Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-04-19

CHAPTER 18Th. f. NO. 346.
AN ACT to amend chapter 226 Of the
General Laws of Minnesota for the year
1889, entitled An act requiring the
education of children, and providing TOR
truant officers i'll ungraded school dls-
tricts and cities"
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section /. That section 2 of said hap
ter 226 Of the General LAY Of Minnesota
for the year 1899 be and the same is here
by amended by adding to the first para
graph Of said section 2 the following:.
Whenever such truant officer shall be
informed or have knowledge of any case
of truancy or continued n~on-attendance
at school by any child hereby required to
attend school, it shall be the duty Of such
Jruant officer to Immediately notify the
parent, guardian or other person having
the legal charge or control OF such child
to forthwith send to and keep such child
in school as required by this act"
Sec. ?. That section 4 Of said chapter
for the year 1899 be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section a. Whenever any school board
trict or city shall in their discretion de-
ternine that ali legal means to compel
the attendance at school of any juvenile
d dli;ned hy person On. as Sa1 defined haa7; in alh an NJ J. re
without securing the attendance at
school Of Us child, or shall deem any
member of such truant or ungraded
school to be incorrigible, vicious or i'm
moral in conduct and a Juvenile disor-
derby person, the truant officer, upon be-
ing directed so to do by such school
board or board of education. shall make
complaint against such juvenile disorder
ly person before a justice of the peace,
magistrate or other court having juris-
diction over misdemeanors in such school
district or city, and tllereupCn such JUS
tice Of the peace, magistrate or other
court shall issue a warrant on such
complaint and proceed to a. hearing upon
said complaint, and if upon such hearing
such justice Of the peace, magistrate, or
other court shall determine that said
child is a Juvenile disorderly person, or
is incorrigible, vicious or immoral in con-
duct, within the meaning of this act,
under sixteen years of age, such justice
of The peace, magistrate or other court
shall sentence such child by, him so
determined to be a juvenile disorderly
person to the Minnesota. State Training
School for boys and girls, at Red Wing,
in the State. of Minnesota. Provided,
how ys that such sentence may. in case
court in its discretion"
See. :. That section 8 Of said chapter
226 Of the General Laws of 1899 be and
the same V hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Section 8. Amy parent, guardian or
other person who shall refuse or fail to
send to or keep In school amy child OF
Which he has the legal charge and con
troll, when notified so to do by the truant
officer as herein provided, or who shall
fail to comply with any of the provis-
ions of this act, and any person who in
duces or attempts to induce any child
to absent himself unlawfully from school,
or employs or harbors while school is in
session any child absent u%nlawfully from
school, is guilty of a misdameanor, and
upon complaint and conviction thereof
before any justice Of the peace, magis-
trate or other court having Jurisdiction
over 1nisderneanors in amy school dis
1rlct or CltV WnGrA SJch ma RIO MT ono rJ i , n
or other person resides, shall be pun
ished by a tine not exceeding fifty dol
lars $3.50 or by imprisonment for not
more than thirty 600 days; and all such
fines when collected shall be paid into
the county treasury of the proper coun-
ty for the benellt and support of the pub
lie schools OF. the district or city wherein
such offense is committed"
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect. and
be. in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April g., 1901.