The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-10-29

SCHOOL LAW.
An Act to 'mpel Children to Attend
School.
Alp o ed February IS, 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 scboo
for period of at least sixteen weeks in
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 satisfaction tbo
the bodily or mental condition of sue
child or children has been such as 10
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 a private school
or nj 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, III case II public school shall
, not be taught for the period of sixteen
t 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 10 the provisions
of this Act.
SEC 3 1t shall be the duty of the
e Board OF School Trustees of each school
: district IN this State, on or before the
hrst Monday in September in each year,
to furnish the principal of each public
school taught i'll such district with a list
{ of all children, resident in the school
e 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 tbe
names OF all children attending schoo
during the previous school month; when
;, II 1t shi VI appear, at the expiration of
c. four school months, to the Board of
81 School Trustees. that any parent, guard
" ian, or other person having charge or
of control of any child or children, shall
1, have failed to comply with the provis-
ty ions of this Act, the board shall cause
i demand to be made upon such parent,
"a guardian, or other person, for the
amount of penalty hereafter provided
n when, If such parent, guardian, or other
a ~ person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
$ same within five days after the making
ey OF said demand, the board shall COM
- mence proceedings in the name of the
rs school district for the recovery of the
80 fine hereinafter provided, before any
ey Justice of the Peace in the town
ship in which said school dis
an trict is located; or, if there shall be no
% Justice of the Peace therein, then before
n the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
ID county.
n SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, or
IN other person having control or charge of
nG any child or children, failing to comply
i'll 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 one
for hundred dollars nor more than two hun
I'VE bred dollars for the second and each sub
sequent ofi'ense, besides the costs of col
lection.
SEc.4. Whenever it shall appear, to the
satisfaction of the Board of School Trus-
tees of any school district in this state,
that the parents, guardians, or other
persons having control or charge of any
HE child or children in attendance upon the
m. public school of said district in accord
,as ance with the provisions of this Act, are
nd unable to procure suitable books, sta
sill tionery, ETC., for such child or children
V et it shall be the duty of such board to pro-
zig. cure, or cause to be procured, for such
nip child or children, all necessary books,
no
= out of the fund of said school district,
or in the same way that other claims
aas against the school district are now al.
g. lowed and paid provided, that all books,
U. stationery, etc., purchased under the
NV w provisions of this Act, shall be deemed
to to be the property of the school district
Bird to be under the care and control of the
.tS School Trustees when not in actual use.
to SEC. 5. All fines collected under the
provisions of this Act shall be paid into
' 'na he county treasury on account of the
state school fund.
gle SEC, 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
-, County Superintendent of Public Schools
ace n each county in this state to cause this
ties. ties aw to be published in some newspaper
ate ds in his county, II any there be- four con-
by secutive times, annually, for period Of
r. wo years, the expense OF such publica-
ton to be allowed and paid ont of the
I'M in general school fund of the county. The
nb Board of School Trustees in each school
foe -
i've district shall cause to be posted annu-
r ally, for period of two years. in three