The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-10-01
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act TO 'mpel Childr.n 10 Atts,a
School.
4. 20 ed February IS, 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 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
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 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
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 shau 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
f 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
$ same within five days after the making
e of said demand, the board shall COM
) mence proceedings in the name of the
IS school district for the recovery of the
q fine hereinafter provided, before any
y Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
N trict is located; or, if there shall be no
% Justice of the Peace therein, then before
J. the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
u county.
SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, OF
a 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 a fine of not less than fifty dol
=. lars nor more than one hundred dollars
in for the first offense, nor less than ont
or hundred dollars nor more than two hun
Se dred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent offense, besides the costs of col
lection.
SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to tn
a 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
lie child or children in attendance upon tn
m. public school of said district, in accord
,as ance with the provisions of this Act, ar
nd unable to procure suitable books, sta
Ill tionery, etc., for such child or children
W. it shall be the duty of such board to pre-
i9- cure, or cause to be procured, for sue
Zip child or children, all necessary books
n aa stationary, ETC., the same to be paid 70
out of the fund of said school district
s. :,
or. in the same way that other claim
ees against the school district are now a
8. lowed and paid; provided, that all books
u stationery, etc., purchased under th
nv W. provisions of this Act, shall be deeme
to to be the property of the school distric
8rd to be under the care and control of til
40 School Trustees when not in actual us,
to Sec. g. All fines collected under til
provisions of this Act shall be paid int
,nS he county treasury on account Of III
=. state school fund.
gle SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of tn
.nv County Superintendent of Public School
ace n each county in this state to cause th'
stes aw to be published in some newspap'
tate in his county, if any there be, four col
by secutive times, annually, for aperiod
; wo years, the expense of such public
ton to be allowed and paid out of Il
I, n in general school fund of the county. IT
rub Board of School Trustees in each scho
for
tive district shall cause to be posted ann
r, ally, for period of two years, in thr
public places in their district, notices
the requirements an6 penalties of Il
law.