Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-08
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 shall indicate their choice of the candi- dates by placing an x in the square in front of the name of the candidate for wishes to vote Each ballot shall be signed by the member Of the Committee voting the same who shall also write or her signature. and the said ballot may be transmitted to the secretary Of the Committee by first class mail; mail; be furnished members of the Committee by the secretary for this purpose. The envelopes. containing the individaul bal words ''Eection Returns shall be filed with the secretary of the Committee, date upon which it was received after which said envelopes, unopened, shall he deposited in a bairot box prepared
 Sec Q Immediately following the date named for the closing of the elec- tion the State Board of Election Com and declare the result of said election. Before counting the ballots and the mum Der of votes for the nominees. said Elec- tion Commissioners shall compare the names signed to each ballot with the names appearing upon the roster pro- vided for in Section ?, and in case the pear upon the official roster such ballot will not be counted After the ballots clared the state Board of Election Com missoners 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.
 See. 10. Within ten days after the ! date of their election the Comm issioners shall meet in the city of Little Rock and take the oath of office prescribed by law for other state officials and shall immediately enter upon the discharge of their duties as herein defined. They shall organize by eleeting of their number as chairman and another of | their nlGn1IlprS
 Sec. l. It is hereby made the duty of the state TeXs Book Commission to i 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:
 l. By contracting with publishers of adopted books at prices advantageous to school patrons by buying k such qtlan- titles as will induce such publishers to reduce the margin of profit to the mini- mum.
 9 By preparing, causing to be prepared manuscripts for text books. aud causing the same to be printed by | the state when u state printing plant Shall bc established by law. said hooks when printed to be supplied to the school patrons at actual cost of production and
 ,. By the purchase or manuscripts
 or copyrights or tue securing of manu- scripts and copyrights by the payment
 of royalties upon books which may be printed and distributed by the state.
 l.. The State Text Book Commission
 shall be governed by the following
 policy: It shall hasten the publication
 of text books, beginning with books for
 the primary grades. as fast as approv-
 ed manuscripts can he secured and pub
 lication facilities are afforded by the
 state, and the Commission shall make
 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-
 ton of q substitute by the state at any
 time.
 Sec 12 That members of the State
 ieXt Book Commission shall receive as
 full compensation for their services
 the sum of $6.o0 per day. for each and
 every day they are actually engaged in
 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
 the work of the Commission shall be de- termined by a majority of the Commits slen and for the purpose of supplying , the Commission with printing, stationery
 and other incidental expenses there is fund amounting to S600.00 per year.
 Sec. 1s; That to cover the per diena
 railroad fare and contingent expenses of
 said Commission for a biennial period. beginning December 12. 1912, and ending l December 12. 1914 there is hereby ap any money not otherwise appropriated the sum of SIC, 100000, or so much there of as may be necessary, and l. the chair
 shall file with the auditor of state vouchers for the per diem, railroad fare and contingent expenses, herein pro vded for, and the auditor is authorized to draw his warrant on the state treas urer therefor
 Sec 14. That the text books, the pur- chase or production of which arc pro- vided for in this Act, shall be distribut- ed in the following manner: Where books purchased or contracted for from publishers other than the statel they may be sold by regular dealers.
 whose margin of profit shas be fixed by the Commissions; where the books are printed by the state they shall be dis tributed by the county examiners and
 county superintendents Of public instruc- tion under such terms and limitations as may be prescribed by the State Text Book Commission. See. 15. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby, repealed and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its adoption by the people. Filed in the office of the Secre- tary of State on the 9th day of May, 1912.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above Act.
 Witness my official signature this 20th day of May 1912 EARLE w. HODGES
 Secretary of State IScaIl