The Forrest City times., 1912-06-28
FOR ACT NO. (. AGAINST ACT NO. {.
.. |, Enacted by the People of the State

Section 1. That every school teacher who resides in this State, who holds first grade certificate to teach in the public schools of the State and who Is now and at the date of the approval of this Act shall have been engaged In the voca- tion of school teaching for the three previous consecutive years. is hereby de- elared to be member or a Popular Edu- estional Committee. the duties of which ehall be hereinafter particularly defined. That the superintendent of public in- 0truction Is hereby made the chairman of said committee, and the said chair man shall designate some employe of his office to act as secretary thereof. said chairman and secretary to serve without further or other compensation than is now allowed by law
 Sec. 2 That it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of said com mittee to immediately prepare and com pile from the records of the office of the state superintendent Of public iustruc- tion and the offices of the several county examiners of this State a complete ros- ter or list of all the teachers of the State of the residence grade and term Of serv- Ice named in Section 1 of this Act. and shall indicate opposite the name of each teacher his or her postoffice address, and said roster or list so compiled shall constitute the official Popular Educa- donal Committee of the State of Ark ansas. which shall in this Act be desg-, hated as the Committee
 Sec. 3. The Arkansas Text Book Com mission, composed of SIX members Of the Committee. to be chosen in the mah- per herein provided the duty of which is hereinafter prescribed is hereby ere terms as follows: The two receiving the greatest number or votes shall serve for six years; the two receiving the next greatest number of votes shall ~erve four years, and the two receiving the next greatest number of votes shall serve for two years. and every two years from and after the date of first election two Commissioners shall be chosen in the same manner in which the original Commission Is chosen.
 Sec. 1. That within ten days after the date of the completion of the off sial roster named in Section the chair san and secretary of the Committee shal1 mall to each and every member of said Committee call for nominations of committeeman who may be elected members of said state Text Book Com mission by the Committee Each mcm- Der of said committee may nominate as many candidates as there are Text Book Commissioners to be chosen. which nomi- pattons. made upon blanks to be pre- pared and mailed to the members of the Committee. shall be signed by the Committee member and returned and plttee within IS days from and after bhe date of the call for nominations, and nominations received after that date will not be considered.
 See. 5 Whenever any member Of the Committee shall have received 10 or more nominations the secretary of the Committee shall notify said nominee
 
 candidate for a place on said Commits sion and the nominee so notified shall within five days rom and after the re- cciSt of the nat -sH he or sHe desires to serve said 7nntsston file with said secretary an aeeef ft-#ce which shalI embrace au agreement ate serve on said | Commission If eictfo=E Nominees who II to file such aCcppfanCeS within tha time required shall i=- deemed to have declined to serve am their names will not appear upon the official ballot
 See. That immediately after the date for the closing of nominations and for declinations and aeceptauees tine chairman and secretary of the Commit tee shall compile a list of all nominees giving oprOsite the name of each nomi- nee the total number of nomiua tious re ceived by each of them. which list shall be printed and mailed to each member of the Committee.
 See. [. Within 10 days after the nominations are returned and filed and the names of those who have accepted the nomination shah have been ascer- tiued the chairman and secretary af | committee shall prepare the offfcisl lllot. which shall contain the names or ose who have received 10 or more minations and have accepted the same ttth the usual instructions as in other elections stating the number of com missioners to be elected and the man her of voting and the time within which the be lots must be returned which shai be IS days from the date the ballots hre mailed to members of the Commit tee The names of candidates shall ap 
 der, and the secretary Of the Comm ftte- shall mail one of said ballots to each and every member of the committee hr first class mail. and the mailing of all the ballots shall be upon the same day
 Sec x Members of the Committee shall indicate their choice of the candi- dates by placing an in the square in front of the name Of the candidate for whom the member of the Committee wishes to vote. Each ballot shall he signed by the member of the Committee sat Afarr f-trs, his or her postoffice address under his or her signature. and the said ballot may be transmitted to the secretary 9t the Committee by first class mail Printed sell addressed envelopes shall be furnished members of the Committee by the secretary for this purpose The envelopes. containing the individaul bal lots, upon which shall be printed the words Election Returns" shall be file i with the secretary of the Committee who shall indicate in writing the true date upon which 1t was received after which said envelopes unopened shall De deposited in baHot box prepared for that purpose
 Sec Q Immediately following the date named for the closing of the elec- ton the State Board Of Election Com missioners shall canvass the returns and declare the result of said election. Before counting the ballots and the mum her of votes for the nominees. said Flee ton Commissioners shall comparc the names signed to each ballot with the names appearing upon the roster pro Vided for in Section 9. and in casa the names signed to the ballots do not an. pear upon the official roster such ballet will not be counted, After the ballots have been counted and the result de clared the state Board of Election com missicners shall issue their certificates of election to the successful candidates and file the same with the Governor who shall issue commissions for tho terms indicated in Section ,.
 Sec. 10 Within ten days after the date of their election the Commissioners shall meet in the city of Little Rock and take the oath of office prescribed bv law for other state officials and shat imm ediately enter upon the discharge of their duties as herein defined. They shall organize by electing one of thtI number as chairman and another of their members as secretary.
 Sec. II. It is hereby made the duty of the State Text Book Commission to adopt uniform system of text books for the common schools of the State ot Arkansas. and to provide that said books shall be supplied to the patrons of the public schools in the followinz manner
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