The Van Buren press., 1912-06-08

Commissioners to be chosen. which nomi-
I nations made upon blanks to he pre-
1 pared and mailed to the members of
! the Committee. shat be signed by the
! Committee member and returned and
/ filed with the secretary OF the Com
/ mittee within IS days from and after
| the date Of the call for nOmiua lions. and
/ nominations received after that date
! will not be considered.
! Sec. 8 Whenever any member Of the
! Committee shall have receive 10 or
! more nominate tons the secretary of the
/ Committee shall notify said nominee
! that ne or she has been nominated as "A
! candidate for a place on said Com mis-
! 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 TO serve on said
! Commission II elected. Nominees who
fail to file such HCCeptanCes within the
! tlpe required shall be deemed TO have
| declined TO serve and their names will
not appear unon the official ballot
| Sec. 9. That Immediately after the
] date for the closing Of nominations and
for declarations and HCCeptanCeS 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 or nominations re-
| Caived by each of them, which list shall
Of the Committee.
Sec. Z Within 10 days after the
nomina lions are returned and filed and
the names Of those who have accepted
the nomination shall have been ascer-
tanned 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
uer Of voting and the time within which
the ballots must be returned, which shall
he Is 1avS 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 bv
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 I'm
front Of the name 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 DOStOffiCc 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
he furnished members Of the Committee
by the secretary for this purpose. The
cnvelOpcS containing the individual bal
lots upOn which shall be printed the
words Election Returns" shall he filed
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
he deposited in a 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
missOuers 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 Comm ssioners shall compare the
names signed to 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 APP
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
missioners shall issue their certificates
Of election 70 the successful candidates
and file the same with the Governor.
who shall issue commissions for the
terms indicated in Section 3.
Sec TO- Within ten days after the
date Of their election the Commissioners
shall meet in the city of Little Rock
law for other state officials ana 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 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
school patrons by buying in such guam
titles as will induce such publishers to
reduce the margin Of profit to the mini
mum,
Q Ry preparing, or causing to be
prepared manuscripts for text books.
and causing the same 70 be printed hv
the state when a state printing plant
shall be- established by law, said hooks
when printed 10 DE supplied 10 the school
patrons at actual cost or production and
delivery
g. Bv the purchase or manuscripts
or copyrights, or the securing of manu-
scripts and copyrights by the payment
Of royalties upon books which may be
printed and distributed by the state.
The state Text Book Commission
she'll be governed by the following
policy. II shall hasten the publication
Of text books, beginning with books FOR
the primary grades as fast as APPROX
ed manuscripts can hc secured and pun
LEGATION facilities are afforded by the
state and the Commission shall make
no contract with any publisher Tor
longer period than six years, ana no
contract shall be made for any book
which shall Interfere with the publica-
ton Of a substitute by the state at any
time
Sec. 49, THAT members o. the state
Text Book Commission shall receive as
fun compensation Tor their services
the sum Of $500 per day for each and
every day they are actually engaged M
the performance Of their duties, ana
actual railroad fare TO and from their
places Of residence. The amount OF
time cnch Commissioner shall devote TO
the work Of the Commission shall be de-
tcrmlnod by q majority OF the Commits
sion and for the purpose or supplying
the Commission with printing stationery
and other incidental expenses there ~
allowed SAID Commission contingent
fund amounting TO 100000 per year
Soc. 10. That 10 cover the per diem,
railroad fare and contingent expenses OF
said Commission for a biennial period
beginning December ~, 1912, ana ending
December 10, 1914 there rs hereby. APP
proprintcd from tho state treasury from
any money not otherwise appropriated
the sum Of 100000, or so much there
OF MS may be necessary, and the chair
man ana secretary OF the Commission
shall file with the auditor OF state
vouchers for the per diem, railroad fare
and contingent expenses, herein pro.
yidcd for and the auditor is authorized
to draw his warrant on the state treas.
urcr therefor
Sec H. That the text books the pur.
chase or production OF which are pro-
yidcd for In this Act, shah ho dlslrlhut
ed I'm tho following manner Whore
hooks are purchased or contracted for
from nuhlIvIrru other than the state.
they may be- sold by regular dealers
whose margin OF profit shall ho fixed
by the Commission, whore the books are
printed hv the state they shall bo dis.
| tributod by the county examiners ana
county suporntondontg or public iustruc.
ton undor such terms and limitations
~ may be prescribed by the state TcNt
! Book Commission