Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-27


Improved February IS 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rsrres,.
IN senate and Assembly. do enact as fn1I..ted
Section !. Every parent, guardian. mr. o.,
person in the State of Nevada, haying .o u.hes
and charge of child, or children, betveer .1i
ages OF eight and fourteen years, shall h. ne
quired to send such child, or children re-
pubic school FOR period of at least sfxtsss
weeks in each school year, at least EIGHT Tse th
OF which shall be consecutive, unless s,'i ss
child, or children. are excused from snch ta
tendance by the Board of School Trustees % a. az
school district in which such parents %s
guardians reside, upon its being shown 10 ~ VI
satisfaction that the bodily or mental cond;ttERf
| Of such child, or children, has been srol
| as to prevent his, her or their attendssa
at school. or application to study for the ner;os
] required, or that such child, or children w
| taught in q private school, or at home in sre o
branches az are usually taught in prmss
| schools, CT have already acquired the ordins.
branches Of learning taught in the pnh!s
school; provided, in case public school sbsT
| not be taught for the period Of sixteen wesl
or any part thereof. during the year, within Nv.
miles, by the nearest travelled road. of the res'
dence of any person within the school distr,s.
he or she shall not be liable to the provisions,
this act.
Sec. Q 1t shall be the duty OF the Beard =,
School Trustees of each school district in M
State, on or before the first Monday in septsm
| Der in each year to furnish the principal Of each
| public school taught in such district with h.
of all children, resident in the school diq-+
between the ages of eight and fourteen y,
said list to be taken from the report of
School Census Marshal. At the beginning
each school month thereafter, it shall be IL
duty Of the principal OF each shool in such dis
I 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, 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,
the penalty hereinafter provided; when, if such
parent, guardian, or other person shall neglect
or refuse to pay the same within five days afte,
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 airy Justice of the Peacs
in the township in which said school district
is located; or if there shall be no Justice of thu
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
fifty dollars, nor more tLan one hundred dollars
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, for
the second and each subsequent offense, besidsa
the costs of collection.
Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the salts.
faction Of the Board of School 'rustees Of anv
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 accord.
dnce with the provisions of this act, are unablA
to procure suitable books, stationery. ETC. for
such child. or childien, it shall be the duty O,
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 Of
the fund OF said school district, in the same Wa,
that other claims against the school district srs
now allowed and paid; provided that all books
stationery, etc, purchased under the provisions
Of this act shall be deemed to be the properly
of the school district, to be under the care and
and control of the School Trustees, when not In
actual use.
Sec 8. 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 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 annually, for pe.
Rod of two years, the expense OF such publics.
tior to be allowed and paid out Of the General
School 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 and penalties of this
act
, Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be In
Il force from and after its passage.