Since 1940 when Jackson was designated as the central depository for textbooks by the State Textbook Purchasing Board, the facilities of the School Book Supply Company had been used. The School Book Supply Company ordered its books from forty-four publishing companies approved by the Mississippi Textbook Purchasing Board. Additional services provided by the company were the storage, handling, and distribution of used state textbooks.
All procedures used by the company were examined closely and were found to be quite satisfactory. In fact, the State Textbook Depository of Mississippi often was used as a model for other states interested in the maintenance of state-owned depositories.
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