The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-06-09
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Ap ed Februar, Is, 1878. 70


other person In the State of Nevada
having. control and charge OF child of
children between the ages Of eight ana
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
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 n private school
or al home, in such branches az are u.s.
ually taught in primary school, or have
already acquired the ordinary branches
OF learning taught in the public school;
provided, In Gaze n 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
hrst Me nday 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
II School Trustees of such district the
d names of all children attending schoo
g during the previous school month; when.
n II 1t 81, Il appear, at the expiration Of
u four school months to the Board Of
D. School Trustees, that any parent, guard
J. IAN or other person having charge or
8 control of any child or children, shall
Of have failed to comply with the proyis-
e. ions of this Act, the board shall cause
% demand to be made upon such parent,
ct guardian, or other person, for the
70 amount of penalty hereafter provided
'r when, if such parent, guardian, or other
E person shall neglect or refuse to pay the
be same within FIVE days after the making
of said demand, the board shall COM
IN mence proceedings in the name of the
ps school district for the recovery of the
g. fine hereinafter provided, before any
ny Justice Of the Peace in the town.
ms ship in which said school dis.
ICE trict is located; or, if there shall be nc
y Justice of the Peace therein, then before
- the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county.
Ice SEC. 8. Any parent, guardian, o,
ne ne other person having control or charge Of
"a, any child or children, failing to comply
y" with the provisions of this Act. shall b.
!. liable to fine of not less than fifty dol
= lars nor more than one hundred dollar
for the first offense, nor less than ON
hundred dollars nor more than two hun
l.. dred dollars for the second and each sub
he sequent offense, besides the costs of col
u. lection.
he he SEGA. Whenever it shall appear to tn
un. satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
t t,h tees of any school district in this state
dtl that the parents, guardians, or othe
TED persons having control or charge of an
mn M child or children in attendance upon tn
Ia, /; public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act, ar
.oss unable to procure suitable books, sta
'o2 tionery, etc., for such child or children
It's. 1t shall be the duty of such board to pre-
~e'e, VI Souee " oo prOcuTeu, IOr sue
~, child or children, all necessary books
y c, stationary, etc., the same to be paid 70
ann out of the fund of said school distric,
s45 in the same way that other claim
ties, against the school district are now u
lowed and paid; provided, that ail books
iian stationery, etc., purchased under th
provisions Of this Act, shall Le deeme
ellie to be the property of the school distric
ay to be under the care and control of th
in School Trustees when not in actual us,
,sno SEC. g. All fines collected under th
they provisions Of this Act shall be paid int
he county treasury on account Of II
IT. state school fund.
no Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of II
amer County +rintendent of Public Schoo
,... each county in this state to cause tn
er aw to be published in some newspap,
- in his county, if any there be, four col
secutive times, annually, for speriod
wo years, the expense Of such public
ton to be allowed and paid out Of Il
d. general school fund of the county. TT
ned Board Of School Trustees in each scho
own own district shall cause to be posted ann
ased ally, for period Of two years, in thr
,tion public places in their district, notices