Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-04

Approved February 25, 1881
The People of the State of Nevada, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Every parent, guardian, or other
person in the State of Nevada. having control
and charge of a child, or children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re-
quired 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 a 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. 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 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
| tou of four school months, to the Board OF
School Trustees, that any parent. guardian, oil
| other person having charge or control OF any
| child, or children, shall have failed to comply
| with the provisions of this act, the Board shal
cause demand to be made upon such parent
guardian, or other person. for the amount Of
the penalty hereinafter provided; when, IL sucf
| parent, guardian, or other person shall neglect
| or refuse to pay the same within five days aftel
the making of such demand, the Board shal
commence proceedings, in the name of tn,
school district, for the recovery OF the fine here
matter provided, before ar Justice of the Peace
In the township in which said school distric
is located; or If there shall be no Justice Of the
Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice o.
the Peace in the county.
Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian or other persor
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 less thar
fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars
| for the first offense, nor less than one hundred
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, fol
the second and each subsequent offense, besides
| the costs Of collection.
Sec. 4 Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction of the Board of School 'rustees Of an,
school district in this State that the parents
guardians or other persons having control ant
charge of any child, or children, in attendanc,
upon the public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions OF this act, are unabl,
to procure suitable books, stationery. ETC., fo
such child, or childien, it shall be the duty o.
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 o.
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 this act shall be deemed to be the propert,
of the school district, to be under the care ant
and control of the School Trustees, when not IL
actual use.
sec s. All fines collected under the provisions
of this act shall be paid into the County Treas
ury on account of the State School Fund.
Sec 6. 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 spme newspaper in his county, If any there
ba. four consecutive times, annually, for pc
riod of two years, the expense OF such publica
tion to be allowed and paid out of the General
SCHOOL Fund of the county. The Board OF
School Trustees in each school district shal
cause to be posted, annually, for period o. two
years in three public places in their district, no
| tices of the requirements and penalties OF this
act. E#aIs .
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage. jl5-4t