The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-16
AN ACT
To Establish a Compulsory School Law In and For the Territory
 of Arizona.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assem-
 bly of the Territory of Arizona:

SECTION 1. Every parent guardian or other person in the Territory of Arizona having Oon. trol or charge of child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be required to send such child or children to pub lie school for period of at least twelve weeks in each school year. at least six weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless such child or chil- dren are excused from such attendance by the Board of School Trustees of the school district iu which such parents or guardians reside, up on its being shown to their satisfaction that the bodily or mental condition of such child or chil- l flren has been such as to prevent his or her or I their attendance at school, or application to study for the period required, or that such child or children are taught in private school or at home in such branches as are usually taught in primary schools, or have already acquired the ordinary branches of learning taught in the pub lie schools; provided, in case a public school shall not be taught for the period of twelve weeks, or any part thereof, during the year, within two miles of the nearest travelled road of the residence of any person within the school district, he or she shall not be liable to the pro- vi sions Of this Act
 Sec. 2, It shall be the duty of the Board of School Trustees of each school district in the Territory on or before the first Monday in Sep temher of each year, to furnish the Principal of each public school taught in such district with list of all children resident in the school dis trict 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 there after, it shall be the duty of the Principal ot each school in such district to report to the Board of School Trustees of such district the names of all children attending school during the previous school month, When it shall ap- pear, at the expiration of two school months to the Board of School Trustees that any parent guardian or other person having charge of any child or children, shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this Act the Board shall canse the Clerk of the Board of Trustees to serve notice upon such parents. guardians or other persons; and if within ten days after service of such notice, such parent, guardian or other person shall have failed to furnish the Board of Trustees with good and sufficient reasons for noncompliance with the law, the Board shall cause demand to be made upon such parent, guardian or other person for the amount of the penalty hereinafter provided when, if such pa rent, guardian or other person shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within ten days after the
 
 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 precinct in which sad school district is located or if there be no Justice of the Peace therein, then before the nearest Justice of the Peace in the County.
 Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child or chil- f,;I oe this Act, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall be liable to fine of not loss than ten dol lars nor more than twenty dollars for the first offense nor less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars for the second and each subse quent ofiense, besides the costs of collection
 Sec 4 Whenever it shall appear to the satis- faction of the Board of School Trustees of any school district in this Territory that the parents guardians or other persons having control and charge of any child or children in attendance upon the public school of said district, in accOr dance with the provisions of this Act, are una ble to procure suitable books, stationery. etc., for such child or children it shall be the duty of such Board to procure, or cause to be pro- cured for such child or children all necessary books, stationery, etc., the same to be paid for out of the funds of said district in the same way that other claims against the school district are now allowed and paid; provided that all books stationery, etc., purchased under the provisions of this Act shall be deemed the property of the school district to be under the care and control of the School Trustees when not in actual use.
 Sec. 5. All fines collected under the prOvis- ions of this Act shall paid into the County TIea- sury on account of the County School Fund.
 Soc. 6. It shall be the duty of the County Su- pcrindent Of Public Schools in each county in this Territory to cause this law to be published
 in some newspaper in his county, fthere be one, four consecutive times. annually for period of two years, the expenses of such publication to be allowed and paid for out of the general school fund of the county. The Board of School Trus- ed annually for period of two years, in three public places in their district notice of the re- quirements and penalties of this Act
 Sec. 7. To give full force and effect to the pro- visions of this Act, Principals of schools are al lowed, as last resort to employ corporal pun ishment; provided, that in no case shall such punishment be inflicted within one bour from the commission of the ofense, and provided further that in no case must kicks or cuffs be em- ployed, nor blows directed to any part of the body susceptible of injury.
 Sec s. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and alter July 1st, 1889.
 This bill having remained with the Governor ten days Sundays excluded and the Legislature