Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-21
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
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TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO ATTEND
SCHOOL.
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approved February 20, 1875
The 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
and charge of child, or children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, snail be re-
qured to send such child, or children, to a
public school for a 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 at
tendance 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 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, ire
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
school; provided, in case public school shall
not be taught for the 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. @ 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 in each year to furnish the principal of each
public school taught in 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 shool in such dis
trict to report to the Board Of School Trustees
OF such district the names of all children at.
tending school during the previous school
month; when, If it shall appear at the expira-
tion 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 person, for the amount of
the penalty herinafter provided; when If such
parent, guardian, or other person shall neglect
or refuse to pay the same within five days after
the making of such demand, the Board shall
| commence proceedings, in the name of the
school district for the recovery of the fine here
matter provided. before ary Justice of the Peace
| in the township in which said school district
is located or, if there shall be no Justice of the
Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice of
the Peace in the county
Sec. 8. Any parent, guardian or other person
| having control or charge of any child, or chill.
dren, failing to comply with the provisions of
this act, shall be liable to fine of not less than
| nifty dollars, nor more tLan one hundred dollars,
for the first otfense, nor less than one hundred
| dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars fol
| the costs of collection.
Sec. Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction of the Board of School 'rustees of any
school district in this State that the parents
guardians or other persons having control and
charge of any child, or children, in attendance
upon the public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions Of this act, are unable
to procure suitable books. stationery. ETC., fol
such child, or childien, it shall be the duty Of
such Board to procure or cause to be procured
for such child, or children, all necessary books
stationery, etc, the same to be paid for out OF
the fund of said school district, in the same way
that other claims against the school district ar,
now allowed and paid; provided that all books
stationery, etc, purchased under the provision,
of the school district, to be under the care ant
and control of the School Trustees, when not il
actual use.
Sec 5. All fines collected under the provision
of this act shall be paid into the County Treas
ury on account Of the State SchRol Fund
Sec 6. 1t shall be the duty q the Count,
in this State to cause this law to be published
in s0me newspaper in his county, if any ther
be, four consecutive times, annually, for pc
riod of two years. the expense OF such pubica
ton to be allowed and paid out of the Genera
School Trustees in each school district shal
cause to be posted, annually, for period os tw,
years. in three public places in their district no
tices of the requirements and penalties of thi
act.
Sec. T. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage. jl5.4t