Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-26
LEGAL.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
a N ACT

TO COMPEL CHILDREN tn
SCHOOL. ~ ArTEsD
Approved February Is ls721
The People Of the State of Nevada. rerr..,..
III oeha'e ana Assembly, do enact as f ol1asd
section /. Every parent, guardian o..
person in the State of Nevada, havi,,out otht
and charge of a child, or children Ing eontr
ages Of eight and fourteen years sbsIH aas
quired to send such child, or cbiIdrar n.
public school for a period of at Lea, !, %
weeks in each school year, at least eGot Sixteen
OF which shall be consecutive. rriaD. "eefs
child, or children, are excused iron, - - such
tendance by the Board of School Trmst.saaueh q.
school district in which such nsra, u lie
guardians reside, upon its being shown 10.
satisfaction that the bodily or mental ro,, ,net
Of such child, or children, has boe,
as to prevent his, her or their a,tor, ouch
at school, or application to study, for Inc Alce
required, or that such child, or cbYJ.,p enod
taught in private school, or at home in ~. IN
branches as are usually taught in nr,r such
schools. or have already acquired the drdia7
branches of learning taught in ths uLl1y
school; provided, in case public school iiu u,I
not be taught for the period of sixteen 1 sual
or any part thereof. during the year. With %s'
miles, by the nearest travelled road, of tba .so
dence of any person within the school d;e,r s'
RI Trn
this act. '''iOn' Of
| Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the po.,,
| School Trustees of each school district In Nv
State on or beforethe first Monday in sew, ,as
Der in each year to furnish the principal az ssI
public school taught in such district with a ~.
of all children, resident in the school dist, NY
| between the ages of eight and fourteen "
said list to be taken from the report ~ n,
| School Census Marshal. At the beginnirnN ~.
| each school month thereafter, it shall he m
| duty of the principal of each shool in sncb Az
trict to report to the Board of School Tr,sas,
OF such district the names of all children Al.
tending school during the previous scbo",
month; when, If it shall appear at the exnir.
| ton of four school months, to the Board 81
School Trustees, that any parent, guardian =,
| other person having charge or control Of sN nv
| child, or children, shall have failed to commit
with the provisions of this act, the Board sb,l
| cause demand to be made upon such paren
guardian, or other person, for the amount Al
| the penalty hereinafter provided when. if sucs
parent, guardian, or other person shall negler,
or refuse to pay the same within five DAYS afte,
the making of such demand, the Board shall
commence proceedings, in the name of tbr
school district, for the recovery OF the fine hero
matter provided, before airy Justice Of the peac,
in the township in which said school distrir
is located or, if there shall be no Justice Of M
Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice a
the Peace in the county.
Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian or other persOl
having control or charge of any child or chill
dren, failing to comply with the provisions q
this act shall be liable to fine of not less thai
fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars
for the first offense, nor less than one hundre
| dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars. 70
the second and each subsequent offense, besids
the costs of collection.
| Sec. 4, Whenever it shall appear to the sat-,
faction of the Board of School 'rustees Of an
school district in this State that the parent,
| guardians or other persons having control an
charge of any child, or children in ATTENDING
upon the public school Of said district, in accort
| ance with the provisions Of this act are unabl
to procure suitable books stationery ETC., Il
such child, or childien, it shall be the duty
such Board to procure or cause to be procure
for such child, or children, all necessary book
stationery, etc, the same to be paid for out
the fund of said school district, in the same wa
that other claims against the school district Al
now allowed and paid; provided that all book
stationery, etc, purchased under the provision
OF this act shall be deemed to be the proper,
of the school district, to be under the care an
and control of the School Trustees, when not
actual use.
Sec. 5. All fines collected under the provision
OF this act shall be paid into the County Tres
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 publishe
in some newspaper in his county. if any thel
be, four consecutive times, annually, for q pr
Rod OF two years, the expense Of such pubics
ton to be allowed and paid out Of the Gaera
Sckool Fund of the county. The Board 0
school Trustees in each school district shall
cause to be posted, annually, for a period Of tvt
years IN three public places in their district no.
uces OF the requirements and penalties Of this
act.
sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.