Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-08
FOR ACT NO. 4. AGAINST ACT NO. 4.
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas:

Be it Enacted by the People of the State
 of Arkansas:
 Section l. 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 vpea- tion of school teaching for the three previous consecutive years. is hereby de- clared to be a member or a Popular Edu cational Committee. the duties of which shall s 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 emp]oye of his offlcc to act as secretary thereof, said chairman and secretary to serve without further or other compensation than is now allowed by law.
 Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of said com mlttee to immediately prepare and com pile from the records of the office of the 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. constitute the official Popular Educa- tional Committee of the State of Ark ansas which shall in this Act be desig mated as the Committee.
 
 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 ere ated. Said Commissioners shall serve terms as follows: The two receiving the greatest number. or votes shall serve 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 1. pnt int, 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 clal roster named in Section 3 the chair man and secretary of the, Committee sad Committee call for nominations of committeeman who may be elected members of said State Text Book Com mission by the Committee. Each mem- Der of said committee may nominate as many candidates as there are Text Book Commssioners to be chosen, which nomi pared and mailed to the members of the Committee shall be signed by the G..o,mmlttee member and returned and raied lis with the secretary of the Com mlttee within 15, days from and after the date of the call for nominations, and nominations received after that date will not be considered.
 Sec. 5. Whenever any member Of the Committed shall have received 10 or more nominations the secretary of the Committee shall notify said nominee lhal ne or she has been nominated as a candidate for place on said Commis- sion. and the nominee so notified shall within five days from and after the re- ceipt of the notice. if he or she desires to serve on said Commission file with said secretary an acceptance which shall embrace an agreement. to serve on said commission If elected. Nominees who iaii to file such acceptances within the tune required shall be deemed to have declincd to serve and their names will See. 6. That immediately after inc date Tor the closing of nominations and TOT decllnations and acceptances the chairman and secretary of the Commit tee snail compile list of all nominees, slvinS 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. l Sec. '. Within 10 days after tho nominations are returned and filed and l the names of those who have accepted the nomination shall have been ascer- talned. the chairman and secretary of l the committee shall prepare the official l ballot which shall contain the names of those who have received 10 or more IFnomlnations and have accepted the same. | With the usual instructions as in other elections. stating the number of Com l ner, or voting and the time within which theaballots must be returned which shall De 15 days from the date the ballots | are mailed to rlenbefS,s of the Commit. | pear on thef ballot isi9 alpliabetical or, der. and the SsecretaryS or the Committee snail mall one of said ballots to each l and every member of the cnmnaittee by first class mail. and the mailing of all the ballots shaA be upon the same day