Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-28
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FREIGHT DELIVERY.
GOLD HILL NEVADA
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THOMAS GALLAGHER.
AN ACT
To Compel Children to Attend School
Approved February IS. 1851

[Approved February IS, 1851
ed in the 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
required 10 send such a child, or children to
public school for period of at least sixteen
weeks in each school year, at least eight
weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless
such child or children are excused from such
attendance by the Board Ct 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 chill
dren are taught in private school or at
home, in such branches as are usually taught
in primar school, or have already acquired
the ordinary branches Of learning taught in
the public schools; PROVIDED, in 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 this Act.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the Board Of
School Trustees of each school district in this
TENDER of each year. to furnish this 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 c snsus Marshal At the
| beginning Of each school month thereafter 1t
| 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 atten ing school during the
| previous school month; when, If it shall ap-
pear at the expiration 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 childrf II,
| shall have failed to comply with the provis-
| 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. if such parent
guardian or other person shall neg
lect or refuse to pay the sama
within Ave days after the making Of sid
demand the Board shall commence proceed
ings. in the name of the school district, for
the recovery Of the fine hereinafter provided.
before any Justice of the Peace in the town
ship 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. 8. Any parent, guardian, or other per-
son having control or charge of any child or
children, failing to coHply with the provis-
less than fifty dollars nor more than one hun
dred dollars for first offs nse, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars for the second and each subsequent
offense, besides the cost of collection.
SEC, A. 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
| triet in accordance with the provisions of this
| Act are unable to procure suitable books, sta
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
dreD all necessary books, stationery, ETC., the
| same to be paid for out of the Fund of SAID
school district in the same way that other
| Claims against the school district are now al
lowed and paid; PROVIDED, that all books, sta
| tionery ETC., purchased under the provision
| of this Act shall be deemed to be the properly
| Of the school district. to be under the care
| and control of the School Trustees. when not
| i'll actual Use.
SEC. s. All fines collected under the pro-
visions of this Act shall be paid into the Coun
ty Treasury on account OF the State school
Fund
SEC. g. It 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 II
any there be, four consecutive times annually
for a 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 I. rhis act shall take effect and be in
G. d. McDUFFIE,
County Superintendent of Public Schools.