The Van Buren press., 1912-06-01

! Commissioners to be chosen. which nomi-
nations made upon blanks to be pre-
parei and mailed to the members OF
! Inc Committee shall be signed by the
/ filed with the secretary OF the Com
mittee within 10 days from and after
the date Of the call for nominations and
nominations received after that date
NIL not Ne considered.
Sec g. Whenever any member OF the
Committee shall have received 10 or
more nominations the secretary of the
Committee shall notify said nominee
that he or she has been nominated as a
candidate for a place on said Commits
sion and the NJ minee so notified shall
within five days from and after the re-
cent Of the notice, II he or she desires
10 serve on said Commission, file with
said secretary an acceptance which shall
embrace an agreement TO serve on said
Commission II elected. Nominees who
fail to file such aCgeptanCes within the
time required shall he deemed to have
declined to serve and their names will
no appear upou the official ballot
&c G. That Immediately after the
date for the closing Of nominations and
for destinations and aCceptances the
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-
ceived by each of them, which list shall
be printed and mailed to each member
Of the Committee.
Sec T. Within 10 days after the
nominations are returned and filed and
the names Of those who have accepted
the nomination shall have been asCer-
tanned. the chairman and secretary Of
the committee shall prepare the official
ballot which shall contain the names OF
those who have received 10 or more
nominations and have accepted the same
with the usual instructions as in other
elections, stating the number of Com
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nor Of voting and the time within which
the ballots must be returned, which shall
be 3 days from the date the ballots
are mailed to members of the Commit
tee. The names of candidates shall APP
pear on the ballot in alphabetical or
der and the secretary OF the Committee
shall mail one Of said ballots to each
and every member of the committee by
first class mail, and the mailing of all
the ballots shall be upon the same day.
Sec S. Members OF the Committee
shall indicate their choice Of the candi-
dates by placing an y 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 pOStofflCo address under his
or her signature, and the said ballot
may be transmitted to the secretary of
the Committee by first class mail.
Printed sclf-addTessed envelopes shall
be furnished members Of the Committee
by the secretary for this purpose. The
envelopes containing I,e iuuIN iHaui uaI-
lots, up9n Whlc4 shaI oe printed the
WORDS EIectloh hetuI rs, shaI Ne !.Irl
who shall indicate I'm writing the true
date upon which II was received, after
which said envelopes, unopened. shall
pc asI.Slleu IN oa'io' DON prepared
for that purpose, c.,,.....
sec ~ luiiHeuidIeIN I"'oN.HE 'he
oate namet TOT the gIoSlHE OF me e.rD-
t9n the Stote BOARD or HI.ru on ON
miss 3hriS SIdII t"u|"Hs we returns
ahu declare IHe result OF SdId t|e'Il"H.
Before counting NE nalI9,s ana l4eg num- ~
beT or votes IvF 'ue nominees, SAN EIrc-
ton commissioners shaH compare the
names sltnea 70 tach uaI"l WIN me
names appedt,uE upon 'Ig IoSl'E pro
Nlded TOT IN He'u1u ana III case lne
names SlEhrI 10 l9' uaI"lS 90 not HP-
pear uIon th' olucIai roster su'h baIIot
VIII not be counted AItgf the ballots
have been counted ana the result de-
cIared tne SLat" ioard .I II'ou!u 'oih-
mlsSloners Sn"!i issue tl"lL 'eEtIl ,atrs
ana M" ,ht same WI. iur FgNeItvI.
who shaii issue COMMISSIONS Tor the
terms lndl'alru IN 0''u"h o.
sec. ~. N,lI.i ''i, ",tN 'I|'T Jl'
date OF thelr eIeg l"h lne ,',pln ISs'Gn"is
shall meet lH we CIV OF LIlU, korh
and take tne oall or ONO" prescribed hE
Ia" Tor olhef state oHl'Ia,S ana SNaII
Immediately enter upon me discharge
Of their duties as hgre,n deiln'A IhcN
SHAH organize ny eIe'tnE one ~ their
number as chairman ana another or
their members as secretary
Sec II. II is hereby made the duty
of the state Text Book Commission 10
adopt "a uniform system ~ text hooks
for the common schools or IN" state or
Arkansas, aud q" provide tnst SAID
books shall b" supplied TO the patrons
of the public schools in the following
manner.
l. rs, contracting with pm, I'a'eFs or
adopted books az prices advantageous to
school patrons 10y huE'nE 10 SGrn guam
titles as viii induce such publishers =
reduce the margin or proilt 10 the mini
mum
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