Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-16
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
a NJ ACT
TO COMPEL CHILDREN TO ATTEND
SCHOOL.

SCHOOL.
Approved February rs 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows;
Section !. Every parent, guardian, or other
person in the State of Nevada. having control
and charge Of . child. or children, between the
ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re-
quired to send such child. or children, to q
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 eucn AZ
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 or mental condition
Of such child, or children, has been such
as to prevent his, her or their attendance
at school. application TO study. for the period
required, or that such child. or children, IRE
taught in 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 puonc
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 provisions Of
this act.
| sec. u. IL b06ll De TIC uuty VI LILO Do2Iu VI
| School Trustees Of each school district In thii
| State, on or before the first Monday in Septem
Der in each year to furnish the principal Of escf
| public school taught in such district with lis
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 o.
| each school month thereafter, Il 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 schoo
| month; when, II 1t shall appear at the expira
| ton of four school months, to the Board o.
School Trustees, that any parent. guardian, o.
other person having charge or control OF an.
child, or children, shall have failed to compl,
with the provisions Of this act, the Board shal
cause demand to be made upon such parent
guardian, or other person, for the amount o
the penalty hereinafter provided; when, II sucl
parent. guardian, or other person shall neglec
or refuse to pay the same within five days afte
the making Of such demand, the Board shall
commence proceedings, in the name Of tn
school district for the recovery OF the fine herr
matter provided, before AIRY Justice OF the Peac
In the township in which said school distriC
is located; or, il there shall be Justice Of tn
Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice {
the Peace in the county.
Sec. 8. Any parent, guardian or other perso
having control or charge Of any child, or chi
dren, failing to comply with the provisions
this act shall be liable to fine OF not less tha
fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollar
for the first offense, nor less than one hundre
dollars. nor more than two hundred dollars, 4
the second and each subsequent offense, besid
the costs Of collection.
Sec. 4 Whenever it shall appear to the sati
faction Of the Board Of School trustees Of ~
school district in this State that the parent
guardians or other persons having control al
, charge of any child, or children, in attendan
upon the public school Of said district, in accor
} ance with the provisions Of this act, are unab
} to procure suitable books, stationery. ETC., I
such child. or childien, 1t shall be the duty
such Board to procure or cause to be procur
for such child or children, all necessary booi
stationery, ETC., the same to be paid for out
the fund Of said school district, in the same W
!, that other claims against the school district a
now allowed and paid; provided that all bool
stationery, ETC., purchased under the provisio
Of this act shall be deemed to be the proper
of the school district, to be under the care al
} and control Of the School Trustees. when not
actual use.
Sec s. All fines collected under the provisio
of this act shall be paid into the County Ire,
, ury on account Of the State School Fund.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the Cour
: Superintendent Of Public Schools in each cour
!, in this State to cause this law to be publish
in some newspaper in his county, If any tn,
!, be, four consecutive times, annually. for
!. Rod Of two years. the expense OF such publ
n ton to be allowed and paid out Of the Gene
q School Fund Of the county. The Board
8 School Trustees in each school district sh
o cause to be posted, annually, for period OF t
years, In three public places in their district.
= tees OF the requirements and penalties Of Il
act.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be
4 force from and after Its passage.