Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-23
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
a NJ ACT
TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO ATTEND
SCHOOL.

fApproved February IS 1871
The People OF the State of Nevada, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section !. Every parent guardian. or other
person in the State Of Nevada. having control
| and charge of o child, or children, between the
ages Of eight and fourteen years, shall be re-
quired to send such child, or children, to o
public school for q 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 it's 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
at 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 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. O. 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 taught in such district with list
of all children, resident in the school district
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 SHOOT 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, II 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 Of
| the penalty hereinafter provided; when, II such
parent. guardian, 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 ary 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. 8. 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 than one hundred dollars
| for the first offense nor less than one hundred
| dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, fol
| the second and each subsequent offense, besidse
| the costs Of collection.
Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the salts
| faction Of the Board Of School rustees 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 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 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 way
that other claims against the school district arr
now allowed and paid; provided that all books
stationery, ETC., purchased under the provisions
| OF this act shall be deemed to be the property
OF the school district, to be under the care ani
and control Of the School Trustees, when not IL
actual use.
Sec 5. All fines collected under the provisions
of this act shall be paid into the County Treas
| airy on account Of the State School Fund
| Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the Count,
| Superintendent Of Public Schools in each count,
| in this State to cause this law to be published
| in some newspaper in his county, II any Their
| be, four consecutive times, annually, for pc
riod of two years, the expense OF such publica
tion to be allowed and paid out Of the Genera
School Fund Of the county. The Board o
School Trustees in each school district shall
cause to be posted, annually. for q period OF two
years. in three public places in their district no
tices OF the requirements and penalties Of thii
act.
Sec. I. This act shall take effect and be IL
force from and after its passage.