Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-20
COMPULSORY EDUCATION

vEyIIE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
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 at least sixteen weeks IN each
school year, at least eight weeks OF which shall
be consecutive, unless such child or chlldren /
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 chlId OF
children has been such as to prevent his her or
their attendance at school or application 70
study for the period required, or that such child
or children are taught in 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 OF she shall not be liable to the provisions
Of this Act.
SIC. 2, II shall be the duty of the Board of
school Trustees of each school district in this
state on or before the first Monday in Septem-
Der in each year, to furnish The principal OF oach
public school taught in such district with list
Of all children, resident in the school district,
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; whIn
if it 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
D made upon such parent, guardian or other per-
/ son for the amount of the penalty hereinafter
d provided, when if such parent, guardian or
d other person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
d same within five days after making such de-
O mand, the Board shall commence proceedings
in the name of the school district for the recov'
Z 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
a should be no Justice of the Peace therein, thel
before the nearest Justice Of the Peace in the
% county.
x SEC 3. Any parent guardian or other person
x having control or charge of any child or chill
i dren. failing to comply with the provisions o
"a this Act Shall be liable to fine of not les
X than $50 nor more than 500 for the first ofense
nor less than 500 nor more than 5000 for eacl
n subsequent otlcnse, besides the costs OF collec
80 ton.
N SEC. A. 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 G
IL any child or children in attendance upon an
IN public school of said district in accordance wit
the provisions Of this Act, are unable to procur
20 suitable books, stationery ETC., for such Chile
20 or children it shall be the duty Of such Board
procure or cause to be procured for such chill
child or children all necessary books, station
IN ery etc. the same to be paid for out of the fun
10 of said school district in the same way tn,
80 other claims against the school districts are no
30 allowed and paid; provided, that all books, SIT
30 tionery, etc. purchased under the provisions {
this Act shall be deemed to be the property
30 the school district, to be under the care al,
Oh control of the School Trustees when not in a
25 tual use
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the provision
so of this Act shall be paid in to the County Urea
80 urer on account Of the State School Fund
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the County s.
perintendent of Public Schools in each count
so in this State to cause this law to be publisht
in some newspaper in his county IL any the
so be, four consecutive times annually for periC
of two years. the expense of such publicatiC
to be allowed and paid out of the General Soho
Fund OF the county. The Board of Soho
so Trustees in each school district shall cause
80 be posted annually, for period Of two year
so in three public places in their districts motto
Of the requirements of this law.
so SEC. Z. This Act shall take effect and be
force from and after its passage.
Approved February %, 1878.
50 LOUIS SULTAN,
Superintendent of Public Schools,
50 apS-4t Lincoln County, Nevada