Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-18
ACT NO. 144.
AN ACT To PROVIDE FOR THK COM
PULso: EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
IN CERTAIN CASES.


PULso2 EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
L IN CERTAIN CASES.
SECTION /. The People of the State
of Michigan enact, That every parent,
guardian, or other person in the State
Of Michigan, having control end charge
of any child or children between the
ages OF eight and fourteen years, shall
be required to send such child or chill
dren to public school for period of
at least four months in each school
year, commencing on the first Monday
of September ia the year 1883, at least
six weeks of which shall be consecu-
tive, unless such child or children a-e
excused from such attendance by the
board of the school district in which
such parents or guardians reside, upon
| It's being shown to their satisfaction
that his bodily or mental condition has
been such as to prevent his attendance
at school, or application to study for
| tic vi ruCh
or children are taught in private
school, or at home, in such b.anches as
are usually taught in primary schools,
or have already acqui-ed the o,dinery
bra uches of Learning taught in public
schools: PyooiCed, Tn CAGE public
school shall not be taught for four
months during the year within two
miles, by the nearest Travelled road, of
the residence of any person within the
=, ,iroof ofdfytrict, 'ire shan not be lieble
10 the provisions OF this act.
SIC. 2. No child under the age of
fol. teen year shall je employed oy
any person. company, or corporation,
| TO laLor IA any busineS'. unless such
child shs II heve attended soine public
or piiv,;e d..y -chool where instruction
was given by a teacher qualified 10 in
struct ia such branches a. arc usually
taught in primary schools, at least four
months of the welve months next
preceding the molih in which ZACH
child shall be so employed: Pro;i,'eo,
That certificate from The din ector Of
the school district in which such child
shall have attended s,hooi shall be ev-
idence of a compliance with the pro-
iiions of this act.
SEC. 3. Every pG 'ent, guardian. or
other pc. son, having charge or control
of any child from eight to fourteen
ye.,s of age, who has been temporarily
discherg rged f.om any business or EN-
ployment, shall send such child to
some public or private day school for
the period for which such child shall
have been discharged. unless such child
shall have been excused from such at
tendance by the boaid of the school
district, for reasons AZ stated IN Sec.
hereof.
| Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
school district board Of each district oi
/ the State to purchase and furnish, al
the expenae of the district. such text
books as may in the judgment of said
board be necessaI for the use of chill
dren whose parents are not able to
furnish the same, the expense of such
!, books 70 be levied la ike manner al
other district taxes. <'~''
SEC 5. In case ahy parent, guardian
or other person shall fail to comply
with the provisions of Sections 2, 5 or
of this act, such parent, guardian ol
other perccn shalt be deemed guilty o.
a misdemeanor, and. shall, on convic
ton, be liable to a fine OF not less thar
s. nor more than 80 for the first OF
tense, and of not leEs then $40 for eacl
SUI -squent offense.
SsC. 6. In all cities and villages II
his S ate having apopulation of 5, 00'
and upwFr rds, the board az education
or such other officer or officers havin,
ch. .-e of the schools OF said cities
o vnsh;ps and villages, may establish
one or more ung. AIDED schools for tn
ila,ruct on of cD'ld en- as defined an,
set TO tn in the following sections:
SIC: z. All persons between the age
J of eight AID fourteen years, who ar
habituai truants from school, or VIII
while in attendance at any publ
, 'hool ere incorrigible, vicious, or i'm
moral, in conduct, and all persons b.
tween said ages who absent themselys
from school and habitually wands
! about streets and public places. ha'
ng no business or lawful occupation
shall be deemed Juvenile disorder
perons, and subject 10 III. provision
J OF this act.
: SIC. 8. in all cities having duly Q
IS . .is 80,
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