The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-05-19
SCHOOL Law.
An Act TO 2 ,mpel Children 10 Attend
school.
ed February IS. 1878. 70

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children between the ages of eight and
fourteen years, shall be required to send
such child or children to a 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 OF
children are taught in o 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 Q. 1t shall be the duty of the
Roard IF School Tr,,.too. II -
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
r School Trustees of such district the
] names OF all children attending schoo
8 during the previous school month; when,
j II 1t sh, VI appear, at the expiration of
+ four school months, to the Board of
}. School Trustees, that any parent. guard
J. ian, or other person having charge or
}, control of any child or children, shall
y have failed to comply with the provis-
;. ions of this Act, the board shall cause
Q demand to be made upon such parent,
t guardian, or other person, for the
q amount of penalty hereafter provided
+ when, if such parent, guardian, or other
: person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
e same within five days after the making
OF said demand, the board shall COM
n mence proceedings in the name of the
Is school district for the recovery of the
B. fine hereinafter provided. before. any
~ Justice of the Peace in the town
9 9s ship in which said school dis
&c trict is located; or, if there shall DO NO
y Justice OF the Peace therein, then before
VI the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
ca SEC. 3. Any parent, guardian, or
be other person having control or charge of
IA, any child or children, failing to comply
W with the provisions of this Act. shall be
liable to fine of not less than fifty dol.
:. lars nor more than one hundred dollars
IL for the first offense, nor less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hun.
dred dollars for the second and each sub
ar sequent offense, besides the costs Of col
II. lection.
he. SEGA. Whenever it shall appear, to thu
10y satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
he tees Of any school district in this state
ith that the parents, guardians, or othel
tss persons having control or charge of any
his child or children in attendance upon the
an; public school of said district in accord
70 ance with the provisions of this Act, or.
U unable to procure suitable books, sta
"a tionery, etc., for such child or children
t "a. it shall be the duty Of such board to pro
TO cure, or cause to be procured, for such
a, child or children, all necessary books
,so stationary, etc., the same to be paid fol
md out OF the fund Of said school district
rs In the same way that other claim
N, NO against the school district are now al
lowed and paid; provided, that oil books
ian stationery, etc., purchased under tn,
% provisions Of this Act, shall be deemed
slle to be the property Of the school district
apy to be under the care and control Of tn,
ace School Trustees when not in actual use
and SEC. 8. All fines collected under tn
Ssy provisions of this Act shall be paid int,
Of he county treasury on account Of til
r. state school fund.
No. SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of III
he'd County Superintendent of Public School
lda, each county in this state to cause thi
i've aw to be published in some newspape
- in his county, if any there be, four con
secutive times, annually, for period Q
wo years, the expense Of such publica
ton to be allowed and paid out Of tn
|. general school fund of the county. Til
ned Board Of School Trustees in each schoe
s n, district shall cause to be posted annu
'sed ally, for period Of two years, in thre
lon lon public places in their district, notices {
~ the requirements ans penalties Of thi
law.