Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-26
COMPULSORY EDUCATION

y1NHE 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 winch 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
it's 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 q 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 she shall not be liable to the provisions
of this Act.
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 each
public school taught in such district with list
of all children, resident i'll 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 III 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; VII, IL,
il 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
made upon such parent guardian or other per-
/ son for the amount of the penalty hereinafter
d provided when if such parent, guardian OF
/ 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 recov
: 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
0 should be no Justice of the Peace therein, ther
before the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
O county,
( SEC. g. Any parent. guardian or other person
) having control or charge of any child or chill
8 dren, failing to comply with the provisions o
q this Act shall be liable to fine of not les
than $50 nor more than 500 for the first offense
nor less than 500 nor more than $500 for eacl
o subsequent ofensa besides the costs of collec
o ton.
a 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 o
3 any child or children in attendance upon an
% public school of said district in accordance wit
the provisions of this Act, are unable to procur
10 suitable books, stationery, etc, for such child
10 or children it shall be the duty of such Board t
procure or cause to be procured for such chill
child or children all necessary books station
10 cry, etc the same to be paid for out of the fun
70 of said school district in the same way tina
70 other claims against the school districts are nov
10 allowed and paid; provided, that all books, sta
10 tionery, etc. purchased under the provisions o
this Act shall be deemed to be the property Q
20 the school district, to be under the care an
,5 control of the School Trustees when not in aC
Is tual use.
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the provision
20 of this Act shall be paid in to the County Trea
80 urer on account of the State School Fund
SEC. g. 1t shall be the duty Of the County 81
perintendent of Public Schools in each count
30 in this State to cause this law to be publishe
in some newspaper in his county, II any thel
80 be, four consecutive times annually for perio
of two years; the expense of such publicatio
to be allowed and paid out of the General Soho,
Fund OF the county. The Board of Sehot
50 Trustees in each school district shall cause
50 he posted annually, for period of two year
of the requirements of this law.
50 SEC 7. This Act shall take effect and be
force from and after its passage.
Approved February IS, 1873.
so LOUIS SULTAN,
Superintendent of Public Schools.
80 apS4t Lincoln County, Nevada.