The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-05-03
STATE Law
Requires School Books to Be OF
Uniform Series.

School superintendent of Ken
lucky, calls their attention to q
Judgment of the Mason Circuit
Court for $4,000 against the Amer
lean Book Company, being the full
amount of its bond to counties un-
der the old system, and notifies
them that it's necessary, the com
pany refusing to renew this bond,
that all counties having such con-
tracts shall cancel them, and at
once substitute the books of the
State uniform series. The letter,
which is of wide interest, is, in full,
as follows:
"The Court of Appeals having
affirmed a decision of the Mason
county Circuit Court against the
American Book Company, by which
Mason county got judgment for
$4,000, the full amount of said
company's bond, under and by au-
thority of which said American
Book Company secured the adop.
tion of certain text books for use in
the various counties of this State,
under the former county adoption
law, sections go and 81 of the old
school book law, the same being
sections 4,423 and 4,424 of the
Kentucky Statutes, and as said
American Book Company refuses
to execute new bond for the con-
tinuance of said county adoptions
of it's text books, now under con-
tract in certain counties (unex
pired county adoptions), you are
hereby notified that it will be un
lawful for the common schools of
Commonwealth to continue using,
or to permit to be used, any of the
text books published by the said
American Book Company on any
such county adoption contracts, as
all such county adoptions are for
feited by SAID company by it's re-
fusal to execute new bond for the
continuance of such county adop
tions, the provisions of the law rel
alive to such county adoptions be-
ing as follows.
"'Upon the failure or refusal of
any such publisher or person to
comply with the provisions of this
act within the time herein specified,
the text books of such publisher or
person selling the same shall be re-
moved from the common schools of
any and every county by the County
Board thereof in which the same
have been adopted Kentucky
Statutes, Section 4,424
1T will therefore be required of
all counties haying such contract
for text books published by the
American Book Company to dis
continue their use from and after
this date and substite for such
books the corresponding books of
the State uniform series. The PEN
alties for using other books than
the State series, except such as are
under legal contract, and upon the
County School Book Commission
and teachers, the former being IL
able to a fine of from 800 to $500
and the latter (teacher) cannot
draw salary while using other books
than those under legal State or
county contract. This applies only
to the pu olications of the American
Book Company at present. Other
suits are pending against other
companies and you will be advised
on the conclusion of these. The
Court of Appeals holds that only
one recovery can be made against
any one company, and such recov
cry shall be for the full amount of
the bond. Mason county has been
awarded the amount of the Amer
lean Book Company's bond and
other suits against it will be use
less. JAS. H. FUoUA, SR.,
"Sup't Public Instruction"