Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-07
FOR ACT NO. 4.
AGAINST ACT NO. 4.

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sho resides in this State. who holds iirsst
srade certificate TO teach In the pupllc
schools of the State and who Is now,
and at the date of the approval or TINS
Act shall have been engaged IN the Voca-
tlon of school teaching for the thIee
previous consecutive years, Is hereby ue-
clared TO be member or a Popular Eau
cational Committee. the duties OF whlch
shall be hereinafter particularly deflneu
That the superintendent OF puDllc IN
struction is hereby made the chairman
of said committee, and the said chalT
man shall designate some emplOye OF ms
office to act as secretary thereof sald
chairman and secretary 60 serve without
further or other compensation thah Is
now allowed by law
Sec. 2. That II 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 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 / of this Act anu
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 deslg-
mated as the Committee,
Sec 3. The Arkansas Text Book Com
mission composed Of SIX members or
the Committee. 10 be chosen In the man
ner herein provided the duty Of when
Is hereinafter prescribed. Is hereby Gre
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 tho original
Commission is chosen.
Sec. A.. That within ten days after
the date of the completion Of the Off
cial roster named i'm Section the chair
shall mail 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 men,
Der of said committee may nominate as
many candidates as there are Text Book1
Commissioners to he chosen which nomi |
nations, 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 |
nittee within 10 days from and after
the date of the call for nominations and
nominations received after that date |
will not be considered.
Sec. s, Whenever any member Of the
Committee shall have received 10 or
more nominations the secretary of the |
Committee shall notify said nominee
chat he or she has been nominated as
candidate for a place on said Commits
sion. and the nominee so notified shall
within five days from and after the re-
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10 serve on said Commission, file with
said secretary an acceptance which shall
embrace an agreement TO serve on said |
Commission if elected, Nominees who
fail to file such acceptancos within the
time required shall be deemed TO have
declined to serve and their names will
not appear upon the official ballot
Sec G. That Immediately after the
date for the closing OF nominations and
for deolinatons and acceptances the
chairman and secretary of the Commit.
tee shall compile a list Of all nominees
giving 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.
Sec T. Within 10 days after the
nominations are returned and filed and
tine names of those who have accepted
the nomination shall have been ascer-
tained. 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
xnfssioners to be elected and the man
ner of voting and the time within which
the ballots must be returned, which shall
be 15 days from the date the ballots
are mailed to members Of the Commit
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pear on the ballot In alphabetical or
der. and the secretary OF the Committee
shall mail one of said ballots to each
and every member OF the committee by
first class mail, and the mailing of all |
the ballots shall be upon the same day.
Sec, s. Members of the Committee
shall indicate their choice of the candi-
dates by placing an X In the square i'm
front OF the name of the candidate for
whom the member of the Committee
wishes to vote. Each ballot shall be
signed by the member OF the Committee
mis- or her post0ffice address under his
or her signature, and the said ballot |
may be transmitted to the secretary Of |
the Committee by first class mail |
Irinted self-addressed envelopes shall |
be furnished members of the Committee
by the secretary for this purpose The
envelopes, containing the individual bal
lots. upon which shall be printed the /
words Election Returns" shall be filed |
with the secretary of the Committee /
who shall indicate I'm writing the true
date upon which IL was received. after
which said envelopes. unopened shall |
be deposited in a bauot box prepared |
for that purpose.
Sec. Q. Immediately following the
date named for the closing of the cleo
ltion the State Board OF Election Com |
rnissioners shall canvass the returns |
and declare the result of said election |
Before counting the ballots and the num- |
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 2, and in case the |
names signed to the ballots do not an |
gear upon the official roster such ballot
will not be counted. After the ballots /
have been counted and the result de-
clared the state Board of Election Com
missicners snail 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 g.
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 electing one Of their
number as chairman and another OF
their members as secretary
Sec IL. II is hereby made the duty
of the State Text Book Commission 10
adopt a uniform system Of text books
for the common schools OF the state of
Arkansas, and TO provide that said
books shall be supplied 20 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 in such uuan-
nc will