Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-08
AN ACT
To Compel Children to Attend School.
tApproved February rs, 1875. !

Approved February IS, 1851
The people of the State of Nevada, represent
ed in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
SECTION /. Every parent, guardian or other
person in the State of Nevada. having cohtrol
and charge of child, or children, between
the ages OF eight and fourteen years. shall De
required TO send such child, or children 10
public sc hool for period of at least sixteen
weeks in each school year, at least elght
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, or application to study for the
period required, or that such child OF chill
dren are taught In a private school or at
home, in such branches as are usually taught
in a 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 a 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
of each public school taught in such district,
with list of all children, resident Ill the
school district, between the ages of eight and
TO urteen years. said list TO be taken from the
report of the School Census Marshal At 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
of School Trustees of such district the names
of all children atten ing school during the
previous school month; when, If it. shall APP
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 childre 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 refuse to pay the sauna
within five days after the making of said
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 SAIL school district is located;
or ii there shall be no Justice of the Peace
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 hun
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, 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 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 child or children, 1t
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 Other
claims against the school district are now nj
| lowea 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 MOI
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 Schoo
| Fund.
SEC. 6. 1t 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 period Of two years. the expense of sucl
publication to be allowed and paid out of thu
general school fund of the County. The
| Board of School Trust ,es in each school dis
trict shall cause to be posted, annually, for q
period of two years. in three pubic places IL
| their district, notice of the requirements and
penalties OF this law.
| SEC. 7. Ihis act shall take effect and be In
| force from and after its passage.
G. ID. McDUFFIE,
County Superintendent of Public Schools.