Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-23
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
TUNHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
Il represented in Senate and Assembly, do

NNHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
il represented in Senate and Assembly, DO
enact as follows
SECTION /. Every parent, guardian or other
person in the State of Nevada, having control or .
charge Of a child or children between the ages !
Of eight and fourteen years shall be required |
to send such child or children to public school /
for period Of ut least sixteen weeks in each .
school year ut least eight weeks Of which shall /
be consecutive. unless such child or children /.
are excused from such attendance by the Board
of School Trustees of the school district IN
which such parents or guardians reside, upon
its being shown to their satisfaction that the
bodily or mental condition of such child or
children has been such as to prevent his, her or
their attendance at school or application TO
study for the period required, or that such child
or children are taught in a private school or at
home, in such branches as are usually taught IN
primary schools, or have already acquired the
ordinary branches Of learning taught in the
public schools provided, in case public school
shall not be taught for period OF sixteen weeks
or any part thereof, during the year, within two
miles by the nearest travelled road of the resi-
dence Of any person within the school district,
he or she shall not be liable to the provisions
Of this Act.
SEC 2 1t shall be the duty Of the Board Of
school Trustees Of each school district in this
State. on or before the first Monday in Scptcm-
Der in each year. to furnish ihe principal of each
public school taught in such district with list
Of all children, resident in the school dlstrfet
between the ages Of eight and fourteen years;
said list to be taken from the report Of the
School Census Marshal. At the beginning of
each school month thereafter it shall be the
duty of the principal of each school in such dis
trict to report to the Board of School Trustees
of such district the names Of children attending
school during the previous school month; VIII Il,
if IL shall appear at the expiration OF four school
months, to the Board of School Trustees that
, any parent guardian or other person having
charge or control of any child or children shall
have failed to comply with the provisions of
this Act, the Board shall cause demand to be
} made upon such parent, guardian or other per-
! son for the amount of the penalty hereinafter
\ provided, when if such parent, guardian on
! other person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
same within five days after making such de-
4 mand, the Board shall commence proceedings
in the name of the school district for the reCOy
! cry of the fine hereinafter provided before any
Justice of the Peace in the township in which
said school district is located; or, if there
n should be no Justice of the Peace therein then
before the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
0 county.
! SEC. 81 Any parent, guardian or other person
i having control or charge of any child or chill
/ dren, failing to comply with the provisions o
0 this Act, shall be liable to fine of not les
than $50 nor than 500 for the first otfense
nor less than 500 nor more than 5000 for eacl
0 subsequent ofiense, besides the costs of collec
0 ton.
o SEC 4. Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction Of the Board Of Trustees of any schoo
district in this State that the parents, guardian
or other persons having control and charge O
! any child or children in attendance upon an.
public school of said district in accordance Will
the provisions Of this Act, are unable to procur
% suitable books, stationery, etc, for such child
% or childrcnit shall be the duty of such Board +
procure or cause to be procured for such chill
child or children all necessary books, station
cry etc. the to be paid for out of the funt
d of said school district in the same way tina
o other claims against the school districts are nov
% allowed and paid; provided, that all books, sta
% tiOnery, etc, purchased under the provisions o
this Act shall be deemed to be the property o
% the school district, to be under the care an
Is control Of the School Trustees when not in &C
IS tual use.
SEC. 8. All fines collected under the provision
10 of this Act shall be paid in to the County Treas
20 urer on account of the State School Fund.
SEC. 6. II shall be the duty Of the County ST
perntendent of Public Schools in each count
80 in this State to cause this law to be publishe
in some newspaper in his county, if any ther
50 be, four consecutive times annually for perio
Of two years. the expense of such publicatio
to be allowed and paid out of the General SchoC
Fund of the county. The Board Of Schot
so Trustees in each school district shall cause
80 he posted annually, for period of two year
50 in three public places in their districts notice
of the requirements Of this law.
80 SEC. Z. This Act shall take effect and be
force from and after its passage.
Approved February 20, 1873.
30 LOUIS SULTAN,
Superintendent of Public Schools,
30 apSIt Lincoln County, Nevada