The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-20
FOR ACT NO. 4. AGAINST ACT NO. 4.
He 1t Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas.

He 1t Enacted by the People of the State
 of Arkansas.
 Section l. That every school teacher
 who resides in this State. who holds first
 schools of the State and who is now,
 and at the date of the approval Of this
 Act shall have been engaged in the voca-
 tion of school teaching for the three
 previous consecutive years. is hereby de-
 clared tn be a member or a Popular Edu- cational Committee. the duties of which shall be hereinafter particularly defined. That the superintendent of public in- struction 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. 2. That 1t 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
 tion and the offices of the several county
 examiners of this State complete ros-
 ter or list of all the teachers of the State
 or 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 postofftce address, and said roster or list so compiled shall constitute the official Popular Educa- tiGnal Committee of the State of Ark arsas which shall in this Act be desg- mated as the Sssfis;ss tee.
 Sec. {. The AfkanSuS Text BOOK COfu- mission. composed Of SIX members of the Committee. to be chosen in the man ner herein provided. the duty of which is hereinafter prescribed Is hereby cre- ated. Said Commissioners shall serve terms as follows: The two receiving the greatest number Of 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 {. That within ten days after the date of the completion of the offi~ cial 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 committeeman who may be elected
 members of said State Text Book Com
 mission by the ce.nmittse Each mem
 Der of said committee may nominate as
 many candidates as there are Text Book
 Commis ssfoners to be chosen which nomi- nations made upon blanks to he 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 10 days from and after
 the date of the call for nominations. and
 nominations received after that date win not be considered.
 See ,. Whenever any member of the | more nominations the secretary of the Committee shall notify said nominee ! that he or she has been nominated as candidate for Il place said Commis- | sion. and the nominee so notified shall within five days from and after the re- ceipt of the notice. If he or she desires {! to serve on said Commission file with l said secretary an acceptance which shall l embrace an agreement to serve on said Commission If elected. Nominees who l fan 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 See 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 nofnf- 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 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 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 ner of voting and the time within which the ballots must he returneh Which sifalf be 15 days from tine date the ballots are mailed to members of the Commit tee The names of candidates shall ap- pear on the ballot in alphabetical er- der and the secretary Of the C0mmlttee shall mall one of said ballots to each and every member of the committed by first class mail and the mailing of all
 the ballots shall be upon the same day