Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-19
AN ACT aev I
To Compel Children to Attend School.
Approved February %, 1901

The people of the State of Nevada, represent
ed in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows i -.i"" f'
sscr1oN H. Every parent, guardian or other
person in the State Of Nevada. having control
and charge of child, or children, between
the ages OF eight and fourteen years. shall be
required to send such child, or children to a
public hool for period OF at least sixteen
weeks in each school year, ut least eight
weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless
such child or children are EXCUSED froia such
attendance 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 chil-
dren are taught in private school or at
home. in such branches as are usually taught
in primarT school, or have already acquired
the ordinary branches of learning taught III
the public schools; PROVIDED, III case public
school shall not be taught for period of SIX
teen 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 district, he or she shall not be
liable to the provisions OF tins 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
TENDER of each year, to furnish the Principal
of each pubic school taught i'll such district,
with list of all children. resident in the
school district, between the ages Of eight and
fourt en- 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, il it shall ap
pear at the expiration of four school months,
to the Board Of School Trustees, that any
parent guardian other person having
charge or control of any child or childr n,
shall have failed to comply with the provls-
ions 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 pers,n s .n neg,
within 1--WE days after the making of said
demand, the Board shall commence proceed
fngs in the name OF the school district, Tor
the recovery Of the fine hereinafter provided,
before any Justice of the Peace in the town
shin in which said school district is located;
or. if there shall be no Justice Of the Peace
therein then before the nearest jus lce OF
the Peace in the county.
SECS. Any parent, guardian, or other per
son having control or charge Of any child or
children, failing to comply with the provis-
ions of this Act shall be liable to a fine of net
less than fifty dollars nor more than one hun
dred dollars for first oftense, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars for the second and each subsequent
ofTense, 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 dis
trict in accordance with the provisions of this
- m clIi.hDIp books. a
tionery, 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
dreu all necessary books, stationery etc., the
same to be paid for out Of the funG OF said
school district .in the same way thai other
claims against the school district are now al
lowe and paid; PROVIDED, that all books, sta
tion,ry. cite, 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.
Src. 5, All fines collected under the pro
visions of this Act shall be paid into the Cuun
Nv Treasury 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 De
published in some newspaper in his county II
any there be, four consecutive times annually,
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, Tor
period of two years, in three public places IN
their district. notice of the requirements and
penalties of this law.
SEC. T. ghis act shall take elect ana DC III
force from and after its passage
G. D. MCDUFFIE,
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