The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-11-17

An Act to Conpsl ChiIdres To Attend
school.
Approved Hebru.r, Is, ISIS. 70.

| SIC. 1. Every parent, guardian, OF
other person in the State of Nevada,
having control and charge Of child OF
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
such attendance 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 al
school, or application to study, for the
period required, or that such child OF
children are taught in private school,
or at home, in such branches as are us
ually taught in primary school, or have
already acquired the ordinary branches
of learning taught in the public school;
provided, in case 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
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 September in 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 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 attending school
during the previous school month; when,
If it shall appear, at the expiration Of
four school months, to the Board OF
School Trustees, that any parent, guard.
ian, or other person having charge or
control Of any child or children, 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 penalty hereafter provided;
when, il such parent, guardian, or other
person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
same within five days after the making
Of said demand, the board shall com.
mence proceedings iu the name of the
school district for the recovery of the
line hereinafter provided. before any
Justice Of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
'rict is located; or, If there shall be no |
Justice Of the Peace therein, then before |
he nearest Justice of the Peace in the |
county.
SEC. 8. Any parent, guardian, OF
'ther person having control or charge of
ny child or children, failing to comply
nth the provisions OF this Act, shall be
liable to fine Of not less than fifty dol
arr nor more than one hundred dollars
Or the first offense, nor less than one
undred dollars nor more than two hum
red dollars for the second and each SUBJ
squent offense, besides the costs Of col.
ction.
SEGA. Whenever it shall appear to the
ltisfaction of the Board Of School Trus-
en- of any school district in this state,
at the parents, guardians, or other
'rsons having control or charge of any
lid or children in attendance upon the
lbiic school Of said district, in accord
zee with the provisions Of this Act, are ::
liable to procure suitable books, sta
merry, etc., for such child or children,
shall be the duty of such board to pro- I
re. or cause to be procured, for such
lid or children, all necessary books.
'tionary, etc., the same 10 be paid for
t of the fund of said school district. /,
the same way that other claims {
ainst the school district are now al.
we'd and paid; provided, that all books, J
'tionery, ETC., purchased under the :
DIVISIONS OF this Act, shall be deemed {
be the pfopsrty Of the school district, =
be under the care and control Of the /,
hool Trustees when not in actual use.
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the
DIVISIONS Of this Act shall be paid into =
county treasury on account Of the ,
tie school fund. III
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty Of the
unity Superintendent Of Public Schools
each county in this state TO cause this
' to be published in some newspaper :
his county, IL any there be four con.