Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-03

SCHOOL.
[Approved February IS, 1871
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 q 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 it's 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
4 this act.
| Sec. Q It shall be the duty OF the Board of
School Trustees of each school district in this
| State, ON or before the frst Monday in Septem-
ber in each year to furnish the principal of each
public school Ia 1ght 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, 1t 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
month; when, If it shall appear at the expira-
| tion of four school months, to the Board of
School Trustees, that any parent. guardian, OF
| 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 hereinafter 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 al 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. 3. 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 offense, nor less than one hundred
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, fol
the second and each subsequent ofiense, besides
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 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 o!
the fund of said school district, in the same way
that other claims against the school district are
q 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 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. 1t shall be the duty of the County
,, Superintendent OF Public Schoolsin each county
! in this State to cause this law to be published
In si,me newspaper in his county, if any there
: be- four consecutive times, annually. for pc.
Y riod of tive years, the expense OF such publica-
tion to be allowed and paid out of the General
l Sckool Fund of the county. The Board OF
!, school Trustees in each school district shall
canse to be posted, annually, for period OF two
years in three public places in their district, no.
! tices of the requirements aud penalties of this
act
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage. jl5.4t