The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-20

Sec s -.smiefs ot the t.ommiti es shall indicate tneir choice of the aandf- dates bS flaciD4 an x in the sqnare in front of the name of the candidate for whom the member Of the Committee wlshes to vote Each ballot shall be eiRncd by the member or the Committee voting the same who shall also write his or her postoffice address under his or her s'gnatiire, and the said ballot may he transmitted to the secretary of the Committee bv first class mail Printed self-addresseu envelopes shall be furnished members Of the Committee envelopes. containing the indivldaul bal lots. upon which shall be printed the words Election Returns. shall be filed with the secretary of the Committee who shall indicate in writing the true date upon which IL was received after which saiG envelopes unopened. shall be deposited tn a bai;ot box prepared for thai purpose
 Sec g. Ifnhediatelv following the late named Nr the closing or 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 rlim- Der of votes fer the nominees. said Elec- ton Commissioners shalf compare the names signed to each ballot with the names appearing upon the roster pro- vided for ih Section q and in case the names signed Q 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- clared the state Board of Election Com missouers shall issue their certificates Of election to the successful candidates and file ths sane with .aa Cs;vsr;,.;f who shall issue commissions for the terms indicated in Section 3
 Sec. 10. Within ten days after the date of their elArton 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
 See. H. It is hereby made the duty of the State Text Book Commission to adopt a uniform system of text books Arkansas and to provide that said books shall be supplied to the patrons of the public schools in the following
 T. By contracting with publishers of adopted books at prices advantageous to school patrons by buyfnR fin such quan- tities as will in lnce such publishers to reduce the margin of profit to the minl- mum
 2 Bv preparing. or causing to be prepared. manuscripts for text books. and causing the same to be printed bv the state when a state printing plant shali be establlshed by law said books when printed tdhe supplied to the school patrons at actual cost Of production and
 g. By the purchase or manuscripts or copyrights. of the securing of manu scripts and copyrights Dy the payment of royelties npon books which may be printed and distributed by the state
 {. The State Text Book Commission shall be governed by the following policy. It shall hasten the publication of text books. beginning <vith books for the primary grades. as fast as approv- cd rnanuscrpts can be secured and pub lication facilities are afforded by the state. and the Commission shall make no contract wth any publisher for lonRer period than six years, and no which shall interfere with the publica- ton of a substitute by the state at any time
 Sec 12. That members of the state Text Book Commission shall receive ns full compensation for their services the sum of $500 per day. for each and every day they are actually engaged in the performance of their duties, and actual railroad fare to and from their places of residence. The amount of time each Commissioner shall devote 10 the work of the Commission shall be de- termined by majority of the Commits sion and for the purpose of supplying the Commission with printing. stationery and other Incidental expenses there IS allowed said Commission a contingent fund amounting to $60000 per year Sec. 3. That to cover the per diem railroad fare and contingent expenses of said Commission for a biennial period. beginning December f2 1912. and ending December IF. 1914. there is hereby ap- proprlated from the state treasury from any money not otherwise appropriated the sum of s10.00000. or so much there of as may be necessarily. and the chair man and secretary of the Commission shall file with the auditor of state vouchers for the per diem. railroad fare and contingent expenses. herein pro- vided for. and the auditor is authorized to draw his warrant on the state treas- urer therefor
 Sec. 14 That the text books. the pur- chase or production of which are pro vided for tn this Act shall be distribut- ed in the following manner; Where books are purchased CT contracted for from publishers other than the state. they may be sold by regular dealers. whose margin Of profit shall be fixed by the Commission; where the books ai- printed by the state they shall be dis- tTTiittsssstSs. hs the county examiners and county superintendents or public instruc- tion under such terms and limitations as may be prescribed by the State Text Book Commission.
 Sec 15. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed and this act snail take effect and be in force from and after the date of It's adoption by the people.
 Filed in the office of the Secre
 tary of State on the 9th day of
 May, 1912
 Each elector may vote for against the above Act.
 Witness my official signature.
 this goth day of May, 1912
 EARLE w. HODGES
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