Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-16

MISCELLANEOUS
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
AN ACT
TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO At
TEND SCHOOL.


The People of the State of Nevada, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly. do enact as
follows:
other person in the State of Nevada. having
control and charge Of a child. or children.
between the ages Of eight and f~vHrteen years,
shall be required to send such child, or chill
dren, to a public school for a period of Mt
least sixteen weeks in each school year. at
least eight weeks Of which shall be eonsecu-
tive, unlcss such child, or children, are ex.
cused from such attendance by the Board Of
School Trustees Of the school district in which
such parents or guardians reside, upon IT'S
being shown to their satisfaction that tho
bodily or mental condition Of such child, or
children, has been such as to prevent his.
her. or their attendance at school: or appiiea-
ton to study for the period required, or that
such child or children. are tanght In a PR
vatc school. or at home, in such branches as
are usually taught in a primary school,. or
have already acquired tho ordinary branches
Of learning taught in the public school; pro-
vided. in case q 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
residence OF any person within the school
district, he or she shall not BIZ Liable to the
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Board
of School Trustees of each school district in
this state. or or before the first Monday in
Septem Der in each year. to furnish the prin-
cipai. of each public school taught N such
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 there
after, it shall be the duty of tho principal of
eac- school in such district to report to the
Board OF School Trustees of such district the
names of all children attending school dur
ing the previous. school month: when. il it
shall appear, At the expiration of four school
months, to tho Board Of School Trustees,
that any parent. guardian, or other person
having charge or control Of any child, or
children, shall have fail, ID to comply with the
provisions of this act. the Board shall canse
demand to be made upon such parent. guard-
penalty hereinafter provided; when, If such
parent. guardian. or other person. shall ne
glect or refuse to pay the same withiu five
days after tho making Of said demand, the
Board shall commence proceeding, in the
name of the school district. for the recovery
of the fine hereinafter provided, before any
j 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, theL.
before the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
Sac. 3. Any parent, guardian, or other per-
son having control or charge of any child. or
children, failing to comply with the provi-
not loss than fifty dollars, nor more than ono
hundred dollars, for the first offensc. nor less
than one hundred dollars. nor more than two
hundred dollars, for the second and each SUBJ
sequent o6ense, besides the cost Of collec-
tion.
SIC. 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 ether persons having
control and charge Of any child, or children,
in attendance upon the public school Of said
district, in accordance with the provisions OF
this act. are unable to procure suita BILE books,
stationery, 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
children, all necessary books. stationery, ETC..
the same to- be paid for out of the Fund OF
said school district in the same way that 9TH
er claims against tho school district arc now
allowed and paid; provided, that all books,
stationery. ETC., purchased under the proyis-
ions of this act shall be deemed to DO the
property Of the school district. 10 be under
the care and control Of the School Trustees,
wheL not in actual use.
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the pro.
visions of this act shall be paid into the Coun-
ty Treasury on account of the State School
rund.
SIC. g. 1t shall be the duty of tho County
Superintendent of Public Schools in each
county in this State to cause this law to be
published in some newspaper in his county.
il any there be, four consecutive times. an
of such pu publication to be allowed and paid out
Of tho General School Fund Of the county. The
Board of School Trustees in each school dis
trict shall cause to be posted, annually, for q
period Of two years, in three public places in
their district, notices of the requirements
and penalties Of this law.
SEC. Z. This act shall take effect and be in
'0''' '''" anu ' 4. L. KAYE,
County Superintendent of Public schools.