Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-04
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
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TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO ATTEND
SCHOOL.
rApproyed Februarv 2S 1878

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The People Of the State of Nevada, represented |
IN senate aud Assembly, do enact NJ follows: |
Section /. Every parent, guardian, or other
person in the state Of Nevsds. having contro |
and charge OF q cnild, or children, bstween the |
ages of eight and fourteen years, snail be re
quired to send tuch Guild, or children, to q |
public g. hool for y period OF at least sixteen |
weeks In each school year, Ut least eight weeks |
OF which shall be consecutive, unless such |
child, Or children. are excused FROM such VI.
tendance by the Board Of school Trustees Of the
school district iu which such parents Or
guardians reside, upon its being shown to thei
satisfaction that the bodily or mental condition
OF such child, or Children, has been such
~ to prevent his, her Or their attendance
vt school or application to study, for the period
required, or that such child, OF children, ,re
taught in private school, or Ut home, in such
branches are usually taught in primary
schools. or have already acquired the ordinary
branches Of learning taught In the pubic
school; provided, in case public school shall
not be taught tor the period VI sixteen weeks,
or any patt 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.
Sec O. 1t shall be the duty Of the Board Of
School Trustees Of each school district in this
state, On or before the first Monday Ia Septem-
Der In each year to furnish the principal of each
public school Ia ight 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 duing the previous school
month; when, If 1t shall appear at the expira-
tion OF four school months, to the Board OF
1 taaa hat ant Han mr.
| 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, II such
parent. guaidian, or other person shall neglect
| or refuse to pay the same within Ave days after
the making OF such demand, the Board shall
school district for the recovery Of the fine here
matter provided, before a. Ju-tice Of the Peace
| In the township in which said school district
is located; or, If there shall be no Justice Of the
Peace ther in, 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, fall, 9 to comply with the provisions Of
this act, shall be liable to us Of not less than
| nifty dollars, nor more tLan one hundred dollars.
for the first ofiense, nor less than one hundred
dollars, MOI more than two hundred dollars, for
the second and each subsequent offense, besides
| the costs OF collection.
Sec Whenever 1t 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 iu accord
| ance with the provisions of this act, are unable
| to procure suitable books, stationery. ETC., Tor
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 f,r out VI
| the fund OF said school district In the same way
that Other claims against the school district are
now allowed and paid; provided that all books
stationery. ETC.. purchased under the provisions
| Of this act shall be deemed to be the property
Of the school district, TO be under the care and
and control Of the School Trustees, when not In
| actual Use.
Sec 8. All hnes collected under the provisions
of this act shall ba paid into the County Treas
ury on account Of the State School Fund
Sec 6. 1t shall be the duty OF the County
| Supernten ndept OF Public Schools In each county
| in this State, to cause this law TO be publislsd
in SINE newspaper In his county. II any there
b., four consecutive tunes, annually. for Pc
riod OF two years, the expense os such publioa-
tiou to be allowed and paid out Of the General
Sckool Fund Of the county. The Board of
school Trustees in each school district shall
canse to be posted, annually. for peri d o: two
years In three public places In their district no.
tices Of tho requirements and penalties Of this
act.
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after Its psssass. jis-4t