Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-13
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COMPULSORY EDUCATION
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TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO ATTEyD
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lApproved February IS 1871

Approved FeDruhry 1870.
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows.
Section l. Every parent guardian, or other
person in the State Of Nevada, having control
and charge of q child, or children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re.
ouired to send such child, or children, to q
public school for q period of at least sixteen
weeks in each school year, Mt 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 mental condition
| Of such child, or children. has been such
az 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 a 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 provisonsoi
this act.
Sec. Q, 1t shall be the duty Of the Boaraa
School Trustees of each school district in thu
| 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 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.
ton of four school months. to the Board Of
| G,h hat
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. 3. Any parent, guardian or other person
having control or charge Of any child, or chill
dren, failing to comply with the provisioDsd
this act, shall be liable to fine Of not less than
fifty dollars nor more tlan one hundred dollars
for the first offense nor less than one hundred
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollss, FOR
the second and each subsequent offense, beaa
the costs OF collection.
Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the sts
faction of the Board of School trustees Of any
school district in this State that the parent,
guardians 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. iOr
such child, or childien, it shall be the dutyd
such Board to procure or cause to be procuN
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 wa!
that other claims against the school district are
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 and
and control of the School Trustees, when not in
actual use.
Sec 5. All fines collected under the provisions
of this act shall be paid into the County Treis
ury on account of the State School Fund.
Sec 6. It shall be the duty Of the Count!
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 Their
be, four consecutive times, annually, for Pc
Rod of two years, the expense OF such publics
tior to be allowed and paid out Of the Genera
School Fund Of the county. The Board O
School Trustees in each school district shsl
csnse to be posted, annually, for period Of tv'
years in three public places in their district no
tees OF the requirements and penalties Of tni
, act.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be Il
force from and after its passage.