Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-21
TOR ACT NO, 4.
AQAINsT ACT no. 4,
Be II Enacted by the People Of the state
OF A Arkansas.

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Grade certificate to teach in the pupue
schools Of the State and who IS now
and at the date Of the approval OF tlla
Act shall have been engaged IN the yoca-
tlon of school teaching for the three
previous consecutive years is hereby ue-
ciared to be a member or a Popular idu-
catlonal Committee, the duties OF whlcn
shall be hereinafter particularly deilheu'
That the superintendent of puOllc IN
struction Is hereby made the cnalTH
Of said committee, and the Sald cnalt
man shall designate some employe OF ms
office to act as secretary thereof salu
chairman and secretary 10 serve Wlllout
further or other compensation thah Is
now allowed by law.
Sec 2. That IL shall be the duty OF
the chairman and secretary of said com
mttee 10 Immediately prepare ana com
pile from the records of the office OF the
state superintendent of public instruc-
tlon and the offices of the several county
examiners of this State complete ros-
ter or list of all the teachers OF the state
of the residence, grade ana term or SerV-
ice named in Section l OF this ACT, ana
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-
tlonal 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 to be chosen In the man
ner herein provided, the duty OF which
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 receiymgI
The next greatest number of votes shall
fo ftun w q
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. 4. That within ten days after
The date of the completion of the off
rial roster named in Section the chair
man and secretary OF the Committee
shall mail to each and every member OF
said Committee q call for nominations
of committeefnen who may be elected
members offsaid State Text Book Com
mission i,y the Committee. Each mem
Der of said committee may nominate as
many candidates as there are Text Book
Commissioners to be chosen which nOmi-
notions 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
filoo with the secretary of the Com
mittee within Is days from and after
the 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 orl
more nominations the secretary of the
Committee shall notify said nominee
that he or she has been nominated as a |
candidate for q place on said Commits |
sion. and the nominee so notified shall
within five days from ana after the re-
celpt of the notice If he or she desires |
10 serve on said Commission, file with
said secretary an acceptance which shall |
embrace an agreement 10 serve on said |
Commission IL 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. T. Within 10 days after the |
nominations are returned and filed and |
the 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 |
missioners to be elected and the man |
ner of voting and the time within which |
the ba'lots must be returned. which shall |
he 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 Committee
shall mail one of said ballots TO each |
and every member of the committee byi
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 Y in the square in |
front of the name of the candidate for
whom the member of the COMMITTEES !
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 |
may be transmitted TO the secretary Of
she Committee by first class mail !
Printed self-addressed envelopes SHALL
be furnished members of the Committee
by the secretary for this purpose. TheI
envelopes, containing the individual bal
lots, upon which shall be printed thel
words ELECTION Returns" shall be filciI
who shall indicate in writing the truel
date upon which It was received. after
which said envelopes. unopened shall
he deposited in a bauot box prepared
for that purpose
Sec g. Immediately following tho
date named for the closing OF the cleo
tlon 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-
ber of votes for the nominees. said Flee
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
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
missicners 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 g.
Sec 10. Within ten DAYS after tbe
date of their election the Commissioners
shall meet in the city of Little RocI,
and take the oath of Office prescribed nv
law for other state officials and shall
Immediately enter upon the discharge
% their duties as herein defined Thew
shall organize by eIecting 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 q uniform system of text hooks
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:
l. BY. contracting with publishers of
adopted books at prices advantageous To
school patrons by buying in such ouan-
titles as will induce such publishers to
reduce the margin of profit to the mini