The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER 7315-lNo. LII

AN ACT to Amend An Act (Chapter 1884 of
the Laws OF Florida, Acts of 1870, Au-
thorizing the State School Book Commis-
sion Of the state of Florida to Extend the
Time Limit of Five Years For Renewing
Contracts For Purchase of School Text
Books to July l, 1919, and For Other Pur-
poses.
Whereas, Section ii of Chapter 6l7S. Laws
of Florida, Acts of 1911, known as the Uni
form Text Book Law" provides that any
contract entered into or renewed, shall be
Tor term of five years, and that the adop-
ton OF the books made under the provisions
of said Act shall continue for five years: and
Whereas, Such contracts were entered
into under the provisions of that law did ex-
pire on September /, 1916; and
Whereas, By Legislative enactment Laws
of Florida, 1915, said Text Book Commission
was empowered and authorized to extend
said contracts with the consent of the pub
fishers to July l, 1917, at which time con-
tracts shall be made for future adoption for
the full period of five years as required by
statute; and
Whereas Said Text Book Commission by
mutual agreement with publishers did ex-
tend all contracts to July l, 1917; and
Whereas, Said Section IA of Chapter 6178
provides that any county, which at the time
of the passage of said law, had an existing
contract might carry out said contract in
good faith; and
Whereas, There were thirty-fve counties
in the State that had existing contracts and
carried same out in good faith; and
Whereas majority of the counties in the
State have been using the State adopted
list Of text books for only two or three years,
and some for only one year; and
Whereas 1t would be impracticable for
said counties recently adopting the uni
form text books, as provided by said law, to
make changes adopt their course of study
to new books without great expense to the
patrons of the schools; and
Whereas The unsettled condition, caused
by the European war, have more or less af-
for tod Of ind ct ri
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Florida:
Section /. That the State Textbook Com
mission be, and are hereby, authorized to
confer with the various publishers Of text
books now adopted and in use in this State,
and If a publisher or publishers, consent to
extend the time limit for said contracts for
uniform school text books to July l, 1918,
at which time contracts shall be made for
future adoption for the full period of hVe
years, required by statute.
Sec 2. That should the State Textbook
Commission find that any publisher or pub
fishers be not willing to extend any con-
tract for two years as provided above on
any subject subjects the said Textbook
Commission are hereby empowered and au-
thoriZed to make new adoptions for such
subject or subjects for such period for which
any contract cannot be extended by mutual
consent.
Sec g. That certain counties of this state
which by Chapters 1000 and 7115 of the Acts
of 1915 were relieved from the operations or
the Uniform Textbook law of this state and
were allowed to continue the use of the text
books the said counties were then using I'M
til July |, 1917; shall be allowed to continue
the use of the same until July l, 1919, or I'M
til such time as the Textbook Commission
of this State shall make new text book con-
tracts for the State of Florida.
Sec 4. That all laws and parts OF laws
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Approved June 5, 1917.