The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20
CHAPTER 1JS-H. r. NO. 34S

CIlAF LII lOS-I1. II. M. $40.
AN ACT to amend chapter 226 Of the
General Laws of Minnesota for the yea1
1889, entitled AN act requiring the
education of children, and providing for
t triat Officers III ungraded school dis
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l.. That section Of said chap,
ter 10 OF the General Laws Of Minnesota
for the year 1899 be and the same is here
by amended by adding to the first para
graph Of said section the following:
whenever such trnant officer shall be
informed Or have knowledge Of any case
of truancy or continued non-attendance
at school by any child hereby required to
attend school, it shall be the duty of such
truant officer to immediately notify the
parent, guardian or other person having
the legal charge OF control of such child
to forthwith send to and keep such child
in school as required by this act"
Sec. 2. That section 1 OF said chaDter
22G of the General Laws Of Minnesota
for the year 1899 be and the same iE
hereby amended SO as to read aus fol
lows:
Section 4. Whenever any school board
or board of education Of any school dis
tr1ct or city shall in their discretion de-
termine that all legal means to compel
the attendance at school of any Juvenile
dsorderly person, as defined in and re-
quired by this act, have been exhausted,
school Of such 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,
1naSistrate or other court having juris-
dlction over misdemeanors in such school
district OF city. and thereupon such JUS
tee OF the peace, magistrate or other
court shall issue q warrant on such
complaint and proceed to a hearing upon
SAID complaint, and If upon such hearing
other court shall determine that said
child is q Juvenile disorderly person, or
IS 1ncorrigible, vicious or immoral in CON
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 disord erly
school Tor boys and girls, at Red Wing,
IN the State Of Minnesota Provided,
however, that such sentence may, in case
court In it's discretion"
Sec g., That se,tion of said chapter
226 Of the General Laws of 1899 be and
read as follows:
Section 8. Any parent, guardian or
other person who shall refuse or fail to
s seh;a TO or Keep IN school amy child OF
winch ne has the legal charge and con-
troll, when notified so to do by the truant
omcer as herein provided, or who shall
ian 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
school is guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon complaint and conviction thereof
before any justice Of the peace, ma;gis-
trate or other court having jurisdiction
over 1nisderneanors In amy school dis.
trlct or city where such parent, guardian
or other person resides, shall be pun
lars $500 or by imprisonment for not
more than thirty (30) days; and all such
nnss when collected shall be paid into
tty for the benefit and support of the pub
lie schools Of the district or city wherein
such offense is committed ~tA'
Sec. H. This act shall take effect and
Approved April 6, 1901. = r.