Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
FOE ACT NO. 4.
AGAINsT ACT NO. 4.
pn II enacted by The People Of tho State

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who resides I'm this State. who holds first
grade certificate 60 teach in the puDiIc
schools of the State and VINO IS now,
and at the date Of the approval OF tul9
Act shall have been engaged IN the VUca-
ton of school teaching for the three
nrovious consecutive years, is hereby de-
clared TO be member or Popular Huu-
cational Committee, the duties or Whlcn
shall be hereinafter particularly u9liHeu'
That the superintendent oI puplic IN,
struction is hereby made the cnalrlnhn
of said committee, and the SAID cnali
man shall designate some employe or ms
office TO act as secretary Thereon, saiu ,i
chairman and secretary to serve Wllhput
further or other compensation thah Is
now allowed by law.
Sec. g That It shall be tho duty OF
the chairman and secretary OF salu coHl-
mittee to Immediately prepare ana COM
pile from the records of the office or the
state superintendent of public lnstruc-
tion 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 OF serV,
fee named In Section / of this Act, ana
shall indicate opposite the name OF each
teacher his or her postoftice 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 OF
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 OF votes shall
serve for six years. the two receiving
the next greatest number of votes shall
serve four years and the two receiving
h.. pF
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. 4. That within ten days after
The date of the completion of the off
cial roster named In Section the chair
man and secretary of the Committee
ishall 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 mem
Der of said committee may nominate asI
many candidates as there are Text Book
Commissioners to be chosen. which nomi
nations made upon blanks TO be pre-
pared and mailed to the members of
,thc Committee, shall be signed by the
Committee member and returned and
filed with the secretary of the Com
mlttee within IS days from and after
,the date of the call for nominations and
nominations received after that date
viii not be considered,
B.. Sec. s 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 place on said Commits
sion. and the nominee so notified SHALL
within five days from and after the re-
ceipt Of the notice If he or she desires
20 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 acceptgnces within the
time required shall be deemed to have
declined to serve and their names will
rot appear upon the official ballot
Sec 6. That Immediately after theI
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 II
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 OIL
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 15 days from the date the ballots
ere mailed to members of the Commit
tea. The names of candidates shall ap-
pear on the ballot in alphabetical or
der and the secretary or the Committed
shall mail one of said ballots to each
and every member Of the committee byl
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 forI
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
naY 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 individaul bal
let's, upon which shall be printed the
with the secretary Of the Committee
who shall indicate in writing the true
date upon which il was received after
which said envelopes. unopened. shall
be deposited in a barot box prepared
for that purpose
Sec. 8. Immediately following the
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-
her of votes for the nominees. said Elec-
ton Commissioners shall compare the
names signed to each ballot with the
names appearing upon the roster pro-
vided for in Section ., and i'm 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-.
c.Nred the State Board of Election Com
missicners shall issue their certificates
Of election TO the successful candidates
and file the same with the Governor,
VINO 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 electiug one of their
number as chairman and another of
their members as secretary
Sec. II. Ii is hereby made the duty
Of the State Text Book Commission TO
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 to the patrons
of the public schools in the following
manner:
l. BY contracting with publishers of
adopted books at prices advantageous to
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