The Brinkley argus., 1912-05-31

'ss 2: I|l!!: :;:||. N !!'! I|! E 's; ss MI s'y rared and mailed Co the nemtere o line Comnittee shall be signed by tn' Il Committee member and returned V ens filed with the secretary of the Com r,ittee within 15 days from and aftel II the date of the call for nominations, ant
 nominations received after that uat'
 will not be considered
 Sec X. Whenever any member of thu 4 Committee shall have received 10 ol more nominations the secretary or tns
 Committee shall notify said nom,nes 1 that he or she has been nominated as 2
 candidate for place on said Commls II sion and the nominee SO notified shai
 within five days from and after the re ceipt of the notice. if he or she desires | to serve on said Commission, file witt | said secretary an acceptance which snai 1 embrace an agreement to serve on saie | Commission if elected. Nominees wht | fail to file such acceptances within tht time required shall be deemed to have | declined to serve and their names VII
 not appear % upon the oi,c,aa pail3t pter tb. date for the closing of nominations anc 1 for declinations and acceptances the
 chairman and secretary Of the Commit | giving opposite the name of each nomi- nee the total number Of nominations re, Fceived by each of them, which list shall | be printed and mailed to each mempei
 sec '. Within 10 days after the | nominations are returned and filed and | inc names of those who have accepted | inc nomination shall have been ascer- | tained, the chairman and secretary oi | the committee shall prepare the off1c1ai
 ballot, which shall contain the names M od | nominations and have accepted the same, 1 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 l the ballots must be returned, which snail l be Is days from the date the ballots I are mailed to, members of the commit | tee The names of candidates shall ap- | pear on the ballot in alphabetical or 1 der and the secretary of the Committee
 shall mail one or said @ tns oall0ns h9 6n | first class mail and the mailing of all | the ballots shall be upon the same day
 Sec. & Members f,o of the e. tSmmittee .,on nn1,di
 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 be signed by the member of the Committee voting the same who shall also write his or her postoffice address under his
 or her signature, and the said ballot the Committee by first class mail. Printed self-addressed envelopes shall be furnished members of the Committee by the secretary for this purpose. The envelopes. containing the individual bal lots, upon which shall be printed the words 'Election Returns" shall be filed with the secretary of the Committse, mn a, date upon which it was received, after
 which said envelopes, unopened, shall be deposited in baHYot box prepared Sec g. Immediately following the date named for the closing of the cleo tion the State Board of Election Com and declare the result of said election. Before counting the ballots and the num- Der of votes for the nominees. said Elec- l ton Commissioners shall compare the | names appearing upon the roster pro- 1 vided for in Section 2, and in case the | names signed to the ballots do not ap- pear upon the official roster such ballot 1 have been counted and the result de- ] clared the State Board of Election Com | missioners shall issue their certificates ] of election to the successful candidates and file the same with the Governor, who shall issue commissions for the terms indicated in Section 3.
 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 by
 law for other state officials and shall of their duties as herein defined. They shall organize by electing one of their 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 of Arkansas. and to provide that said books shall be supplied to the patrons of the public schools in the following manner
 adopted books at prices advantageous to school patrons by buying in such quan- titles as will induce such publishers to reduce the margin of profit to the mini I mum. I prepared. manuscripts for text books, l and causing the san,ey to be printed by l the state when state printing plant shall be established by law. said books | when printed to be supplied to the school
 patrons at actual cost or production and 3. By. the purchase Of manuscripts
 or copyrights, or the securing of manu-
 scripts and copyrights by the payment
 of royalties upon books , which h,Ia may may be 1 4. The State Text Book Commission 1 shall be governed by the following I policy: It shall hasten the publication
 of text books, beginning with books for l the primary grades. as fast as approv- I ed manuscripts can be secured and pulp 1 lication facilities are afforded by the | State, and the Commission shall make 1 no contract with any publisher for a | longer period than six years, and no
 contract shall be made for. any book | which shall interfere with the publica- .toi VI d supSlieueC Dy eAc SSneS oe N-N1 | time.
 Sec. 12. That members of the State l Text Book Commission shall receive as l full compensation for their services
 the sum of s6.00 per day, for each and every day they are actually engaged in 1 the performance of their duties. and
 actual railroad fare to and from their places of residence. The amount of time each Commissioner shall devote to l the work of the Commission shall be de- | termined by majority of the Commits | sion. and for the purpose of supplyins l the Commission with printing. stationery and other incidental expenses there is 1 allowed said Commission a contingent 1 fund amounting to $6o0.00 per year.
 Sec. 13. That to cover the per diem railroad fare and contingent expenses ol
 said Commission for a biennial period
 beginning December 12, 1912, and ending
 December 12. 1914, there is hereby. ap j propriated from the state treasury iron
 any money not otherwise appropriated
 the sum of s1o000 00, or so much there
 of as may be necessary, and the chair | man and secretary of the Commission
 shall file with the auditor of stat
 vouchers for the per diem, railroad far
 and contingent expenses. herein pro
 vided for. and the auditor ts authorizes , to draw his warrant on the state treas
 urer therefor
 Sec. IA. That the text books. the pur chase or production of which are pro vided for In this Act shall be distribut
 ed in the following manner: Wher , books are purchased or contracted fo . they may be sold by regular dealers . whose margin of profit shall be. ike
 by the Commission: where the books ar , | printed by the state they shall be dis
 tributed by the county examiners an county superintendents of public instrue