Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-02
LEGAL.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
n III a g ~
TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO ATTEND
SCHOOL.
Approved February 25 1881.

The People of the State of Nevada, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact a. follows:
Section l. Every parent, guardian, or other
person in the State of Nevada. having control
and charge of a child, or children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re-
quired 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
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. Q 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 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, 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
the penalty hereinafter provided when, il such
parent, guardian, or other person shall neglect
or refuse to pay the same within i've 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 airy Justice of the Peace
in the township in which said school district
is located; or, il there shall be Justice of the
Peace Their in. 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, failiI to, comply with the provisions Of
this act shall be liable to fine Of not less thar
fifty dollars, nor more til IN one hundred dollars
for the first offense, nor less than one hundred
dollars, mol more than two hundred dollars, fol
the second and each subsequent ofense, besids,
| the COSTS OF cOllectlOn.
Sec 4. Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction of the Board of School trustees Of any
school district in this State that the parents
guardians or other persons having control ant
charge of any child. or children, in ATTENDANCE
upon the public school Of said district in accord
ance with the provisit MS Of this act are unabl
to procure suitable books, stationery. etc, TO
such child, or childien, it shall be the duty o
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 o
the fund of said school district, in the same wa
that other claims against the school district ar
now allowed and paid; provided that all books
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,
and control of the School Trustees, when not II
actual use.
Sec s. All fines collected under the provision
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 Count
Superintendent OF Public Schools in each count
in this State TO cause this law to be publisne,
In some newspaper in his county, If any Their
b., four consecutive times, annually, for pc
Rod of two years. the expense o. such publics
tior to be allowed and paid out Of the Genera
sckool Fund Of the county. The Board o
School Trustees in each school district shall
cause to be posted annually for period OF tw
years, in three public places in their district nc
tees of the requirements and penalties of thi
act.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be II
force from and after its passage.