The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-05
SCHOOL LAW.
Aa 40. - 9 pmpsl Children to Attend
School.
ed Fetrunr, IS, 1878, 70.

ed February IS, 1873, 70.
SEC. 1. Every parent, guardian OF
other person in the State Of Nevada,
having control and charge of child o
children between the ages of eight and
fourteen years, shall be required to send
such child or children to public schoo
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 tina
the bodily or mental condition of sue
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 MS.
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 an
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 schoo
during the previous school month; when,
if it shiN appear, at the expiration of
four school months, to the Board of
School Trustees, that any parent, guard
:. ian, OF other person having charge or
= | 1,fa 4
= have failed to comply with the provis-
6 ions of this Act the board shall cause
4 demand to be made upon such parent,
: guardian, or other person, for the
9 amount of penalty hereafter provided
# when, If such parent, guardian, or other
:; person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
h same within five days after the making
Il Il OF said demand, the board shall COM
ee mence proceedings in the name Of the
or school district for the recovery of the
Il tine hereinafter provided, before any
9f Justice of the Peace in the town.
N ship in which said school dis
=; trict is located; or, if there shall BIO NO
a. Justice of the Peace therein, then before
to the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
n county.
m Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian, or
ut other person having control or charge of
W any child or children, failing to comply
IT with the provisions of this Act shall be
r. liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
es lars nor more than one hundred dollars
+. for the first offense, nor less than ono
W hundred dollars nor more than two hun
bred dollars for the second aud each SUBJ
sequent offense, besides the costs of col,
cSS lection.
ms ms SEGA. Whenever it shall appear,to the
US satisfaction of the Board of School Trus-
At. tees of any school district in this state,
that the parents, guardians, or othe,
Ice persons haying control or charge Of any
in child or children in attendance upon the
"a 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 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 fol
't ~ out of the fund of said school district
on in the same way that other claims
yer against the school district are now al
'tV lowed and paid; provided, that all books
ted stationery, etc., purchased under thu
Of provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
40 to be the property of the school district
20 to be under the care and control Of tn,
ice School Trustees when not in actual use
80 Sec. 5. All fines collected under tn,
The provisions of this Act shall be paid int
No. he county treasury ON account of tn
az 40 state school fund.
the Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of tn
i'm. County Superintendent Of Public School
his n each county in this state to cause thi
aw to be published in some newspape
ing as in his county, if any there be, four con
wv secutive times annually, for aperiod Q
wo years, the expense Of such publica
,ce ton to be allowed and paid out Of tn
!. =, general school fund Of the county. Tn
Board Of School Trustees in each schoo
-' district shall cause to be posted annr
ally, for period of two years, in thre
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