The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-03-19
SCHOOL LAW.
Impel Children to Attend
School.
ed fetruar, Is. 1873, re.

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 such
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 OF 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 OF
children are taught in private school
or at home, in such branches as are us
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
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,
If it shiu appear, at the expiration OF
four school months, to the Board of
School Trustees, that any parent, guard
ian, OF 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
7 guardian, or other person, for the
. amount of penalty hereafter provided
T when, if such parent, guardian, or other
:; person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
h same within five days after the making
4 OF said demand, the board shall COM
e mence proceedings in the name of the
y school district for the recovery of the
Z fine hereinafter provided, before any
II Justice of the Peace in the town.
n ship in which said school dis
4 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
n county.
m SEC. B. Any parent, guardian, or
It other person having control or charge of
" any child or children, failing to comply
IT with the provisions of this Act, shall be
F. liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
IS lars nor more than one hundred dollars
r for the first offense, nor less than one
W hundred dollars nor more than two hum
bred dollars for the second and each sub.
sequent offense, besides the costs of col
~ lection.
ms SEED. Whenever it shall appear, to the
Us satisfaction of the Board of School Trus-
4 tees of any school district in this state,
that the parents, guardians, or other
ce persons having control or charge of any
in child or children in attendance upon the
"a public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act, are
unable to procure suitable books, sta
tionery etc., for such child or children,
It 1t shall be the duty of such board to pro-
cure, or cause to be procured, for such
child OF children, all necessary books,
stationary, etc., the same to be paid for
siss out of the fund of said school district,
on IN the same way that other claims
yer against the school district are now al.
tu lowed and paid; provided, that all books,
ed stationery, etc., purchased under the
Of provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
10 to be the property of the school district,
20 to be under the care and control of the
$40 "a IN
ICE School Trustees when not in actual use.
80 Sec. 5. All fines collected under the
he provisions of this Act shall be paid into
70. he county treasury on account OF the
10 state school fund
.he SEC. G. 1t shall be the duty of til,
in ~ County Superintendent of Public Schools
hi n each county in this state to cause thi'
aw to be published in some newspaper
inv s in his county, if any there be, four con
w secutive times, annually, for aperiod O
wo years, the expense of such publica
cs' ton to be allowed and paid out Of the
=, general school fund of the county. The
Board of School Trustees in each schoo
N0 district shall cause to be posted annu
ally, for period of two years, in thre
Ian public places in their district, notices 0
any the requirements and penalties of thi
or law. ,.t...... .....t.,.
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