Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS,
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
An Act to Compel Children to Atten d
School.
IApproved February IS, 1878, p. Sc. ]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented
IN Senate and assembly, do enact as follosos:
SECTION l. Every parent. guardian, or other
person in the State of Nevada, hsving control
and charge of q child or children between the
ages OF eight and fourteen. years, shall be re.
CURED to send such child or children to pub
lie school for > period Of at least sixteen
weeks in each school year. st least eight weeks
OF which shall be consecutive, unless such
oniid or children are excused from such at.
tendance by the Board of School Trustees of
the school district in 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 or chill.
dren are taught In private school, or at home,
In such branches as are usually taught in Q
primary school, or have already acquired the
ordinary branches Of learning taught in the
public school, provided. in case q public
school shall not be taught for the period Of
sixteen weeks, or any part thereof, during the
year, within two miles. by the nearest trav.
eled road, of the residence OF any person
within the school district, he or she shall not
be liable to the provisions OF this Act.
$40. q 1t shall be the duty of the Board o
School Trustees of each school district in this
State on or before the first Monday in Septem.
Der i'll each year, to furnish the Principal of
each public school taught in such distric
with list Of all children, resident in the
q
fourtesn years; said list to be taken from the
report of the School Census Marshal. At tn
beginning Of each school month thereafter
shall be the duty Of the Principal of each
school in such district to report to the Boar
Of School Trustees of such district the name
of all children attending school during tn
previous school month; when, if 1t shall sp
pear, ct the expiration Of four school month
to the Board of school Trustees, that an
parent. guardian, or other person havtn
charge or control of any child or children
shall have failed to comply with the provision
of this Act, the Board shall cause demand
be made upon such parent, guardian, or othe
person, for the amount of the penalty herein
after provided; when. If such parent, guard
ian, or other person shall neglect or refuse
pay the same within FIVE days after the max
ing of said demand, the Board shall com
mence proceedings in the name of the schoo
district for the recovery OF the fine herein
after provided. before any Justice Of tn
Peace in the township in which said schoo
district is located; or. If there shall be n
Justice of the Pe.es therein. then before tn
nearest Justice of the Peace In the county.
SEC. 8. ANY parent guardian, or other per
son having control or charge of any child
children, failing to comply with the provis
ions of this Act, shall be liable to fine Of no
less than fifty dollars nor more than one hun
dred dollars for the first offense, nor les
than one hundred dollars nor more than tw
hundred dollars for the second and each sub
-equent otfense, besides the costs of collection
SEQ. 4. whenever 1t shall appear. to tn
satisfaction OF the Board Of School Trustees
any school district in tins State, that tn
parents, guardians, or other persons havin
control Of any child or children in attendanc
upon the public school OF said district, in 90
cordance with the provisions CT this Act, ar
unable to procure suitable books, stationery
ETC., for such child or children, 1t shall be tn
duty Of such Beard to procure, or cause to b
procured, for such child or children. all neces
sary books, stationery, ETC., the same to b
paid out of the Fund of said school district
In the same way that other claims against tn
school district are now allowed and paid; pr
vided, that all books, stationery, etc. pur
chased under the provisions Of this Act, shall
be deemed to be the property of the schoo
district to be under the care and control o
the School Trustees when not in actual use.
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the pro
visions of this Act shall be paid into tn
County Treasury on account OF the Stat
School Fund.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the Count
Superintendent cf Public Schools in eac
county in this State to cause this law to b
published In some newspaper In his county.
any there be, four consecutive times, annual
for q period Of two years. the expense OF sue
publication to be allowed and paid out of tn
General School Fund Of the county. TIL
Board of School Trustees in each school dis
trict shall cause to be posted annually, for
period of two years, in three public places
their district, notices Of the requirements an
penalties Of this law.
Eureka, Dec. 20, 1884. d3O-td