The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
SCHOOL LAW.
An Act to ,mpel Children to Attend
School.
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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
i the bodily or mental condition of sue
i child or children has been such as to
4 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
3 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 III such district with list
: of all children, resident in the school
q district, between the ages of eight and
: fourteen Years; said list to be taken
e from the report Of the School Census
Marshal At the beginning Of each
g school month thereafter it shall be the
+, duty of the principal Of each school in
d 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 1t shi u 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
is have failed to comply with the provis-
~ ions of this Act, the board shall cause
"a demand to be made upon such parent,
u guardian, or other person, for the
nd amount of penalty hereafter provided
at when, if such parent, guardian, or other
person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
II. same within five days after the making
nd of said demand, the board shall COM
his mence proceedings in the name of the
3 school district for the recovery of the
s. fine hereinafter provided, before any
Sc, Justice of the Peace in the town
fgg ship in which said school dis
W trict is located; or, if there shall be nc
ost Justice of the Peace therein, then before
ne re the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
W county.
N SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, OF
lee other person having control or charge o.
= any child or children, failing to comply
is with the provisions of this Act, shall bt
n Us liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
LIST lars nor more than one hundred dollar,
ing for the first oflense, nor less than ont
De- hundred dollars nor more than two hun
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sequent offense, besides the costs of col
ian lection.
the SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to TIL
satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
any tees of any school district in this state
srse that the parents, guardians, or othe
Of persons having control or charge of an
,Dl,c child or children in attendance upon tn
public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act, ar
the e''i'''oio o'oh"' s'o
in tionery, ETC., for such child or children
1T shall be the duty of such board to pro
T. cure, or cause to be procured, for sucl
- child or children, all necessary books
49,. stationary, ETC., the same to be paid TO
age, out of the fund of said school district
o aoo in the same way that other claim
o aSa against the school district are now a.
sio lowed and paid; provided, that all books
Taro stationery, ETC., purchased under tn
iees provisions of this Act shall be deeine
iSG to be the property of the school distric,
- to be under the care and control of til
Io,n School Trustees when not in actual ust
ba, SEC. 5. All fines collected under tn
and and provisions of this Act shall be paid int
o 'o%r he county treasury on account of tn
lli' state school fund.
Scd. Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of til
M a. County Superintendent Of Public Schoo
each county in this state to cause thi
aw to be published in some newspap,
in his county, if any there be, four col
n secutive times, annually, for period
wo years, the expense of such public
ton to be allowed and paid out of Il
general school fund of the county. III
7A Board of School Trustees in each scho
district shall cause to be posted ann
cold ally, for period of two years, in thr
p, at public places in their district, notices
' Nh = the requirements ana penalties of I'll
law.
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