The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-27

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 whom the Foembcr qf tha coramItte slgned hy the iueube~ or the cemmitfe' voting the sapie. wko shall also writ. his or her Do<toffice address undcr bis or her s'ctatpre and Che said baliol may he transmitted ta tho secretary oi the Committee by first class mail Printed self-addressel cnyelopes shall be furnished. members of the Committee hv the eecrctary for this puruaSe The. enveInpes containing tho tudivfdaul bal lots upon which shall bo printed the words Election Returns shall be filed with the secretary of the Committed who shall indicate in writing the true date upon which t was received. after which SaiG envelopes. unopened. shall be deposited in a haf'ot box brepared for that purpose
 Sec g. Tmmodiately following the date named fur the closing of the cleo ton the State Board of Election Com missoners shall canvass the retnrnx and declare the result Of said election Bcfere counting the ballots and the mum Der of votes for the nominees. said ltlec- ton Commissioners shall compare the names signed to each ballot with the names appearing upon tho roster pro- vidcd for in Section 2. and in ease the uanes 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 do- clared the State Board of Election Com mssloners shall issue their certificates of election to tile succcsSfui candidates and file the samc with the Governor, who shall issue commissions for the terms indicated In Section }
 Sec 10. Within ton days after the date of their election the Commissioners shall meet in the city of Little Rock and take the cath of office nrescribcd bv law for other state officials and shall immediately enter upon tho discharge of their duties as herein defined They shall organize by elect'ng one of their number as chairman and another of their members as secretary
 Ser, i + It 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. aud 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 q prices advantageous to school patrons by buying in such q1an- titles as will Induce such publishers to reduce the margin of profit to the mini- mum
 ?. Ky preparing or causing Co be prepared. manuscripts for text books. and causing the same to be printed by the state when a state printing plant shall he established bv law, said books when printed fo he supplied to the scheol patrons at actual cost or production and
 By tue purchase or manuscripts or copyrights or the securing of mann scripts and copyrights Dy the payment of royalties upon books which may be printed and distributed Dy the state.
 i The state Text Book Commission shall be governed by the following policy: It shall hasten the publication of text books beginning with hooks for the primary graCes, as fast as approN- ed maEHscrirts can be secured and pup llcation facilities are afferied by tpe State. and the Commission shall make no contract with any publisher for q longer period than six years and no contract shall be made for any book which shall interfere with the publica- ton of substitute by the state at any time
 Sec l2. That members of the state Teyt Book Commission shall receive as full compensation for their services the sum of $600 per day. for each and every daN they are actually engaged n the performanee ef their dmtles' nlMta M actual railroad fare to and from their 1 places of residence The amount of i time each Commissioner shall devote to l the work of the Commission shall be de- ] termined by a ma lority of the Commis- 1 sion and for the purpose of supplying i the Commission with printing. stationery l and other incidental expenses there is 1 allowed said Commission contingent 1 fund amountins to S6p000 per year Sec. 13. That 10 cover the pcr diem, railroad fare and contingent expenses ef 1 said Commission for a biennial period. | beginning December 2. 1912 and ending | December 2. 1914, there is hereby ap- 1 propriated from the state treasury rom | any money not otherwise appropriated l the sum of s10,090.0V. or SO much there | of as may be necessary, and the chalr- l man and secretary of the Com ion ] shall file with the auditor of state | vouchers for the per diem. railroad fare and contingent expenses, herein prp- vided for and the auditor Is authorized to draw his warrant on the state treas urer tkerefer
 See IA That the text books. the pur- chase or production of which are pro vided for in this Act, shall be distribut- cd in the following manner: Where books are purchased or contracted for from publishers other than the stnfe. they may be sold by regular dealers, whose margin of profit shali be fixef by the Commissions where the books are printed by the state they shall be dis tributed by ttfS so:.ss..ss Sssainefs and county superntendentS or public instfuc- tion under such terms and limitations as may be prescribed by the State Text Rock Commission.
 | Sec 15 That all acrs and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby ] repealed and this act shall take effect , and be in force from and after the date | of it's adoption by the people. Filed in the office of the Secre- | tary of State on the 9th day of May, 1912
 Each elector may vote for or against
 the above Act.
 Witness my official signature. this goth day Of May ial2 EARLE w. HODGES. l Secretary of State.