The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-06-16

SCHOOL Law.
An s.t 90 pmpel Children TO At,..a
school
cd February IS, 1873, 2.

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
snch child or children to public schoo
lor period of ut least sixteen weeks in
each school year, at least eight weeks of
which shall be consecutive. unless such
child on children are excused from
such attendance by the Board of Sel,oo
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 ut
school, or application to study, for the
period required, or that such child or
children are Taught in private school
or III home, in snch branches NJ ave us
ually taught i'll primary school, or have
already acquired the ordinary branches
OF learning taught III the public school;
provided, III 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 tho residence of nm
person within the school district, he or
she shall not be liable TO the provisions
of this Act.
SEQ. :, II 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 i'll such district with list
OF all children, resident in the school
district, between tho 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 hereafter it shall be the
duty of the principal Of each school In
such district TO report to the Board of
1Nho'' AiootCCo VI butu ulStrlcI Ine
names OF all children attending schoo
during the previous school month; when.
II 1t shau 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 proyis.
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, if 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 CON-
mence proceedings in the name Of the
, school district for the recovery of the
fine hereinafter provided, before any
: Justice Of the Peace in the town
3 ship in which said school dis
9 trict is located; or, if there shall be NO
= Justice of the Peace therein, then before
the nearest Justice of the Peace in the
county
q SEC 8. Any parent, guardian, OF
3 other person having control or charge OF
!, any child CT children, failing to comply
9 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
E sequent offense, besides the costs of col.
:, lection.
e. SEc.4. Whenever it shall appear, TO thu
{. satisfaction of the Board of School Trus
e !, tees of any school district in this state
Ii that the parents, guardians, or othe
d persons having control or charge of an,
Is child or children in attendance upon th,
u; public school of said district, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act, ar
. unable to procure suitable books, sta
2 tionery, etc., for such child OF children
g. g. it shall be the duty of such board to pro
10 cure, or cause to be procured, for sucl
Z, child or children, all necessary books
e. stationary, etc, the same 10 be paid TO
I'd out of the fund of said school district
As in the same way that other claim
W against the school district are now al
lowed and paid; provided, that all books
an stationery, etc., purchased under tn
% provisions of this Act, shall be deeme,
lie to be the property of the school district
~ to be under the care and control of tn
re School Trustees when not in actual use
nd SEC. g. All fines collected under tn,
ey provisions Of this Act shall be paid int
Oh he county treasury on account Of th'
state schoolfund
10. Sec. 6. II shall be the duty OF th'
ca 'er County Superintendent of Public School
la, n each county in this state to cause tn
-. 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. Th
Board Of School Trustees in each schot