Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-17
COMPULSORY EDUCATION

yu,HE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
IL represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION l. 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 when snail
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 chlld 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 private school or at
home in such branches as are usually taught III
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 9 1t shall be the duty Of the Board Of
School Trustees of each school district IN TINS
State, on or before the first Monday in Septem-
Der in each year, to furnish The principal OF each
public school taught i'll such district with list
Of all children resident in the school district,
, 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
, trct to report to the Board of School Trustees
, Of such district the names of children attending
, school during the previous school month; VIII Ii,
if it shall appear at the expiration of four school
months to the Board of School Trustees that
, any parent guardian or other person havlnt
charge or control of any child or children sinai
1,n,-, tl.l 40, wit
this Act the Board shall cause demand to b'
n made upon such parent, guardian or other per
a son for the amount of the penalty herelnafte
n provided, when if such parent, guardian O
n other person shall neglect or refuse to pay tn
\ same within five days after making such de
y mand, the Board shall commence proceeding
in the name of the school district for the recov
4 cry of the fine hereinafter provided, before an
Justice of the Peace in the township in whicl
said school district is located; or, if ther
N should be no Justice of the Peace therein, the
before the nearest Justice Of the Peace in til
"a county.
4 SEC 8. Any parent, guardian or other perso
X having control or charge Of any child or Chi
Il dren, failing to comply with the provisions {
N this Act shall be liable to fine of not les
X than $50 more than 800 for the first ofens
~ nor less than 500 more than 5000 for eac
N subsequent offense besides the costs of collie
10 ton.
"a SEC A. Whenever it shall appear to the sati
~ faction Of the Board of Trustees Of any scho'
district in this State that the parents, guardian
or other persons having control and charge
TX any child or children in attendance upon al
,o public school Of said district in accordance wit
the provisions of this Act, are unable to procu
20 suitable books, stationery, ETC., for such chill
"a or children 1T shall be the duty of such Board
procure or cause to be procured for such chi
child or children all necessary books, static
IN ery etc the same to be paid for out Of the fun
50 of said school district in the same way tn
70 other claims against the school districts are no
so allowed and paid provided, that all books. st
20 tionery etc. purchased under the provisions
this Act shall be deemed to be the property
80 the school district, to be under the, care Al
81 control of the School Trustees when not in a
Is tual use. = -=5
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the provision
30 of this Act shall be paid in to the County Urea
40 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 coun
80 in this State to cause this law to be publish
in some newspaper in his county, if any the
20 be, four consecutive times annually for peri
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
so Trustees in each school district shall cause
so be posted annually, for period Of two yea
so in three public places in their districts motto
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 ap9-it Lincoln County, Nevada