The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act to C 'mpel Children TO A,,.,.
School.
Apo ed febru.rv ., 1879 20

DEC l. Every parent, guardian O,
other person in the State of Nevada
having control and charge of child of
children between the ages of eight ana
fourteen years, shall be required to send
such child or children to public schoo
Tor period of at least sixteen weeks in
each school year, at least eight weeks nj
which shall be consecutive, unless sncb
child or children are excused from
such attendance by the Bond Of Sel,o
Trustees of the school district in which
such parents or guardians reside, upon
Its being shown to their sntisiaclitl. tba
the bodily or mental condition of suc
child or children has been such as TO
prevent his, her, or their attendance Mt
school, or application to study, for the
period required, or that such child or
children are taught in a 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 sbuu
not be taught for the period of sixteen
weeks or any Part thereof, during the
year, within w6Inlles, by the neares,
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 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.
II 1t shi u 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 proyis-
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
5 same within five days after the making
J 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
ii trict is located; or, if there shall be no
q 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
g any child or children, failing to comply
Il with the provisions of this Act. shall be
liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
,. lars nor more than one hundred dollars
n for the first ofiense, nor less than one
N hundred dollars nor more than two hun
y dred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent otfense, besides the costs of col
lection.
SEED. Whenever ii 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
q child or children in attendance upon the
u public school of said district, in accord
ls ance with the provisions of this Act, are
~ unable to procure suitable books, sta.
l. tlonery, etc., for such child or children
t, it shall be the duty of such board to pro.
= cure, or cause to be procured, for such
Up child or children, all necessary books,
as stationary, etc, the same to be paid foI
, out of the fund of said school district
r in the same way that other claims
ss against the school district are now al
. lowed and paid provided, that all books
u. stationery, ETC., purchased under the
W provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
70 to be the property of the school district
I'd to be under the care and control of the
n School Trustees when not in actual use
to Sec. s. All fines collected under the
provisions of this Act shall be paid into
ID he county treasury on account of the
state school fund.
lie SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
" County Superintendent of Public Schools
ce n each county in this state to cause this
es aw to be published in some newspaper
o os in his county, if any there be, four con-
by secutive times, annually, for period o
wo years, the expense of such publica
ton to be allowed and paid out of the
in general school fund of the county. The
D Board Of School Trustees in each schoo
We district shall cause to be posted annu