The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-01-12
SCHOOL LAW.

Approved February IS, 1873, ~.

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 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 at
school, on application to study, for the
period required, or that such child or
children are taught in private school,
or ut home, in such branches as are u.s.
unlly taught in primary school, OF have
already acquired the ordinary branches
of learning taught in the public school;
provided, i'll 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 ench 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 A 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 OF
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 npon such parent,
guardian, or other person, for the
amount of penalty hereafter provided
when, if such parent, guardian, or othel
person shall neglect or refuse to pay thu
same within five days after the makipt
of said demand, the board shall com.
mence proceedings in the name of thu
school district for the recovery of tn,
| fine hereinafter provided, before an.
Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
trct 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 the provisions Of this Act, shall b
: liable to /. - of not less than Fifty dol
lars nor more than one hundred dollar
} for the first ofiense, nor less than on
hundred dollars nor more than two hun
,, bred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent offense, besides the costs of col
7 lection.
SEc.4. Whenever it shall appear, to tn
satisfaction of the Board of School Tr,s
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
U pu bic school of said district, in accord
!, aIlce with the provisions of this Act, ar
! unable to procure suitable books, sta
! ii onery, etc., for such child or children
! i. shall be the duty of such boardto Pre-
= cure, or cause to be procured, for sue
4 child or children, all necessary book,
!. stationary, ETC., the same to be paid fC
= out of the fund of said school distric
: in the same way that other claim
against the school district are now q
e lowed and paid; provided, that all book
4 stationery, etc., purchased under Ii
. provisions of this Act, shall be deeme
{ to be the property Of the school distric
+ to be under the care and scontrof Of Il
School Trustees when not in actual us
Sxc. All fines osllectesl under Il
provisions Of this Act slaaii b. paid in
/, the county treasury ON ACCOUNT Of Il
! .state,sdhool fund.
; SEc, g.. 1t shall be the duty of Il
! | County Superintendent Of Public Schoo
). in each county in this statosto cause Stb
. law'to be published in some newspsp
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