Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
AN ACT
To Compel Children to Attend Scheei.
Approved February rs, 1901

thppTONcu SO Ao'c.J
The people of the State of Nevada, represent
ed in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SEcTroN1. 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 to send such child, or children to a
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 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 chill
dren are taught in private school or at
home, in such branches as are usually taught
in primary 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
wear, 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 g 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 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 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 attending school during the
cehnpl month. when If IT shall an
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 cElldr IA,
shall have failed to comply with the proyis-
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 person shall neg
lect or refuse to pay the salna
within five days after the making of spid
demand, the Board shall commence proceed
ings in the name of the school district, tor
the recovery Of the fine hereinafter provided,
before any Justice of the Peace i'll the town
ship in which sal school district is located;
or, if there shall be no Justice of the Pence
therein, then before the nearest Justice of
the Peace in the county.
SEC. 3. 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 fine of not
less than fifty dollars nor more than one him.
dred dollars for first off nse, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor mere than two hundred
dollars for the second and each subsequent
offense besides the cost of collection.
SEC. L. Whenever il 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
Act are unable to procure suitable books, sta
tionery, etc, for such enid OF children, II
shall be the duty of such Board to procure or
cause to be procured for such child or chill
dren, all necessary books, stationery. ETC.. the
same to be paid for out of the Fund of said
school district in the same way that othel
claims against the school district are now al
lowe and paid: PROVIDED, that all books, sta
tionery, 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 control of the School Trustees. when no
in actual use.
SEC. 8. All fines collected under the pro
visions Of this Act shall be paid into the Coun
~ Treasury on account of the State Schoo
Fund.
SEC. G. It shall be the duty of the Count.
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Schools in eacl
county IN this State to cause this law to b'
published in some newspaper i'll his county /
any there be- four consecutive times annually
for period Of two years. the expense OF sucl
publication to be allowed and paid out OF tn
general school fund of the County. Tn
Board of School Trustees in each school dis
trict shall cause to be posted, annually for
period of two years, in three public places il
their district, notice of the requirements aHl
penalties of this law.
SEC T. .i'his act shall take effect and be II
force from and after its passage.
G. d. MCDUFFiE,
County Superintendent of Public Schools