The Van Buren press., 1912-06-22

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
: mittee within Is days from and after
the date of the call for nominations. and
| nominate received after that date
1 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
| that he or she has been nominated as a
/ candidate for a place on said Commis-
sion and the nominee so notified shall
/ within five days from and after the re-
| ceipt of the notice. IL 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 II elected. Nominees who
fail to file such acceptances 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 declinations 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 Z Within 10 days after the
nominations are returned and filed and
the names of those who have accepted
the nomination shall have been ascer-
tanned 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 to be elected, and the man
ner 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 APP
pear on the ballot in alphabetical or
der and the secretary or 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 8. Members OF the Committee
shall indicate their choice of the candi-
dates by placing an \ in the square IN
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
voting the same who shall also write
his or her postoffice address under his
or her signature, and the said ballot
NAV be transmitted to the secretary Of
the Committee by first class mail
Printed 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 In writing the true
date upon which it was received. after
which said envelopes, unopened, shall
be deposited in a baIIot box prepared
for that purpose,
Sec .. Immediately following the
date named for the closing of 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-
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 g. and in case the
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 result de-
clared the state Board OF Election Com
missioners 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.
See 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 by
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 II. 1t is hereby made the duty
Of the state Text Book Commission TO
adopt uniform system of text books
for the common schools of the State OF
Arkansas and to provide that said
books shall be supplied to the patrons
Of the public schools In the following
manner:
/. BY contracting with publishers Of
adopted books al prices advantageous to
school patrons by buying In such guam
titles as will induce such publishers TO
reduce the margin Of profit to the mini
mum.
2. BY preparing, or causing TO be
prepared, manuscripts for text books,
and causing the same TO be printed by
the state when state printing plant
shall be established by law, said books
when printed to be supplied to the school
patrons at actual cost or production ana
delivery.
or copyrights, or the securing Of manu-
scripts and copyrights by the payment
of ROYALTIES upon books which may be
printed and distributed by the state.
T. The state Text Book Commission
shall be governed by the following
policy; 1t shall hasten the publication
Of text books, beginning with books for
the primary grades, as fast as APPROX
ed manuscripts can be secured and pup
lication facilities are afforded by the
state. and the Commission shall make
no contract with any publisher Tor
longer period than six years, and no
contract shall be made for any book
which shall interfere with the publica-
tion Of substitute by the state at any
time,
Sec r. That members OF the state
Text Book Commission shall receive as
full compensation for their services
the sum Of $500 per day. for each ana
every day they are actually engaged IN
the performance OF their duties, ana
actual railroad fare 10 and from their
places OF residence The amount or
time each Commissioner shall devote TO
the work OF the Commission shall be de-
termined by majority OF the Commls-
sion. and for the purpose or supplying
the Commission with printing, stationery
and other incidental expenses there ls
allowed said Commission contingent
fund amounting TO 100000 per year,
Sec, 3, That to cover the per diem.
railroad fare and contingent expenses or
said Commission for biennial PERIOD.
beginning December ", 1919, ana endlng
December l2. 1914, there Is hereby APP
proprlated from the state treasury from
any money not otherwise appropriated
the sum OF $40 900 90, or 80 much there
OF as may be necessary ana the chnlr.
man ana secretary or thc NonlllNNlVu
shall flc with the auditor OF sthte
Vouchers for the per diem, railroad fare
and contingent expenses, herein pro.
vlded for and the auditor Is authorized
to draw his warrant on the state treas
urer therefor
Sec IA, That the text books, the pur-
chase or production OF which are pro-
vidcd for In this Act, shall be dlsrlbut.
cd IN the following manner where
books are purchased or contracted Tor
from publishers other than the state
they may bo sold by regular dealers
whose margin OF profit shall be fixed
by the Commission, whore the books are
printed by the state they shall he ais,
trlhuted by the county examiners ana
county supcrintendcnts or public iustruc-
ton under such terms and limitations
M may be prescribed by the State Text