Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
AN ACT
To Compel Children to Attend School.

Approved February 25, 1851
The people of the State of Nevada. represent
ed in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows;
SECTION 1. 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 De
required to send such a child, or children to
public school for period OF at least sixteen
weeks in each chool 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 districtin 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, OF application to study for the
period required, or that such child or chill
dren are taught in q 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
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
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 Al the
beginning of each school month thereafter it
shall be the duty of the Principal OF each
school in such district to report to the Board
,fC Cab Trpstppc of Gr1pb district the names
of all children atten ing school during the
previous school month; when, II 1t 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 OF control of any child or childrt n,
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 pers shall neg
lect or refuse to pay the sauna
within five days sitter the making of said
demand the Board shall commence proceed.
ings. in the name of the school district, tor
the recovery vi the fine hereinafter provided.
before any Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis rict is located
or, If there shall be no Justice of the Peace
therein, then before the nearest Ju. tice 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 comply with the provis-
ions of this Act, shall be liable to fine of not
| less than fifty dollars nor more than one hum
dred dollars for first off 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 1t shall appear to the
| satisfaction of the Board of School Trustees
| of any school district in this State that the
rdi nrp th ar having
| control and charge of any child UT children in
attendance upon the public school of said dis
| trict in accordance with the provisions OF this
| Act, are unable to procure suitable b, oks sta
| tionery, ETC., for such child or children, 1t
| shall be the duty of such Bohrd to procure or
cause to be procured for such child Or chill
| Cren all necessary Eoots, stationery, etc., the
| same to be paid for out Of the Fund of sid
| school district In the same way thai other
| claims against the school distri,. e are now 81,
lowe, and paid; PROVIDED mat all books. sta
tionery, ETC., purchased under the provision.
OF this Act shall ne deemed to be the proper
of the school district, to be under the care
and control of the school Trustees, when no
| in 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 Schoo
! Eand.
SEC. 6. 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 in his county /
| any there be, four consecutive times annually
| for a period of two years. the expense Of sucl
| publication to be allowed and paid out of thu
general school fund of the County. Thu
Board of School Trust es in each sc hool dis
| trict shall cause to be posted, annually, for
period of two years, In three public places II
their district. notice of the requirements and
penalties OF this law.
SEC I. 1his act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage.
G. d. McDUFFIE,
County Superintendent of Public Schools.