The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-01-29
SCHOOL LAW.
An Aca 90 ,mpel Children to Attend
School.
=, ed f.bru.r Is. 1873. 70.

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 OF guardians. reside, upon
its being shown to their satisfaction til a
the bodily or mental condition of sue
child or children has been such as tn
prevent his, her, or their attendance at
school, or application to study, for the
period required, or that such child OF
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 an y
person within the school district, he or
she shall not be liable t, 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 10 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 sh,|l 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 he 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
same within five days after the making
, OF said demand, the board shall COM
! mence proceedings in the name of the
school district for the recovery of the
t fine hereinafter provided, before any
,, Justice of the Peace in the town
!, ship in which said school dis.
!. trict is located; or, if there shall be nc
T Justice of the Peace therein, then before
\ the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
/ county.
SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, OF
other person having control or charge OF
i, any child or children, failing to comply
P with the provisions of this Act, shall be
s liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
: lars nor more than one hundred dollar,
0 for the first offense, nor less than On,
hundred dollars nor more than two ham.
dred dollars for the second and each sub
y sequent offense, besides the costs Of col
% lection.
s SEGA. Whenever ii shall appear, to III
.e satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
tees OF any school district in this state
e that the parents, guardians, or oths
e persons having control or charge Of an,
l. child or children in attendance upon tn
s. 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
1t shall be the duty of such board to pro
cure, or cause to be procured, for sucl
child or children, all necessary books
= stationary, etc., the saaa TO be paid 70
N out of the fund Of said school district
II In the same way that other claim
h against the school district are now a
d lowed and paid; provided, that all books
II stationery, etc., purchased under III
provisions Of this Act, shall be deenae
% to be the property of the school district
=, ~ to he under the care and control Of th
5 School Trustees when not in actual use
lie SEC. 8. All anes collected under III
q provisions of this Act shall be paid int
70 he county treasury on account of III
,e state school fund,
~ SEC. 6. II shall he the 6uty of tn
is County Superintendent of Public School
n each county in this state to cause thi
y NV to be published in some newspaper
v in his county, If any there be, four con
10 secutive times, annually, for aperiod o
It wo years, the expense Of such puhlica
), ton 10 be allowed and paid ont Of tn
g general school fund of the county. Tn
o Board of School Trustees in each schoc
district shall canse to be posted annu
N ally, for q period of two years, in tire
public places in their district, notices @
y the requirements anS penalties OF thi
a law.
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