History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Administration of Gov. Benton McMillin. 2«5 Fitzpatrick, were especially important. Recognizing the great benefitto education, which had resulted from the holding of Teachers Insti-tutes, the Legislature increased the appropriation for this purpose from$1,500 to $2,500 per annum. The County High School law is a wiseenactment, which affords to any county the opportunity to establish asystem of schools complete within the county. Another educational enactment of great importance was An actto create a State Text-Book Commission, and to procu
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Administration of Gov. Benton McMillin. 2«5 Fitzpatrick, were especially important. Recognizing the great benefitto education, which had resulted from the holding of Teachers Insti-tutes, the Legislature increased the appropriation for this purpose from$1,500 to $2,500 per annum. The County High School law is a wiseenactment, which affords to any county the opportunity to establish asystem of schools complete within the county. Another educational enactment of great importance was An actto create a State Text-Book Commission, and to procure for use in thefree public schools in this State a uniform series of 504. The Text - Book Commission.— The governor and SlateSuperintendent of Public Instruction, together with three members ofthe State Board of Education named by the governor, constitute theState Text-Book Commission, assisted by a sub-commission, consistingof five members, whose duty it is to examine and report upon themerits of all text-books oftered for adoption by the State. August 25, 1899, Hon. Morgan C. Fitzpatrick. State Superin-tendent of Public Instruction, issued an official circular, setting fortha list of the books adopted, with the prices of each, the regulations for 286 History of Tennessee. purchase, exchange, and introduction, and requiring the newly adoptedbooks to be used in all schools on and after September i, 1899. Thelist showed a considerable reduction in prices. The law went intoefifect promptly, with some^ delay in a few localities, and resistance onthe part of some of the cities. 505. The Reception of the First Tennessee,— The reception ofthe First Tenne
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