Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-31
AN ACT
rI,O COMPEL CHILDREN TO AT.
TEND SCHOOL.
approved February IS, 1881

| Improved February IS, 1881
The people of the state Of Nevada. represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
| lows:
| SECTION 1. Every parent. guardians, or 9TH
| er person in the State of Nevada, having con-
| troll and charge Of a child, or children between
the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be
| required 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 snch 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 condi-
ton 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 are
taught in private school or at home, In such
branche as are usually taught in u primary
school, OF have already acquired the ordinary
branches of learning taught in the public
school; PROVIDED, In case apubiic 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 dis
trict, he or she shall not be liable TO the pro-
visions of this Act,
SEC 2. 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 Sep
teuber of each year, to furnish the Principal
OF each public school taught III 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
school in such district to report to the Board
of School Trustees of such district the names
of all children attending school during the
previous school month; when, II 1t shall ap-
pear at the expiration of four school months,
to the Board of school Trustees that any par
ent, guardian or other person having charge
or control of any child OF 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 tie amount of the penalty hereinafter pro-
vided: when, If such parent. guardian or 9TH
er person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
same within five days after the making of said
demand, the Board shall commence proceed
ings, in the name of the school district, for the
recovery of the fine hereinafter provided, be-
fore any 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 8. Any parent, guardian or other per
son having control or charge OF any child or
children, failing to comply with the provisions
of this Act. shall be liable to fine of not less
than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars for the first offence, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars for the second and each subsequent
offence. besides the cost Of collection,
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 in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, are unable to procure suitable books,
stationary, etc., for such child or children, it
shall be the duty of such Board to procure or
cause to be procured for such child or chill,
dren sill necessary books, stationary, 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 al
lowed and paid; PROVIDED, that all books. sta
tionary, 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
control of the School Trustees, when not in
actual use.
SEC S. All fines collected under the provi-
sions 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
If 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 dis
trict shall cause to be posted, annually, for .
period of two years, in three public places in
their district, notices Of the requirements and
penalties of this law.
SEC 1. This act shall take effect and be in
0'o ,O''' '' J. G, CROMWELL.
County Superintendent Of Public Schools,