The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
MEASURE FATHERED BY STATE.
BOARD or EDUCATION Is
COMPLETED.
A MPLIFIES POWERS
EMPow STATE SCHOOL AU-
THoRITIES TO DEAL WITH ANY
BOOK STU ALTON THAT
MAY ARISE.

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awards. n HI drawn by the Attor-
ney4 General for the Board Of Edu-
cation and presented to the Senate
Committee on Public Institutions and
Education yesterday. will probably
come from the committee to the Sem
ate this morning The bin seeks to
provide new terms for the award OF
( books and 10 specify n definite legal
} requirement under which II violated,
the State may prosecute the publish
ing houses involved in Determinations
against ;he State. The bill was char
aCterized by members OF The Senate
as very skillfuliy drawn" and able
/ bill.
The chief provisions of the bill are
that the board is not in the future
( to he bound for a period of years
/ 70 any publishing company and that
publishing companies will be request
ed in making bids TO bid on the books
with the provision that they shall
! furnish plates Of their works to the
State to he printed under the direc-
/ ton OF th' State. as is done now
/ in only one State in the Union, Cali
/ fornia. This proposal to publish I'M
der State supervision ia the new idea
| or the board for preventing further
Determinations against Virginia The
superintendent told the Senate com
| mittee that he expected sh!s bill
would result in Substantial savings
to the state"
a bill relating to contracts for text
books adopted for use in the public
free schools OF the Commonwealth:
/ BE ii enacted by the General AS
sembly Of Virginia
] l. That the State Board Of Educa-
ton shall enter into written contracts
with publishers Of textbooks adopted
for use in tle public free schools of
the Comm onwealth. and the said con-
tracts shall contain the following rep
reservations, terms and conditions, to
wit:
Il (a) That the prices named In said
contracts are IN all cases as low as
the prices at which said books are
sold anywhere in the United States
] and :hat the terms of exchange Of
books as set out in said contracts are
. In all respects as favorable to the
patrons Of t1e schools of Virginia
= as those granted by the publishers
. anywhere in the United States.
tb) That If the prices Of said
books. or any of them. shall at any
time be reduced. or the terms Of
exchange made more favorable to the
purchasers anywhere in the United
states the same reduction and the
same exchange privileges shall there
!. upon he granted throughout Virginia
, and the publisher shall immediately
notify the superintendent Of Public
q Instruction OF such CHANGES
(c) That If any such pdblisher is
. sue any special or other edition Of
any suCsh books and sell the same
outside OF the State OF Virginia al
lower prices than those named IN
:, said contract, the said publisher shall
. furnish the Superintendent of Public
. Instruction. Immediately on the pub
LEGATION OF said edition. a copy there
= Of together with a statement of the
lowest price being charged therefor
e. anc thereupon the State Board Of
| Education may, in its discretion, re-
lQuire said publisher to issue sim.
liar edition for Virginia, adapted ir
text to use in this State, and in al
q respects satisfactory 10 the State
o Board OF Education; and the sale
edition for Virginia shall be sole
@ at the lowest price at which II II
! sold said spec!a. or other edition is
r. sued outside OF this State, as afore
q said; and If said publisher fail to is
: sue said similar edition. approved By
@ the State Board OF Education, in
Il time for use at the beginning OF tn,
: next school year following, the issue
II OF said special or other edition out
side of TINS state then the edition
mentioned in the contract shall bs
sold throughout the State at the low
est price said special or other edition
Is sold outside of Virginia, and sucf
lreduced price shall prevail until sucf
edition is issued for Virginia, as afore
said.
td) A provision under which. ii
case the publisher is a foreign cor
poration or nonresident of thi:
:. State, the Secretary OF the Common
| wealth shall be appointed as agen
upon whom process may he serve'
Is against the publisher in case any lie
~ gal proceedings be commenced to en-
n force any rights or claims arising un
!, der said contract
Il lei Any other representation
= terms or conditions WHOM the sal
n Board OF Education may deem neces
sary for the protection of the patron
and pupils OF the public free school
% or to the interest OF the public schoc
Y, system.
n q Any publisher entering into an
E. such contract shall furnish along wit
d the same a sample copy of all book
l. mentioned therein. and said copie
e shall, In all cases, be identified by
Il reference to the date of said con
tract and by the signature Of tn
II publisher on the flyleaf thereof: an
IS all books furnished in pursuance @
d said contract shall in all respects a
Il to text, paper, binding. illustrations
and in all other particulars, be tn
same as the sample book filed wit
the contract as aforesaid.
May Rent Elates.
II g. And the State Board Is hereb
authorized, in its discretion, to ente
into contracts by which the plate
used in printing books may be rente'
to manufacturers, in order that tn
same may be used for the purpose o
manufacturing books for use In tn
n public free schools OF the State.
4. The State Board of Education
Is authorized to enter into any con
tracts pertaining to the distributor
o Of school books, which in the opinio
:, of the board win improve the system
OF distribution or lessen the cost O
books to the patrons OF the publ
IS schools.
= s. And each OF said contracts shal
70 be accompanied by an affidavit tina
o all representations made therein ar
o true. and that the prices and term
j. named therein were not made in pur
= suanee of any understanding. agree
II ment or combination TO control price
n OF. or restrict competition in, the sal
y OF textbooks: and the said affidavit
l. shall also set out In such detail a