The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-05
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act TO 'mpeI Children 10 Attend
School.
Apo. ed February rs, 1873, 70.

SEC. l. Every parent, guardian OF
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 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 Schoo
/ 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 private school
or at home, i'll 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 IL 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 OF
she shall not be liable t. the provisions
of this Act.
SIC. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Board of School Trustees of each school
district i'll this State on or before the
first Monday III 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 i'll
such district 10 report to the Board of
J School Trustees of such district the
names of all children attending schoo
during the previous school month; when,
II 1t SIN 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
), when, if such parent, guardian, or other
= = person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
5 same within five days after the making
y of said demand, the board shall COM
) mence proceedings in the name of the
s school district for the recovery of the
o fine hereinafter provided, before any
y Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
II trict is located; or, if there shall be no
IS Justice of the Peace therein, then before
l. the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, or
! other person having control or charge of
~ any child or children, failing to comply
II with the provisions of this Act, shall be
liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
, lars nor more than one hundred dollars
in for the first oifense, nor less than one
or hundred dollars nor more than two hun
We bred dollars for the second and each sub.
sequent oifense, besides the costs of col
lection.
SEc.4. 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 othel
persons having control or charge of any
lie child or children in attendance upon the
N. public school of said district, in accord
a as ance with the provisions of this Act, are
nd unable to procure suitable books, sta
il tionery, ETC., for such child or children
~ it shall be the duty of such board to pro
s- cure, or cause to be procured, for such
lip child or children, all necessary books
aa stationary, etc, the same to be paid fol
out of the fund of said school district
". in the same way that other claims
~ against the school district are now al
3 lowed and paid; provided, that all books
i. stationery, ETC., purchased under tn,
W. provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
to to be the property of the school district
I'd to be under the care and control of tn,
10 School Trustees when not in actual use
to SEC. g. All fines collected under tn,
provisions of this Act shall be paid int,
an an he county treasury on account of tn
state school fund.
N, ne SEC. G. 1t shall be the duty of tn
- County Superintendent of Public School
zee II each county in this state to cause thi
i tss aw to be published in some newspape
ate in his county, if any there be, four con
by secutive times, annually, for aperiod Q
), wo years, the expense of such pub +
ton to be allowed and paid out of TX
in i'm general school fund of the county. Tn
ab Board Of School Trustees in each schoc
for
i've district shall cause to be posted amt
ally for period of two years, in thre
public places in their district notices {
the requirements anC penalties of TIL
law.