Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-02

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SCHOOL.
Approved February 25 1881
The People of the State of Nevada, represer,o.
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follovS
Section /. Every parent, guardian, or otbe.
person in the State Of Nevada. having controi
and charge of a child, or children, between tbs
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, ct least eight weeks
Of which shall be consecutive, unless sncb
child, or children. are excused from such A.,
tendance by the Board of School Trustees Of m,
school district in which such parents a,
guardians reside, upon its being shown to tha;,
satisfaction that the bodily or mental copditio,
Of such child, or children, has been surh
as to prevent his, her or their ATTENDANCE
at school, application to study, for the period
required, or that such child, or children. ~
taught in private school, or at home, in sncS
branches as are usually taught in prinsr
schools. or have already acquired the ordnsry
branches of learning taught in the pubnc
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 distrc,
he or she shall not be liable to the provisions a,
this act.
| Sec 2 It shall be the duty of the Board .,
| School Trustees of each school district in I'M
| State, on or before the first Monday in Septen
Der in each year to furnish the principal Of each
public school Taught in such district with aA
| Of all children, resident in the school disxs
between the ages Of eight and fourteen yea
| said list to be taken from the report of TIA
| School Census Marshal. At the beginnings
| each school month thereafter, it shall be The
| duty of the principal OF each shool 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 expra.
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 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 ar 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. g. 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
| for the first Cffense, nor less than one hundred
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars for
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 trustees Of any
school district in this State that the parents
guardians or other persons having control md
charge of any child. or children, in attendalss
upon the public school Of said district, in accort.
ance with the provisC ms Of this act, are unabs
to procure suitable books, stationery etc, fc
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 ant
and control Of the School Trustees, when not IL
actual use.
Sec 8. 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 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 thert
be, four consecutive times, annually, for a pc
Rod of two years. the expense OF such publica
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
cause 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
force from and after its passage.