The Harrison times., 1912-07-06
FOR ACT no. 4.
AGAINST ACT no. 4.
Re II Enacted by the People of the Stat
of Arkansas.

Section /. 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-
clared to be member or u Popular Edu-
cational Committee. the duties of which
shall be hereinafter particularly defined.
That the superintendent of public in
struction 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 II shall be the duty Of
che chairman and secretary of said com
mittee 70 Immediately prepare and COM
pile from the records of the office of the
state superintendent of public instruc-
tIon and tho offices OF the several county
examiners of this State q complete ros-
ter or list of all the teachers of the state
of the residence, grade and term of serV-
Zee named in Section ! 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
tional Committee of the State of Ark
ansas which shall In this Act be desig-
mated as the Committee
Sec. 3. The Arkansas Text Book Com
mission, composed OF SIX members Of
the Committee to be chosen In the man
ner herein provided, the duty of which
is hereinafter prescribed. Is hereby Gre
ated. Said Commissioners shall servo
terms as follows; The two receiving
the greatest number or votes shall
serve for six yearsI the two receiving
the next greatest number Of votes shall
nd Nha NufA nAit ~ iVaf u
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, 4. That within ten days after
the date of the completion of the off
cla1 roster named tn Section the chair
man and secretary OF the Committee
shall 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 NOM
Der of said committee may nominate as
many candidates as there are Text Book
Commissioners 10 be chosen, which nomi-
nations, made upon blanks to bo pre-.
pared and mailed to the members OF
Committee member and returned and
filed with the secretary OF tho Com.
mittoe within 15 days from and after
che date OF the call for nominations, and
nominations received after that date
will not be considered
Sec g. Whenever any member of tho
Committee shall have received 10 or
moro nominations the secretary Of the
Committee shall notify said nominee
chat he or she has been nominated as n
candidate for place on said Commits
sion, and tho nominee 30 notified shall
within five days from and after the re-
ceipt OF the notice, II he or she desires
90 serve on said Commission file with
said secretary an acceptance which shall
embrace an agreement to serve on said
Commission n elected Nominees who
fail TO file such acceptanoos within the
time required shall be deemed 10 have
declined to serve and their namOs will
not appear upon the official ballot
Sec, @, That Immediately after the
date for the closing OF nominations and
FOR declnatlons and aocoptances the
chairman and secretary OF tho Commit
tee shall compile n list OF all nominees,
giving opposite the name of ench nom.
neo the total number or nominations ro.
ceivod by each OF them, which list shall
be printed and mailed TO each member
OF tho Committee,
nominations are returned and filed and
hho names OF those who have accepted
Inc nomination shall have been ascer-
{nincd, 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
missioners 20 be elected and the man
ner Of voting and the time within which
the ballots must be returned which shall
be 10 days from the date the ballots
are mailed TO mombora OF the Commit
too The names or candidates shall npf
pear on the ballot IN alphabetical or
der, and the secretary or the Committee
ahnil mail one OF said ballots 90 each
first class mail and the mailing Of all
clio ballots shall be upon tho same day
Sec g. Mombors OF the Committee
shall Indicate their choice OF tho cnndl-
dates by placing an \ In the square In
front OF the nRmo 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
his or her postofflee address under his
or her signature. and the said ballot
may he transmitted 90 the secretary Of
Printed Holf.Hddrosgod envelopes shall
be furnished momhorH OF tho Committee
by tho secretary for this purpose The
envelopes, containing the indiVlduul bal
lots, upon which shalt ho printed the
words "lGlceilon Returns" ahnll bo filed
with the aeerotnry OF the Committee.
who shall Indicate I'm writing The true
date upon which II was received, after
which said envelopes, unopened shalt
be deposited IN bauot box prepared
Sec. D. Immediately following the
date named for tho closing OF the eleu
tlon the State Board OF Election Com
mlsHlonors shall canvass the returns
aud declare the result OF said election.
Before counting the ballots ana the mum.
her OF votes for the nominees. said Eeo-
tlon Commissioners shall compare tho
names aligned 90 each ballot with the
names appearing upon the roster nros
yided for Ia Section 9, and N case the
names signed ~ the ballots do not APP
pear upon the official roster such ballot
will not be counted After the ballots
have been counted and the result do.
clRrod The state Hoard OF Election Com
mlsalcnerH shall Issue their certificates
OF election 90 the successful candidates
end file the same with the Governor
who Hhnll issue commissions for tho
terms Indicated in Aecilon 4,
nee, 10 Within ten days after the
date OF their election the Commissioners
shall meet IN the city OF Little Rock
and take the oath 0f 01oe prescribed hy
Nnw for other state onlOlHlH ana shall
immediately enter un0n the diHehafAt
Af their duties az hareln defined They
shall organize by eleethg one " thelf
number az chairman Rnd another OF
their members hH secretary
Hoc ~ n IN hereby made the duiN
of tho state Text Hood, CNmmlnalon "a
adOnl uniform HyHtem nf text hnolu
far the common schools Of the State Ol
AThaHAaB, aud to provide that Rad