The Forrest City times., 1912-06-07
ROR ACT NO. (. AGAINST ACT NO. 4.
Re 1t Enacted by the People of the State Of Arkansas

WhV resides In this State. who holds d nrSt grade certificate to teach in the public schools of the State and who is now nnd at tsle date of the approval of this Acf shall have been engaged in the voca- tion of school teaching for the three previous consecutive years. is hereby de eiared to be a member or a Popular Edu- Sational Committee. the duties of which GhaN be hereinafter particularly defined. &fc,t the superintendent of public in StruCtion Is hereby made the chairman or said committee. and the said chaiF- man shall designate some employe of his oifke to act as secretary thereof. said Chairman and secretary to serve without further or other compensation than is now allowed by law
 Sec ,. That it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of said com mtttee ta imme iiately prepare and com pile from the records of the office of the state superintendent of public instrue- tton and the offices of the several county examiners of this State a complete ros- ter or list of all the teachers of the State or the residence grade and term of serv- Ice named in Section 1 of this Act. and shall indicate opposite the name of each teacher his or her postoffice address. and said roster or list so compiled shall constitute the official Popular Eduea- tional Committee of the State of Ark ansaS. which shall in this Act be desig mated as the Committee
 Sec. ,. The Arkansas Text Book Com mission. composed of SIX members of the Committee to be chosen in th., 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 from and after the date or first election two Commissioners shall be chosen in 4e same manner in which the original Commission is chosen . Sec I That within ten days after tRe date of the completion of the off eial roster named in Section 2 tha 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 men- Der 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 C9misittee member and returned and filed with the secretary of the Com nr.tiee within i5 days from and after the date of the call for nominations and nominations received after that date will not be considered
 See. . Whenever any member of the Committee shall have received 10 orI more nominations the secretary of the Committee shaIl notify said nominee that he or she has been nominated as a IS- l sion. anu the nominee 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 shah embrace an agreement To serve on said Commission if elected Nominees whoI fail to file such aeeeptanees within the time required shall be deemed to have declined to serNe and their names will not appear upon the official ballot
 Sec c That immediately after the date for the closing of nominations and for dscltnattons and acceptances the chairman and secretary Of the Commit tee shall compile q list of all nominees giving opposite the name of each non,i nee the total number Of nominations re eeived hY each of them. which list shall be printed and mailed to each member of the Committee
 Sec T. 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 examinations and have accepted the same . ith the usual instructions as in otherI tlections stating the number of Com missioners to be elected and the man ner of voting and the time within which the ba'lots must be returned. which shall l be IS days from the date the ballots are mailed to members of the Commit tee. The names of candidates shall ap-
 
 der, and the secretary Of the Committec shall mail one of said ballots to each and every member of the committee hv first class mail. and the mailing of all the ballots shall be upon the same day
 Sec & Members of the Committee shall indicate their choice of the Candi- dates by placing an In ti'e square iul front Of the name of the candidate for whom the member of the Gommittee wishes 10 vote Each ballot shall be signed by the member or the Committee h.. hn tR,1t af.r., -g. r. his et h.. sastoffiee address under his or her feature. and the said ballot may be 7smttted to the secretary ot the Committee by first class mail Printed self-addressed envelopes shall be fur i.hed members of the Committee hY the secretary for this purpose The envelopes. containing the indtvtdaul bal lots. upon which snail be printed thcj words Election Returns. shssl be file With the SeCretarY of the Committees who shall indicate in writing the tr-le date upon which tt was received. after which said envelopes unopened shall be deposited in parrot box prepared for that purpose
 Sec. 9. Immediately following the uatc named for the closing Of the cleo tiol the State Board Of Election Com m siorers shall canvass the returns and declare the result of SAid election Before counting the ballots and tho nHfn- Dor of votes for tho nominees said EIec- uoH Commissioners shall compare the names signed to each ballot with the
 
 vided for in Section ? and in ease 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 elared the state Board of Election Com misslcnerS shall issue their oertiffcst es Of election to the successful candidates and file the same with the Governor who shall issue commissions for Che terms indicated in Section g.
 See. 10. Within ten days after the cate Of their election the Commissioners shall meet in the city of Little Rock and take the oath of otfice presc rihed hv law for other state officials and shall immediately enter upon the discharge of theIr duties as hernfu defined They shall organize by eleeting one of their number as chairman and another of their members as secretary
 See, II. It is hereby made the duty of the State Text Book Commission to adopt uniform system of text books for the common schools of the State of Arkansas. and ta provide that said books shall be supplied to the patrons of the public schools in the follow ins s manner
 1. By contracting with publishers Of adopted books at prices advantageous to school patrons hy buY,ng m such quan- sg.1 1fa4l,.. "a.