The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-11-30
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act TO Compel Children ia .,
school
Approved February Is. 1879 IN

having control and charge of cbi,d ~
children between the ages of EIGHT o.,
fourteen years, shall be required 70 CON,
such child or children to a public sohoo,
Tor period of at least sixteen weels :,
each school year, at least eight weel,o -
which shall be consecutive. unless
child or children are excused t,o.,
such attendance by the Board of Schoo,
Trustees of the school district in which
such parents OF guardians reside. nnon
Its beng shown to their satisfaction tba,
the bodily or mental condition Of sncb
child or children has been sucb ,Sh,
prevent his, her, or their attendance al
school, or application to study, for tbe
period required, or that such child or
children are taught in private school
or at home, in such branches as are Nc.
ually taught in primary school, or have
already acquired the ordinary branches
Oh learning taught in the public school
provided, III case n 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 tbe
first Monday i'll September in each wear
to furnish thes 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 proys-
ions of this Act, the board shall canse
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, the board shall COM
mence proceedings in the name of the
school district for the recovery of the
fine hereinafter provided, before any
Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
trict is located; or, if there shall be no
Justice of the Peace therein, then before
the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, or
other person having control Or charge of
any child or children, failing to comply
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with the provisions of this Act shall be
liable to II fine of not less than fifty dol
lars nor more than one hundred dollars
for the first otfense, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hum
dred dollars for the second and each SUBJ
sequent otfense, besides the costs of col.
lection.
SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to the
satisfaction of the Board of School Trus-
tees of any school district in this state,
that the parents, guardians, or other
persons having control or charge OF any
child or children in attendance upon the
public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act, are
unable to procure suitable books, sta
tionery, ETC., for such child or children,
it shall be the duty of such board to pro-
cure, or cause to be procured, for such
child or children, all necessary books,
stationary, ETC., the same to be paid for
out of the fund of said school district,
IN the same way that other claims
against the school district are now d.
lowed and paid provided, that all books,
stationery, etc., purchased under the
provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
to be the property of the school district,
to be under the care and control of the
School Trustees when not in actual use.
SEC. 5. All fines collected under the
provisions of this Act shall be paid into
the county treasury on account of the
state school fund.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
County Superintendent of Public Schools
in each county in this state to cause this