The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-09-08
sBuooL Law.
An Act to Compel csildr~n to attend
bchoo1.

SEC. l. 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 shsll 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 at |
school, or application to study, for the |
period required, or that such child or
children are taught in private school,
or at home, in such branches as are US
nally taught in a 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. Q. 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 list
Of all children, resident in the school
district, between the ages Of eight and
fourteen years; said list to be taken
from tho 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 oil children attending school
during the previous school month; when,
il it shall appear, at the expiration Of
four school months, to the Board Of
School Trustees, that auy parent. guard
ian, or other person having chnrge or
control Of any child OF 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, if such parent, guardian, or other
person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
same within five days after the making
Of said demand, TIL board shall com.
mence proceedings in the name of the
school district for the recovery of the
tipe hereinafter provided, before any
Justice Of the Peace in the town.
ship in which said school dis.
trict il located: or. il there shall be no
Jus,;ce ~ ,hs p.o.. ,h.~.;,, ,hon h.,,~.
' 'As" 80
the nearest Justice OF the Peace In the
county.
SEC. 3. Anv narent ouo,.liap n,
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o'AeA pe.soA aa'."e eon'1o' VI 'vnatBe "
any cniid or ch'ioren, falling to comply
with the provisions Of this Act. shall b.
liable to n f,ne Of not less than 6ftv dol
,sr, nov ro,a .h.r -. ,u.s-s. so,,,-
'' Ao' ''o'' .ia" one nunu'ee uo''ai'
ior me nrst offepse, nor less than on
hundred dollars nor more than wo hun
dred dollars for the second and ,,cb sub
.souen, o,,sn.a ha.,d.s ~ nj - 80,
,.n,;n,, ' os''uss 'n0 'os v "a 'o'
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t"ss ~ anu schnr1 s;s.s;o y Z, G. 80. a.s
that ~ narsnts rn.rd;sns . = o.hs
perso,n. having cou, s ~ aharo,s 81 an,
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