The Forrest City times., 1912-07-05
TOR ACT NO. 4. AGAINST ACT NO. 4-
1s t Enacted by the People of the State
 

who resides in this State, who holds nrst 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 Yoca- tion of school teaching for the three previous consecutive years. is hereby de 0lared to be a member or a Popular Edu- oational Committee. the duties of which ehall be hereinafter particularly defined. That the superintendent Of public in- otruction 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 ?. That it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of said com mittes 10 immediately prepare apI con- pile from the records Of the office of the etate superintendent of public instruc- tfon and the offices of the several county examiners of this State complete ros- Ger or list of all the teachers of the State cf 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 complied shall constitute the official Popular Educa- tonal Committee of the State Of Ark ansas. which shall in this Act be desig-. hated the Committed
 Sec. 3. The Arkansas Text Book Com mission. composed of six members Of the Committee to be chosen in the man
 
 h 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 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. 1. That within ten days after Che date of the completion Of the offl- sial roster named fin Section the chair Nan and secretary of the Committee ohall mall to each and every member of said Committee call for nemina tions of committeeman who may be elected members Of said State Text Book Com misAion by the Committed Each mem Der of said committee may nominate a s many candidates as there are Text Book Commissioners to be chosen W hIch nom pations. made upon blanks to be pre- pared and mailed to the members of the Committee, shall be signed by the Committee member and returned and filed with the secretary of the Com Dittee within l5 days from and after ehe date of the call for nominations. anu nominations received after that date will not be considered.
 Sec. D 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 Com f7is- sion. and the nominee so notified shall within five days from and after the rt.- ceiSt 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 Pil to file such acceptanees within tho time required shah he deemed tn have declined te serve and their names Will not appear upon the official ballot
 Sec. |. That immediately after the Gate for the closing of nominations and for deelinatioDs and aceeptauces the chairman and secretary of the Commit. tee shall compile a list of ali nominees giving opposite the name of each noni- 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. :. Within 10 days after the roufDations are returned and filed and the names Of those who have accepted the nomination shah have been aseer- tliued. the chairman and secretary off te committee shall prepare the official laflot. which shall contain the names ofI tose who have received 10 or more Ordinations and have arcepted the same sith 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 he returned. which shall be IS days from the date the ballots Are mailed to members of the Commit tee. The names Of candidates shall au- pear on the ballot in alphabetical or der. and the secretary of the Committee shall mail one of said ballots ta each and every member of the committees by first class mail and the mailing of all the ballots shall be upon the same day.
 Sec s Members of the Comm{ttee shall Indicate their choice of the candi- dates by placing an x in the square in front Of the name of the candidate for whom the member of the Committee W fn fga signed by the member of the Committee voting the same who shall also write his or her postoffiee address under his or her signature. and the said ballot may be transmitted to the secretary of the Committee by first class mail Printed self-addresSei euVelop.S shall De furnished members Of the Committee py the secretary for this purpose The envelopes, containing the individual bal lots, upon which shall be printed the words Election Returns" shall be filel who shall indicate fin writing the true date upon which II was received. after which said envelopes. unopened shall De deposited in haHet box prepared
 Sec. g. Immediately following the date named for the closing of the cleo ton the State Board Of Election Com missioners shall canvass the returns. and declare the result of sad election Before counting the ballots and the rurn. her of votes for the nominees said Flee NOh 1omniSSlonerS snail G0n1rarn the names signed to each ballot with the names appearing upon the roster pro yided for iT Section 9 and in case tle names signed to the ballots do not ap- pear upon the official roster such ballot will not be counted. After the ballots have been counted and the reSgIt tc- clared the State Board of Election Com missieners 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
 Sec. 10. Within ten days after the 6ate of their election the Commissioners shall meet in the city of Little Rock and take the oath of office prescribed hv law for other state officials and shall immediately enter upon the discharge or their duties IS herein defined They shall organize by eleeting one of their number as chairman and another Of their members as secretary.
 Sec. II IL 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 or 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 d prices adVantsgeou tN