The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-11
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:

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assem-
 ply of the Territory of Arizona:
 SECTION l. Every parent. guardian or other person in the Territory of Arizona having con- trol or charge of child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be re- { quired to send such child or childr to public !, school for period of at least tewlve weeks in each school year, at least six weeks of which l shall be consecutive, unless such child or ehil- { dren are excused from such attendance by the Board of School Trustees of the school district in which such parents or guardians reside upon | its being shown tO their satisfaction that the bodily or mental condition of such child or chil- | dreU has been such as to prevent his or her or 1 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 public school shall not be taught for the period of twelve weeks, or any Ia:t thereof, during the year, within two miles of the nearast travelled road of the residence of any person within the school district, he or she shall not be liable to the pro- visions of this Act
 Sc. ?. It shall be the duty of the Board of School Trustees of each school district in the Territory, on or b2Jore the first Monday in Sep- tember of each yea, to furnish the Principal of each public school taught in such district with list of all children resident in the school dis tr:ct 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 there atfer. it shall be the duty of the Principal of each school in snch 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 cause the Clerk of the Bosrd of Trustee to serve notice upon such parents, guardians or other persons; and fwithin ten days after service of such notice, such parent guardian or other per- son shall have failed to furnssh 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 hertinaf CT provided; when, if such pa- rent, guardian or other person shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within ten days after the making of said demand, the Board shall com 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 said school district IS located: or if there be no Justice of the Peace therein, then befare the nearest Justice of the Peace in he County.
 Sec. 3. Any parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of any child or chill dren failing to comply with the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of misdemC amor and shall be liable to fine of not less than ten dol lars nor more than twenty dollars for the first ofense, nor less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dcllals for the second and each subse- quent offeuse besidLs the cost and 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 guardian or other Iersons having control and charge of any child or children in attendenee upon the public school of said district in accor- dance with the provisions of this Act, are una ble to procure suitable books, stationary. etc. for such child children, itshall be the duty of such Board to procure, or cause to De procured for such child or children all necessary books. stationary, etc, the same to be paid for out of the funds of said districl in the same way thut other claims against the s, hool district are new allowed and paid; provided, that all books, sta- tioLary, 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 net in actual use.
 Sec. ,. All fines collected under the provisions of lot hall Eo iy,fO sury on account of the County School Fund.
 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the County Sin pcrindent of Public Schools in each county in this Territory to cause this law to be publ shed ill somenewspaper in his county, if there 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 ROard of School Trus- tees in each school district shall cause to be post ed annually for period of two years. in three public place in their district. notice of the re- quirements and penalties of this Act.
 Sec. T. To give full force aud effect to the pro- visions of this Act, Principals of schools are aI lowed, as a last resort, to employ corporal pun- ishment; provided, that in no case shau sucb punishment be inflicted within one hour from the cOnmiss on of the Cffense and provided further, that in no case must kicks or cuffs he employed, nor biowt directed to any part of the body susceptible of injury,
 sec 5. 1h!s Act snail taken effect and be in force from and after July 1st 1SS9
 This bill having remain with the Governor ten days. Sundays excluded, and the Legislature having been ill session during that time. h.. came law the second day ofAprI. A. D. 1889.
 N. 0. MURPHY
 Secretary of TerritorY