The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-23
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act 70 ,mpel Children 90 Attend
school.
ed February IS. 1873. 70.

other person in the State of Nevada,
having control and charge of child of
children between the ages of eight and
fourteen years, shall be required to send
such child or children to public school
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 Boald OF Stloo
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 a private school
or al home, in such branches as are us
ually taught in primary school, or have
already acquired the ordinary branches
OF learning tau. ht 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.
SEQ. 3. 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
b School Trustees of such district the
names of all children attending schoo
. during the previous school month when,
2 If it sh, u appear, at the expiration of
! four school months, to the Board OF
e School Trustees, that any parent, guard
r ian, or other person having charge or
Z control of any child or children, shall
y have failed to comply with the provis-
y ions of this Act, the board shall cause
d demand to be made upon such parent,
+ guardian, or other person, for the
70 amount of penalty hereafter provided
- when, if such parent, guardian, or other
r: person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
h same within five days after the making
81 of said demand, the board shall COM
,e mence proceedings in the name of the
or school district FOR the recovery of the
=; fine hereinafter provided, before any
of Justice of the Peace in the town
m ship in which said school dis.
r; trict is located; or, if there shall be nc
a. Justice of the Peace therein, then before
t. the nearest Justice of the Peace in The
N county.
m SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, Oh
N, mt other person having control or charge Of
-" any child or children, failing to comply
# with the provisions of this Act, shall b,
- liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
les lars nor more than one hundred dollar
r for the first offense, nor less than on,
NO hundred dollars nor more than two hun
dred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent offense, besides the costs of col
10y. 10y lection.
ms SEGA Whenever it shall appear, to tn
lys satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
At. tees of any school district in this state
. that the parents, guardians, or othe
ice persons having control or charge of an
i in child or children in attendance upon tn
pa public school of said district, in accord
), ance with the provisions of this Act, ar
unable to procure suitable books, sta
tionery, ETC., for such child or children
IT it shall be the duty of such board to pre-
cure, or cause to be procured, for sue
child or children, all necessary books
!. stationary, etc., the same to be paid 70
yer out of the fund of said school district
ion i'll the same way that other claim
YER against the school district are now a
atm lowed and paid provided, that all books
ted stationery, etc., purchased under III
Of provisions Of this Act, shall be deeme
20 to be the property of the school district
10 to he under the care and control OF th
nee School Trustees when not in actual USE
ss Sec. s. All fines collected under th
the provisions of this Act shall be paid int
No. he county treasury on account OF Ii
to state school fund.
the SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of III
,n' County Superintendent of Public Schoo
his N each county in this state to cause thi
aw to be published in some newspaps
nv o. in his county, if any there be, four cor
W secutive times, annually, for aperiod
'"' wo years, the expense of such public'
lost ton to be allowed and paid out Of Il
h, general school fund of the county. I'll
"'' Board Of School Trustees in each scho
No district shall cause to be posted ann
ally, for period of two years, in thr,
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