The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29

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 fifty per cent of the contract
 price. Provided, that such exchange
 period shall not continue longer than
 one year from the date of contract.
 And each person or publisher making @
 bid for the supplying of any book or
 books under this Act shall state in such
 bid or proposal the exchange price at
 which such book or books will be fur
 nished.
 Sec. I. That the Text Book Commis
 sion 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 reject ed. 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 previous sections
 of this Act, they may re-advertise for
 sealed bids or proposals under the
 same terms or conditions before, and proceed in their investigations in all
 respects as they did in the first in
 stance 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 of l Alabama, proceeding in all respects in like manner as before, and provided that before accepting or rejecting any manuscript it shall be their duty to take the manuscript and to advertise for sealed bids or proposals for pub
 fishing the same Tn book form, in like manner as herein provided for, and un- der the same restriction and condition and the contract may be let for the l publication of all such books or for
 any one or more separately; and pro l yided further, that the State itself ] shall not under any circumstances en- ter into any contract binding 1t to pay for the publication of any book or l books, but in tho contract with the owner of the manuscript it shall be provided that he shall pay the compen- sation to the publisher for the publi- cation and putting In book form the manuscript togeth CT with the cost and expense of copyrighting the same; and provided, further. that in all cases, bids or proposals shall be accompanied with the cash deposit of from five hundred to twenty five hundred dollars as the Commission may direct, and as pre- viously provided in 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 the manner as follows: In response to the adver- tisement when made as hereinbefore provided, said person, firm or corpora tion may submit in writing bid or bids ! to edit or have edited publish and sup ply for use in the public schools In this State any book or books herein pro- vlded for, provided that instead of fil- ing with said bid or proposal a sample or specimen copy of each book pro- posed to be furnished, he may exhibit to the Commission a manuscript or printed form the matter proposed to be incorporated in any book, together with such description and illustra- tion 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 furnish. and they shall accompany their bid or proposal with the cash deposit and execute contract and bond as here in before provided.
 Sec. s. That as soon as said Commits sion shall have entered into contract or contracts for the furnishing or sup plying 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. g. That the party or parties, with whom the contract shall be made, shall
 place their books on sale at not less than
 three places in each County of the State for the distribution of the books to the patrons and the contractor shall be per
 mitted to make arrangements with q merchant or other person for the handling ana ulSlflDutlOn or the DOCKS. All books shall be sold to the consumer at the e. tail contract price. and in each book shall
 be printed the following: (The price fixed herein Is fixed by State contract and dev- iations therefrom shall be reported to [ your County Superintendent of Education l or the State Superintendent at Montgom- i ery) And 1t is expressly provided that should any party contracting to P,trnish books as provided for in this Act fail to furnish them, or otherwise breach his contract, in addition to the right of the State to sue on the bond hereinabove re- quired, the County Superintendent of any l. County may sue in the name of the State Of Alabama in any court of competent 1 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 of the County Su- perintendent shall be limited to breaches of the contract committed in the County of his residence, and. provided, further. that in all cases under this Act service of process may be had and deemed suf- flcient on any agent of the contractor in | this State.
 Sec 10. That said Commission shall from time to time make any necessary regulations to secure the prompt dstri- button of the books herein provided for, and the prompt and faithful execution of all contracts, and 1t is expressly now provided that said Commission shall