Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-17

SCHOOL.
Approved February 25, 1873
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 child, or children between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re.
qulred to send such child, or children, to
public school for 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
ut school, or application to study for the period
required, or that such child. or children, are
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. 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 herinatter provided; when, if such
| parent, gua1 dian 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 at Justice OF the Peace
in the township in which said school district
is located or, If there shall be Justice of the
Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice OF
the Peace in the county.
Sec. 3. Any parent guardian or other persol
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 than
fifty dollars, nor more tlan one hundred dollars
for the first oi1ense nor less than one hundre,
dollars, noI more than two hundred dollars, TO
the second and each subsequent uffCnsa, beside
the costs of collection.
Sec Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction of the Board Of School rlstGcs of an
school district III this State that the parents
guardians or other persons having control an
charge of any child, or children, III attendanC
upon the public school Of said district in accord
ance with tho provisions of this act, are unAhl
to procure suitable books, stationery. etc, fo
such child, or cLildien, it shall be the dnty c
such Board TO procure or cause to be procure
for such child, or children, all necessary books
stationery, etc, the same to be paid for out c
the fund of said school district. il the same wa
that other claims against the school district al
now allowed and paid provided that all book,
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 an
aud control of the School Trustees, when not i
, actual use.
Sec 5. All fines collected under the provision
Of this act shall be paid into TIE County Treas
ury on account of the State School Fund.
Sec 6. 1t shall he the duty of the Count
Superintendent OF Public Schools in each count
, in this State to cause this law to be publsne
, in stme newspaper in his county, if any ther
, be, four consecutive times, annually, for pt
, riod of two years. the expense o. such public,
, tion to be allowed and paid out of the Gener,
! Sckool Fund of the county. The Board
, School Trustees in each school district sha
, cause to be posted, annually, for Il period OF tw
years in three public places in their district
, ticas of the requirements and penalties of thi
, act.
, Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be
force from aud after its passage. jl5.4t