The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-12
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act To c 'mpsl Children 10 Att.,a
School.
ed February Is. 1879 70

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 sucb
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 10
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 u.s.
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 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 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 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 provis-
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
I when, if such parent, guardian, or other
person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
,. same within five days after the making
t OF said demand, the board shall COM
! mence proceedings in the name of the
: school district for the recovery OF the
1 fine hereinafter provided, before any
!, Justice of the Peace in the town
n ship in which said school dis
d trict is located; or, if there shall be no
!. Justice of the Peace therein, then before
o the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
P county.
n Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian, or
i other person having control or charge of
y any child or children, failing to comply
t with the provisions of this Act, shall be
n liable to a fine Of not less than fifty dol.
! lars nor more than one hundred dollars
7. for the first offense nor less than one
y hundred dollars nor more than two hun.
bred dollars for the second and each sub
- sequent offense, besides the costs of col.
&c lection.
ID SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to thu
rs satisfaction of the Board OF School Trus
It. tees of any school district in this state
that the parents, guardians, or othe
&c persons having control or charge of an.
in child or children in attendance upon thu
e. e. 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
Il it shall be the duty of such board to pro
cure, or cause to he procured, for sucl
child or children, all necessary books
stationary, ETC., the same to be paid 70
is ont OF the fund of said school district
an ar in the same way that other claim
er against the school district are now al
ty lowed and paid; provided, that all books
liz stationery, etc., purchased under tn
OF provisions of this Act, shall be deeme
ls, to be the property of the school district
on to be under the care and control Of tn
cse School Trustees when not in actual use
to SEC. 5. All fines collected under tn
ne ne provisions of this Act shall be paid int
%. he county treasury on account of tn
81 state school fund.
he SEC. G. It shall be the duty Of th
in. County Superintendent of Public School
c cas each county in this state to cause thi
aw to be published in some newspap'
Ing in his county, if any there be, four col
the secutive times, annually, for aperiod
wo years, the expense of such public
0st ii,
zee. ton to be allowed and paid out of Il
ace general school fund Of the county. III
NJ Board of School Trustees in each scho
district shall cause to he posted ann
ally, for period of two years, in thr
ian public places in their district, notices
any the requirements and penalties OF tn
adj. law.
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