Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-28


SCHOOL.
Approved February IS 1871
The People Of the State of Nevada, repres,,,..
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows.
Section /. Every parent, guardian, or ot,s.
person in the state Of Nevada. having cont-oi
and charge of child, or children, between ~
ages Of eight ano fourteen years, shall be ne
guired to send such child, or children. IN
public school for period Of at least sixtesn
weeks in each school year, at least eight veeLs
of which shall be consecutive, unless sucb
child, or children, are excused from such AZ.
tendance by the Board of School Trustees OF ~.
school district in which such parents .,
guardians reside, upon its being shown to thei,
satisfaction that the bodily mental condjtion
| Of such child, or children, has been spch
| as TO prevent his. her or their attendancs
at school. or application TO study, for the period
| required, or that such child, or children. an
| taught in private school, or at home, in sprS
branches as are usually taught in primary
schools, or have already acquired the ordinsry
| branches OF Learning taught in the public
| school; provided, in public school SHAH
not be taught for the period Of sixteen weeks
| or any part thereof. during the year, within txn
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 o,
this act
Sec. . 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 Septen'
Der in each year to furnish the principal of each
public school taught in such district with ls
of all children, resident in the school distas
between the ages of eight and fourteen yen
said list to be taken from the report OF tn
School Census Marshal. At the beginning q
each school month thereafter, it 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 school
month"; when, if it shall appear at the expira.
ton 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 children. shall have failed to comply
with the provisions of this act, the Board shall
cause demand to be made upon such parent
guardian, or other person, for the amount,
the penalty hereinafter provided; when, IL such
parent, guardian, or other person shall neglect
or refuse to pay the same within five days after
the making of such demand, the Board shall
commence proceedings, in the name of the
school district for the recovery Of the fine here,
matter provided, before ar Justice Of the Peace
in the township in which said school district
is located; or if there shall be Justice OF The
Peace therein, then be fore the nearest Justice OF
the Peace in the county.
Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian or other person
having control or charge Of any child, or chill.
dren, failing to comply with the provisions Of
this act, shall be liable to fine of not less than
fifty dollars. nor more than one hundred dollars
|
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, for
the second and each subsequent oEense, besidse
the costs of collection.
Sec. L. Whenever it shall appear to the salts
faction of the Board Of School 'rustees of spy
school district in this State that the parenR
guardians or other persons having control and
charge of any child, or children, in attendants
upon the public school of said district, in accord.
ance with the provisions of this act, are unabs
to procure suitable books, stationery, ETC., for
such child, or childien, it shall be the duty Of
such Board to procure or cause to be procured
for such child, or children, 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 allowed and paid; provided that all books,
stationery, 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
( and control Of the School Trustees when not In
& actual use.
v Sec S. All fines collected under the provisions
of this act shall be paid into the County Treas.
If ury on account of the State School Fund.
le Sec. g. 1t shall be 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, if any there
be, four consecutive times annually, for a pc
Rod of two years, the expense OF such publica
lie tior. to be allowed and paid out of the General
School Fund of the county. The Board Of
Mt School Trustees in each school district shall
cause to be posted, annually, for period OF tive
years, in three public places in their district no
tees OF the requirements and penalties of this
act.
i'll Sec 7. This act shall take effect and be in
n force from and after its passage.