The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-05-14
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act to c 'mpeI Children 10 Attend
school.
ed February Is. 1879. 70

having control and charge of a child Of
children between the ages of eight and
fourteen years, shall be required to send
such child or children to public scbool
for period of at least sixteen weeks !,
each school year, at least eight weeks Of
which shall be consecutive, unless sucb
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
its being shown to their satista ction 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 a 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.
SEQ. 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 1t shall 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, II 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
hne 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
Justice of the Peace therein, then before
the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, O,
other person having control or charge Of
any child or children, failing to comply
with the provisions of this Act, shall be
liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
lars nor more than one hundred dollars
for the first offense, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hun.
dred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent offense, besides the costs of col
lection.
SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to til;
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,
child or children in attendance upon th,
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 same to be paid TO
out Of the fund of said school district
in the same way that other claim
against the school district are now al
lowed and paid; provided, that all books
stationery, etc., purchased under tn
provisions of this Act, shall be deeme,
to be the property Of the school district
to be under the care and control Of tn
School Trustees when not in actual use
Sec. s. All fines collected under th
provisions of this Act shall be paid int
he county treasury on account Of tn
state school fund.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty OF tb
County Superintendent Of Public School
IL each county in this state to cause thi
aw to be published in some newspape
in his county, il any there be, four con
secutive times, annually, for aperiod @
wo years, the expense Of such publica
ton to be allowed and paid out Of tn
general school fund Of the county. tn
Board of School Trustees in each soho(
district shall cause to be posted annr
ally, for period Of two years, In tire
, public places in their district, notices {
the requirements anS penalties Of TIL
/ law.