to the gener-
nj public:
There IL hereby created State
hchr Book Commission which
shall consist OF the Governor, the
Auditor OF Public Accounts, the
State Treasurer, the Clerk OF the
Courtof Appeals, and the three
members OF the State Board OF
Education.
The State School Book Commits
sion shall meet within thirty days
after this act shall take effect, and
shall advertise that at a time 10
be fixed by said Commission stated
In said advertisement not later
than August llrst, one thousand
nine hundred aud four, said Com
mission Will receive at the Office OF
the Superintendent Of Public In.
struc,ion In The city OF Frankfort,
sealed bids or proposals from the
publishers OF school books for
furnishing text books on the
branches required to be taught In
thu Common Schools Of the Com.
monwealth, namely; Spelling,
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic,
English Grammar, including Ian.
guage Lessons, English Co ,posl-
,lon, Geography, Physiology and
Hygiene, CIvll Government,
United States History, and the
History of Kentucky. Said bids
or proposals shall be for furnishing
such books or any Of them for a
period Of five years and no longer /;
shall state specifically aud clearly
and In contract prices at which
such book or books will be furnish
cd 10 the Commonwealth Of Ken.
tucky or TO any board OF education,
city or county, or to their lawful
agents, and said contract price
shall be as low as any cou,ract
price at which said book or books
p,e sold by said publisher under
contract TO any state, county, city
or school district anywhere In the
Unlted States Provided, that no
lid or proposal shall be considered
by said State School Book Com.
mission or contract made for the
aforesaid books TO be sold at retail
at a price greater than the follow.
log; For Spelling Book, twelve
cents, for Primer, ten cents; fol
First Reader, Twelve cents; fol
Second Reader twenty cents, fol
Third Reader twenty-seyen cents
for Fourth Reader thrty.flv,
cents, for Filth Reader torly.ny,
c,nts, for Primary Arithmetic
twenty cents, Tor Mental Arith
metle twenty-five cents, torl Inter
mediate Arithmetic twenty-five
cents, for Practical Arlthmetl
forty cents. for Elementary Geog
raphy forty cents, for Complet
Geography eighty conts, for Ele
mentary English Grsmniattwenty
Ave cents, for Complete Engllsl
Grammar forty cents, for Physiolc
gy and Hygiene, complete, slxt,
conts, for Physiology and Hygien
intermediate thirty cents, for PrI
mary History OF the United State
forty cents, Complete History G
tho United States seventy cents
for History OF Kentucky slxty.lv
cents, for English Composltlo
complete, sixty.fivo cents, iC
English Composition Elementar
or Language Lesson Part ThrC
twenty-five cents, Language Jei
sons Part Two seventeen cent
Language Lessons Part One, ,twely
conts, for Civil Government fort,
Ave cents, for Writing Books ily
cents each. Said bids or propose
shall further set out clearly an
specifically an exchange prico |
which said book or books shall
furnished to pupils and patron
who may have old books In u
actual use In school on like subIel
and same grade, and exchange {,
said new book or books, and sa
exchange price shall not In at
event to be more than fifty p
centum OF the rotail price of sa
new book or booAs flxed as here
provided.
A County School Book Com m
sion is hereby created to consist
the County Superintendent
Public Instruction, The Coun
Judge and the County Attorney