Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-29

~ 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 control
and charge of child. or children, between
the ages OF eight and fourteen years. shall be
required to send such 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 slich
ate ndaLce by the Board Of School Trustees
of the school districts in which such parents or
guardians reside, upon its being shown to
their satisfaction that the bodily or mental
condition of such child or childr has been
such as to prevent his, her or their attendance
at school, or application to study @fpr the
period required. that such child or chill
dren are taught in a private school or at
home. in snch branches as are usually taught
in primary school, or have already arquir' d
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 a 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 70 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 childrt II,
shall have failed to comply with the provls
ions of this Act, tue 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 five days after the making of said
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 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. 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 a fine of not
/ less than fifty dollars nor more than one hun
| bred dollars for first offense 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 1t 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 OF children in
| attendance upon the public school of said dis
| trict i'll accordance with the provisions OF this
| Act are unable to procure suitable books, sta
| tonery, 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
, dren, all necessary books, stationery, ETC., the
| same to be paid for out of the Fund OF said
T, school district in the same way that other
| claims against the school district are now al
| lowei and paid; PROVIDED. that all books, sta
| tionery, etc. purchased under the provisious
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
| in actual use. -u4 m
SEC S. All fines collected under the pro-
| visions of this Act shall be paid into the Conn
| ty Treasury on account of the State Sohool
! Fund.
SEC. 6. 1t shall he 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 he, 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 Trustse in each school dis
| trict shall cause to be posted, annually, for a
| period of two years, in three public places in
| their district, notice of the requirements and
| penalties OF this lay.
SEC T. Ths nc. shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
| c. d. MCDUFFIE,
County Superintendent of Public schools.