Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-07-04

Senate ana Assembly,. 40 enact Us iOttOWS'
| SECTION 1. Every parent, guardian. or
| other person in the state of Nevada, having
control and charge of child, or chlidren,
| between the ages of eight and fourteen years,
| shall be required to send such child, or chill
| dren, 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 attendance 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 thelr
attendance at school, or application TO study,
for the period required, or that such enid, or
children, are taught i'll 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 pr0rided, i'll case puOIlc
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 residence of any person
within the school district, he or she shall
not be liable to the provisions of this Act
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Board
of School Trustees of each school district III
this State, on or before the first Monday in
September in each year, to furnish the prin-
cipal of each public school taught in such
district with a 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 there
after It shall be the duty of the principal of
each school in such district to report 70 the
Board uf School Trustees of such district the
names of all children attending school during
the previous school month; when, if it shall
appear, at the expiration of four school
months to the Board of School Trustees, that
an
charge or control of any child, or children,
shall have failed to comply with the provi-
siuns of this Act. the Board shall cause de-
mand 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 said demand, the Board shall
commence proceedings, in the name of the
school district, for the recovery of the fine
hereinafter provided, before any Justice of
the Peace in the township in which said
school district is located; or, II there shall be
no Justice of the Peace therein then before
the nearest justice of the Peace i'll the county.
Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian, or other per-
son having control or charge of any child or
children, failing to comply with the provi-
sions of this Act shall be liable TO a fine of
not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one
hundred dollars. for the first offense, nor less
than one hundred dollars. nor more than two
hundred dollars. for the second and each sub
seIueut offense, besides the costs of col
lection.
Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the
satisfaction of the Board OF School Trustees
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. III accordance with the provisions of
this Act, are unable to procure suitable books,
stationery. etc. for such child, or children,
it Shall be the duty of such B jard to procure,
or cause to he procured. for such child, or
children, all necessary books, stationery. etc.
the same to be paid for out Of the Fund of
said school district, in the same way that
other claims against the school district are
now allowed and paidt prorided that all
books stationery, etc, purchased under the
provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be
tine property of the schobl district. to be I'M
der the care and control of the School
Trustees, when not in actual use.
Sec. 3. All fines collected under the pre-
visions of this Act shall be paid into the
County Treasury on account Of the State
School Fund.
Sec g. 1t 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 some newspaper in his county II
any there be, four consecutive times, annu-
ally, for period of two years, the expense of
such publication to be allowed and paid out
of the General School Fund of the county.
The Board of School Trustees in each school
district shall cause to be posted, annually,
for period of two years. in three public
places in their district, notices of the re-
quirements and penalties of this Act.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take eject and be in
force from and after its passage.