Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-13

The People of the State Of Nevada, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Every parent, guardian, or other
person in the State OF Nevada. having control
and charge of a child, OF children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re
quired to send such child, or children, to q
public school TOR 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 Schcol Trustees of the
school district in which such parents or
guarfian reside upon its being shown to theit
satisfaction that the bodily or mental condition
of such child, or children. has been such
as to prevent his. her or their Attendance
ut 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 tor the period VI sixteen weeks,
or any paIt thereof. during the year, within two
miles, by the nearest travelled road. OF the resi-
dence Ut any person within the school district,
he VI she shall not be liable to the provisions Of
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 first Monday in 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, 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
tending school during the previous school
month; when, If it shall appear At the expira
ton OF four school months, to the Board OF
| School Trustees, that any parent, guardian, ol
| 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, OF other person, for the amount OF
| the penalty herinafter provided when, II suci
parent, guar dian, or other person shall neglec
or refuse to pay the same within five days aftel
the making OF such demand, the Board shsl
commence proceedings, in the name of thu
school district, for the recovery Of the fine here
matter provided before o. Justice of the Peac,
iu the township in which said school distric
is located; or. if there shall be no Justice Of th'
| Peace her in, then before the nearest Justice o.
the Peace In the county.
Sec 3. Any parent, guardian or other persol
having control or charge Of any child, or chill
dren, fall, 9 to comply with the provisions o.
this act shall be liable to fine Of not less thar
| nifty dollars, nor more tLan one hundred dollars
for the first offense, nor less than one hundred
dollars, mol more than two hundred dollars, fol
the second and each subsequent ofense, besidei
the costs OF collection.
Sec 1 Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction of the Board of School rustees Of an,
school district III this State that the parents
guardians or other persons having control and
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 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 f,r out ol
the fund of said school district in the same way
that other claims against the school district art
now allowed aud paid; provided that all books
stationery etc., purchased under the provisions
Of this act shall be deemed to be tho property
of the school district, to be under the care and
aud control of the School Trustees, when not in
actual use.
Sec 5. 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 snme newspaper in his county, II any there
b., 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
Sckool Fund Of the county. The Board o.
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
set. Ag
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect and be II
force from and sitter its Passage. llo'At