Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-17
COMPULSORY EDUCATION

vUNHE 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 pubic schooi
for period OF at least sixteen weeks in each !
school year, at 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 mental condition OF such child or
children has been such as to prevent ms, her OF
their attendance at school or apphca1on 10
study for the period required, or that such child
or children are taught in private school or al
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 read OF the resi-
dence of any person within the school district,
he or she shall not be liable to the provisions
| of this Act.
SIC. q 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 Septem-
Der i'll each year to furnish The principal of each
| public school taught in snch district with list
.
/ 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 snch 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 n,
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 bt
made upon such parent, guardian or other per
son for the amount of the penalty hereinafter
provided when if such parent, guardian OIL
other person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
same within five days after making such de
mand, the Board shall commence proceeding
in the name OF the school district for the reeov
cry of the fine hereinafter provided, before an.
Justice of the Peace in the township in which
said school district is located Or If Their
should be no Justice of the Peace therein, thei
before the nearest Justice of the Peace in tn
county.
SEC 3. Any parent. guardian or other persol
having control or charge Of any child or chill
dren, failing to comply with the provisions o
this Act, shall be liable to fine of not les
than $50 nor more than 800 for the first offenst
nor less than 500 nor more than $500 for eac
subsequent offense, besides the costs OF collet
ton.
SEC L. Whenever IL shall appear to the satii
faction OF the Board OF trustees OF any sCnOt
district in this State that the parents, guardian
or other persons having control and charge {
any child or children in attendance upon an
public school Of said district in accordance wit
the provisions Of this Act, are unable to procul
suitable books, stationery ETC., for such chill,
or children it shall be the duty of such Board
procure OF cause to be procured for such chill
child or children all necessary books, statio
cry, etc, the same to be paid for out of the fur
of said school district in the same way tn
other claims against the school districts are no
allowed and paid; provided, that all books, st
tionery, ETC., purchased under the provisions
Ia this Act shall be deemed to be the property
the school district, to be under the care Al
control of the School Trustees when not in q
tual use.
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the provision
Of this Act shall be paid in to the County Urea
urer on account of the State School Fund.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the County S
perintendent of Public Schools in each coun
in this State to cause this law to be publish,
in some newspaper in his county, il any the
be, four consecutive times annually for pert
Of two years the expense OF such publicati'
to be allowed and paid out Of the General Scho
Fund Of the county. The Board OF Scho
Trustees in each school district shall cause
be posted annually, for period of two veal
in three public places in their districts motto
Of the requirements Of this law.
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect and be
force from and after its passage.
Approved February %, 1873.
LOUIS SULTAN,
Superintendent of Public Schools,
aps-4t Lincoln County, Nevada