Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-28
FOR ACT NO. 4.
AGAINST ACT NO. A.
Bo Il Enacted by the People Of lilo statt

grade certificate 70 teacn IN the pupllt
schools of the State and who Is now, now,
and at the date of the approval OF TINS
Act shall have been engaged IN the VOca-
tion of school teaching for the three
previous consecutive years, Is hereby 9e-
clared to be member or Popular E9u-
catlonal Committee. the duties Of which
shall be hereinafter particularly detlneu'
That the superintendent Of public IN
struction Is hereby made the chairman
of said committee, and the SAID chalT-
man shall designate some employe OF hi9
office to act as secretary thereon, salu
chairman and secretary to serve without
further or other compensation than Is
now allowed by law.
Sec. 2. That II 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
state superintendent of public instruc-
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 and term or serV-
ice named in Section ! of this Act ana
shall indicate opposite the name of each
teacher his or her postoftice ADDRESS,
aud 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 desig-
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 ere
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 receiving
the next greatest number of votes shall
serve for two years, and every two years
Y 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 afterl
The date of tht completion of the off
cial roster named In Section the chair
man and secretary of the Committee
shall 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
ber of said committee may nominate as
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
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 |
Will not be considered
Sec. 5. 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 |
candidate for a 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
TO serve on said Commission. file with |
said secretary an acceptance which shall |
embrace an agreement 10 serve on said |
Commission If elected. Nominees who
fail to file such aoceptances within the
time required shall be deemed to have
declined to serve and their names will |
not appear upon the official ballot
Sec, 6. 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 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-
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 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 byi
first class mail, and the mailing of all |
the ballots shall be upon the same day. |
Sec. g. Members OF the Committed |
shall indicate their choice of the candi- |
dates hy,ijfScing an X In the square in |
front OF the hame 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
may be transmitted to the secretary of |
the Committee by first class mail |
Printed self addressed envelopes shall |
De furnished members of the Committee
by the secretary for this purpose TheI
envelopes, containing the individual bal |
lots. upon which shall be printed the !
words Election Returns" shall be filed |
with the secretary of the COMMITTEES |
who shall indicate in writing the true
date upon which IL was received after
which said envelopes, unopened shall |
be deposited in bauot box prepared |
for that purpose.
Sec. 9. 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 thel
names signed 70 each ballot with the
names appearing upon the roster pro-
vided for I'm Section 2. and in case the
Names signed to the ballots do not ap-
peaE upon the official roster such ballot
will not be counted. After the ballots
have been counted and the result de-
clRred 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 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 electing one Of their
number as chairman and another Of
their members as secretary
Sec. IL. 1t 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 20 provide that said
hooks shall be supplied TO the patrons
of the public schools in the following
manHer:
1. BY contracting with publishers Of
adopted books at 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