The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-17
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act 20 Cnnpei Children 10 Attend
school.
a. p-o ed February as, 1873, 70.

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 schoo
for period of at least sixteen weeks in
each school year, at least eight weeks of
which shall be consecutive, unless sncb
child or children are excused from
such attendance by the Board of Scboo
Trustees of the school district in which
such parents or guardians reside, upon
It's 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 al home, in such branches as are u.s.
uaily 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 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
g 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 il 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 shi II appear, at the expiration of
G. four school months, TO the Board of
. 81 School Trustees, that any parent, guard
y ian, or other person having charge or
If control of any child OF children, shall
n have failed to comply with the provis-
ty ions of this Act, the board shall cause
is demand to be made upon such parent,
IA 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
$ same within five days after the making
e ey of said demand, the board shall COM
% mence proceedings in the name of the
Is school district for the recovery of the
80 fine hereinafter provided, before any
ey Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
an trict is located or, if there shall be no
% Justice of the Peace therein, then before
n the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
~ county.
n SEC. 8. Any parent, guardian, o,
m other person having control or charge of
ng any child or children, failing to comply
III with the provisions of this Act shall be
/. liable to fine of not less than fifty dol.
10. lars nor more than one hundred dollars
II IN for the first offense, nor less than one
for hundred dollars nor more than two hun
I've dred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent offense, besides the costs of col.
lection.
SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to thu
- satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
tees of any school district in this state
that the parents, guardians, or othe
persons having control or charge of an,
HE child or children in attendance upon tn,
m public school of said district, in accord
has ance with the provisions of this Act, or,
'na unable to procure suitable books, sta
sill tionery, etc., for such child or children
let. it shall be the duty of such board to pro
ig cure, or cause to be procured, for sucl
hip child or children, all necessary books
md 4.: 4,
as ''"'ioi"iy, e.c.' Tue same 10 DO pald 1o
:, out of the fund of said school district
or. in the same way that other claim
ees against the school district are now al
q .. lowed and paid; provided, that all books
U. stationery, ETC., purchased under tn
w provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
&c 70 to be the property of the school district
srd' to be under the care and control of til,
4th School Trustees when not in actual use
ito SEC. s. All fines collected under tn,
. provisions of this Act shall be paid int,
and he county treasury on account OF tn
=, state school fund.
gle SEC. q. 1t shall be the duty Of tn
any County Superintendent OF Public School
ace n each county in this state to cause thi
ates a~ to be published in some newspape
'a os in his county, il any there be, four con
by secutive times, annually, for period Q
r. wo years, the expense of such publics
ton to be allowed and paid out of tn
i in general school fund of the county. TIL
'9 40, Board of School Trustees in each schot
tive district shall cause to be posted amt
r.. ally, for period Of two years, in thre
public places in their district, notices
the requirements anS penalties OF tn
law. .ge-t . TtHr