The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-12-22
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act to Compel Children Ia Attend
school.

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 a 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 az 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 u.s.
ually taught in a primary school, orhave
already acquired the ordinary branches
Of learning taught in the public school;
provided, in case a 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 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 theprevions school month; when,
il 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 OIL
control of any child or children, shall
have failed to comply with the provis
Ions Of this Act, the hoard shall cause
demand to be made upon such parent
guardian, or other person, for thu
amount of penalty hereafter provided
when, if such parent, guardian, or othel
person shall neglect OF refuse to pay th,
same within five days after the making
Of said demand, the board shall com
nehce proceedings in the name Of tn
school district for the recovery Of III,
fine hereinafter provided, before an.
Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
trict is located; or, if there shall be nj
Justice Of the Peace therein, then befor
the nearest Justice of the Peace in tn
county.
| SEc. 3. Any parent, guardian, o
other person having control or charge o
any child or children, failing to compl,
with tho provisions of this Act, shall b
liable to fine Of not let's than fifty dol
lars nor more than one hundred dollar
for the first offense, nor less than on
hundred dollars nor more than two hun
bred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent oifense, besides the costs of col
lection.
SEc.4. Whenever it shall appear, to tn
satisfaction Of the Board Of School Trus
tees Of any school district in this state
that the parents, guardians, or othe
persons having control or charge Of an
child or children in attendance upon tn
public school of said district, in accord
snce with the provisions of this Act, M
unable to procure suitable books, sta
tionery, ETC., for such child or children
it shall be the duty Of such board to pre-
cure, or cause to be procured. for sue
child or children, all necessary book,
stationary, ETC., the same to be paid fo
out of the fund Of &sid school district
in the same way that other claim
against the school district are now a
lowed and paid; provided, that all book
stationery, etc., purchased under th
provisions Of this, Act, shall be deeme
to be the property Of the school distric
to I've under the care Snd control of tn
School Trustees when not in actual us'
| SIC. s. All fines collected under til
provisions Of this Aa shsllbe paid int
the county treasury on account ,of til
state school fund.
SEC. q. 1t shall Sbe THE duty of til
County superintendent dt Public School
in each county in thh stAte,to cause tbi
law to be published b sSme newspapt
in his county, IL any t&ers be, four con
secutive times, annus ~, for period {
two years, the sHpens4fpf such publica
ton to be allowed ami paid ont Of th
general school fund of W cs,unty. Tn
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