Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-08
EDUCATION.
vEHE PEOPLE OF THE SrArE OF
Nevada. represented in Senate and

FHNHE PEOPLE OF HE SlA lE Or
Il Nevada, represented in Senate and
Assembly. do enact as follows:
SECTION l. Every parent, guardian or
other person in the state OF Nevada, lIav-
ing control or charge of 4 child or cni,-
dren bCtWeen the ages of eight ard four
teen years, shall be required 10 send such
child or children to a public school Tor d
period of at least sixteen weeks in each
school e at least eight WeekSo of which
shall be consecutive unless Sucn child
or children are excused from such at
tendance by the BOARD OF school Tru>-
tees of the school district in which such
parents or guardians reside. apo its be-
ing shown to their satisfaction that the
bodily or mental condition OF such child
or children has been such as to prevent
his or Der Ortheir attendance at school or
application to study for the period re-
qulred, or that such child or chllarCn are
taught in n private school or at home, in
such branches as are usually taught in
primary schools, or have already &C.
quired the ordinary branches OF learning
taught in the public school provided. in
case Il public schOol shall not be taught
tor the period of sixteen weeks, or any
part thereof, during the year. within W.
miles by the nearest Travelled q OF the
residence of any person within the school
district, he or She shall not be liable to
the provisions of this Act.
Section >. II shall be the duty of the
I9'fi l va -tllVo = va tttlI J
district in this state, on or before the first
Monday in September IN each year IT,
furnish the principal of each puGlit
school taughtln such district With q lis
OF all children, resident III the school dis
trict, between The ages OF eight and four
report of the School Census Marshal. At
the beginning of each month thereafter
1t shall be the duty OF the principal OF
each public shool in such district TO re
port to the Foard OF School Trustees of
such district the names OF all children at
tending school during the previous
month; when, if it shall appear at the
expiration of Tour school months, to the
oarI of school Trustees, that any pa
rent, guardian, or other person having
charge or control of IN child or chill
drrn, 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 person
for the amOut OF h penalty hereinafter
provided when, if such parent, guar
Gian, or other person, shall neglect or
refuse to pay the same within five days
after the making Of said demand, the
Board shall com meDce proceedings, in
the name of tn" school district, Tor the
-ccoVery of the fine hereinafter provided,
before any Justice OF the Peace in the
t~ownshipin which aid school district is
located or, ii there should be no Justice
of the Peace therein, then before the
nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
Section 8. Any parent, guardian, or
other person, having control and charge
of any child or children, failing TO COM
ply with the provisions OF this Act, shall
be liable to a fine of not less than $50 nor
more than 500 Tor the first Offensc, nor
less tina 500 nor more than $500 Tor the
second II each subsequent OffenSe, be
sid"Sthe costs OF collection.
Section /. Whenever il shall aODp1rtO
the satisfaction OF the Board OF School
Trustees OF any school district in this
state that the parents, guardians, brother
persons, having control II charge OF
any child and children in attendance
upon the public school OF such district in
accOrdadce with the provisions of this
Act, are unable to procure suitable books,
stationery, etc, Tor such child Orchlldren.
II shall be the duty OF such Board 10
procure or cause to be procured, for such
child or children, all necessary boo ks, sta
tiOnery, etc, the same to be paid for out
OF the fund OF said >choOl district, in the
same "a that other claims against the
school district are now above | and paid
provided, that all books, stationery, etc,
purchased under the provisions Of this
Act shall be the property of the school
district, to be under the care and intro
OF the school Trustees when not in actual
use.
Section 5. All Ines collected under the
PROVISIONS OF TINS HcL, small De palu INTO
The County Treasury on account of the
School Fund.
Section q. II shall be the duty of the
County Superintendent OF Public Schools
in each county in this State, to cause
this law TO be published in some news.
paper in his county, if any there be, four
consecutive times. annually, for o pcrio,i
of two years the expense OF Such publ
cation TO be Il lowed and paid out OF the
General School Fund OF the county. Tho
Boar of school trustees in each schOo
district shall cause to be posted, annual
ly, for a period of two years, in three pub.
lie places in then district, notices of the
requirements and penalties of the law.
Section 7. This Act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pass.
age.
Approved February %, 1873.
SAMUEL L KELLY,
Superintendent of Public Schools.