The Forrest City times., 1912-06-14
FOR ACT NO. {. AGAINST ACT NO. {.
Be t Enacted by the People of the State
 of Arkansas.

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 elared to be a member or a Popular Edu- eational Committee. the duties of which shall be hereinafter particularly defined. That the superintendent of public in- 0truction is hereby made the chairman of said committed. 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. ?. That it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary Of said com mittee to 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 or the residence grade and term of serv- Ice named in Section l 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 constitute the official Popular Educa- 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 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 1 the next greatest number of votes shall Oerve four years. and the two receiving | the next greatest number of votes shall 1 serve for two years, and every two years l from and after the date of first eetion two Commissioners shall be chosen in | the same manner in which the original | Commission Is chosen.
 Sec 4 That within ten days after Che date of the completion Of the off | sfal roster named in Section 2 the chair nan and secretary of the Committee Shall mall to each and every member of | said Committee a 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 | Commissioners to be chosen. which nomj- | patfons. made upon blanks to be pre- pared and mailed to the members of the Committee. shall be signed by the Eommittee member and returned and | filed with the secretary of the Com Rittee within 15 days from and after bhe date Of the call for nominations and | Nominations received after that date will not be considered.
 Sec. 5. 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 II sion. and the nominee so notified shall within five days from and after the re- ce'St of the notice if he or she desires to serve on said Commission, file with said secretary an acceptance which shall embrace an agreement 10 serve on said Commission if elected. Nominees who vjl to file such acceptances within the time required shall he deemed to have declined to serve and their names will | not appear upon the official ballot
 Sec. 6. That immediately after the | A1la fAvs ,.1r rNrtaaF r.f. for deelinatons and acceptances the | chairman and secretary of the Commit | tee shall compile a list of all nominees giving opposite the name of each nomf- | 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.
 See. [ Within 10 days after the nominations are returned and filed and the names of those who have accepted the nomination shall have been ascer- t3ined the chairman and secretary of | te committee shall prepare the official lallot. which shall contain the names of taose who have received 10 or more lminattons and have accepted the same s.ith the usual instructions as in other elections. stating the number of Com missioners to be elected. and the man her of voting and the time within which the ballots must be returned. which shall be Is days from the date the ballots are mailed to members of the Commit tee The names of candidates shall ap pear on the ballot in alphabetical or | der, and the secretary of the Committed shall mall one of said ballots to each and every member of the committee by i first class mall. and the mailing of all | the ballots shall be upon the same day l
 Sec. s. Members of the Committee shall indicate their choice of the candi- ! dates by placing an x in the square in | front of the name of the eandidate for whom the member of the Committed wishes to vote. Each ballot shall he l signed by the member Of the Committpe l voting the same who shall also write his or her postoffiee address under his 1 or her signature, and the said ballot ! may be transmitted to the secretary of the Committee by first class mail l Printed sell -addressei envelopes shall be furnished members of the Committed by the secretary for this purpose Thc envelopes containing tue ind{Vtdau bal ] lots, upon which shall be printed theI words Election Returns" shall be f1ci l with the secretary of the Commlttee who shall indicate in writing the true date upon which It was received after which said envelopes, unopened. shall be deposited in baUot box prepared
 Sec. g. Immediately following the date named for the closing af the cleo tion the State Board of Election Com missioners shall canvass the returns and declare the result of said election Before counting the ballots and the num-I ber of votes for the nominees said Flee tion Commissioners shall eamparc tnrI names signed to each ballot with Che names appearing upon the roster pro vided for in Section 2, and in case the names signed to the ballots do not an-i pear upon the official roster such ballot will not be counted After the hallatsI have been counted and the result da-| clsred the State Board of Election Com misslcners 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 bv law for other state officials and shall immediately enter upon the discharge of their duties as herein defined They shall organize by eiecting 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 a uniform system of text books for the common schools of the State of Arkansas, and to provide that said books shall he supplied to the patrons of the public schools in the following manner
 I. By contracting with publishers of adopted books al prices advantageous to t...