The Nevada County picayune., 1912-07-05
FOR ACT NO. i. AGAINST ACT NO. 1.
B. 1t Enacted by the People Of the State

4cnnO1S or the 6itIt anu Nilh tF If'Hs and at the date of the approval of this Act shall have been engaged in the voca- Nion of school teaching for the three previous consecutive years. IS hereby de siared to be z member or a Popular Edu= rationai Committee the duties of which shan be hereinafter particularly defined. That the sur"riD tru2cnt of public ih- 1 Struction is hereby made the chairman of said committee. and the said chair i man shall designate some emploNe Of hls 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 1t 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 fnstruc- 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- l tional Committee of the State of Ark &nsas. which shall in this Act be desig- mated as the Committee.
 Sec. 2. The Arkansas Text Book Com mission. composed of SIX members or the Committee. to be chosen in the man ner herein provided. the duty of which Is hereinafter prescribed. is hereby ere sted Said Commissioners shall serve terms as follows: The two receiy iSg the greatest number or votes sf3ll eerve for six years; the two receiving the next greatest number of votes shall serve 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 l two Commissioners shall be chosen in 1 the same manner in which the original Commission is chosen.
 Sec. 4 That within ten days after the date of the completion of the off l cial roster named in Section 2 the chair | man and secretary Of the Committee l Ohall mail to each and every member Of seid Committee a call for nominations l of committeeman who may he elected | members of said State Text Book Com I mission by the Committee Each mem | Der of saiS committee may nominate as | many candidates as there are Text Book | Commissioners to be chosen which nomi= | nations. made upon blanks to he pre- pared and mailed to the members of l the Committee. shall be signed hY the [ Committee member and returned and 1 filed with the secretary of the Com + mittee within l5 days from and after | the date of the call for nominations and ! nomination received after that date | win not be considered.
 Sec 5 Whenever any member of the Committee shall have received 10 or ! mere nominations the secretary of the i Committee shall notify said nominee [ that he or she has been nominated as q e ndidate for place on said tommis=I | sion. and the nominee so notified shall [ within five days from and after the re- eeipt of the notice. if he she desires 10 serve on said Commission, file with Uaid secretary an acceptance which tai | embrace an agreement To serve on said | Commission if elected. Nominees who San to file such acccptanees within the time required ghall be deemed to have declined to serve and their names will not appear upon the official ballot
 Sec 6. That immediately after the [ aate for the closing of nominations and e. lfna n 44ss ian f1 1a,.t chairman and secretary Of the Commit tee shall compile a list of all nominees giving opposite the name of each nomi- nee the total number of nominations re eeived by each or them, which list shall be printed and mailed to each member of the Committee.
 Sec. T. Within 10 days after the are returned and filel and the names of those who have accepte the nomination shall have been ascer- tained the chairman and secretary of the committee shall prepare the official | ballot. which shall contain the names of those who have received To OF more and have accepted the same with the usual instructions as in other elections stating the number of Com missioners to be elected. and the man ner of voting and the time within which shs ballots must be returned, which shall be IS days from the date the ballots are mailed to meghcrs of the Commit tee. The names of candidates shall ap= pear on the ballot fin alphabetical or der. and the secretary hT the | efHinil lee shall mail one of said ballots ta each and every member of the committee hX first class mail. and the mailing of all the ballots shall be upon the same day
 Sec. s Members of the Committee shsll indicate their choice of the eandf- dates by placing an \ in the square in front Of the name or the candidate for whom the member of the Committed signed by the member Of the Committee voting the same. who shall also wrtte- his or her postoffice address under hFs CT her signature. and the said haliat may be transmitted to the secretary of the Committee by first class mail Printed Relf-addrcsse1 envelopes shall be furnished members Of the Gemmittee by the secretary for this purpose Pm envelopes. containing the tudIx thahi bal lots. upon which shall be printed the words "Eleotlon Returns. shall he file with the secretary of the Committee who shall indicate in writing the true date upon which it was received after which said envelopes. unopened. shall be deposited In a hauot box prepared
 Sec. O. Immediately following the date named for the closing of the elsc- tion the State Board of Election Com
 nfssioners shall canvass the returns | and declare the result of said election ! Before counting the ballots and the ruHt= I her of votes for the nominees said Elee Gon Commissioners shall compare tbe ! names signed t0 each ballot with the ' names appearing upon the roster pro | yided for in Section 2 and in oasa tho rames signed to the ballots do not ap ! pear upon the official roster such hallatI wiIl not be counted After the ballots f have been counted and the result de- | xfared the State Board of Election Com i SniSsicners shall issue their certificates I of election to the successful candidates and file the same with tne Governor i who shall issue commissions for the terms indicated in Section 3.
 Sec 10 Within ten days after the l date of their election the Commissioners l shall meet in the city of Little Rock 1 and take the oath of office prescribed hV law for other state officials and shallI Immediately enter upon the discharge of their duties as her u defined, They shatl organize by eleCu0E one of their number as chairman and another of
 their members as secretary.
 Sec. H. It is hereby made the duty
 of the State Text Book Commission tol
 adopt a uniform system of text hooksI
 Tor the common schools of the state of
 Arkansas, and to provide that said
 books shall be supplied to the patrons
 of the public schools in the following
 manner:
 l. By contracting with publishers of
 adopted books at prices adVantageous to
 school patrons by buying in such quan-
 Sfties as will induce such publishers to
 reduce the margin of profit to the mini
 aum.