The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-16
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902.

School Attendance to follow Sec
ton 1913, and to be numbered and des-
ignated as 124, l25, 1876, 127, 12S, 1919.
1870 131, 1872. 1913, 1874, 1855, 1876, 1871 and
13S, respectively.
124-Every child between eight and
twelve years of age shall attend some
day school regularly as defined in Sec
ton 131 of this subtitle during the
entire period of each year the public
day schools in the city or county in
which such child resides are in session.
unless it can be shown the child is else
where receiving regularly through in
structions during said period in the
studies usually taught in the said
public schools to children of the same
age: provided, that the superintendent
or principal of any school, or person
or persons duly authorized by such SUI
perintendent or principal may excuse
cases of necessary absence among its
enrolled pupils. and provided further.
that the provisions of this Section shall
not apply to child whose mental or
physical condition is such as to render
its instruction. as above described. in
expedient or impracticable, every per
son having under his control child
between eight and twelve years OF age
shall cause such child to attend school
or receive instruction as required by
this Section children over twelve years
of age and under the age of sixteen
years and every person having under
his control such a child, shall be sub
ject to the requirements of this Section
unless such children are regularly and
lawfully employed to labor at home or
elsewhere.
125-Any person who has a child I'M
rr,1o foil TO
ply with any of the provisions of the
preceding Section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined
not exceeding five dollars for each Of
fence.
126-Any person who induces or at
tempts to induce any child to absent
himself unlawfully from school, or en-
plovs or harbors while school is in
session any chilG absent unlaWfully
from school shall be deemed guilty Of
a misdemeanor and be fined not more
than fifty dollars.
127-The Board of School Commits
sioners of Baltimore city and the sew
eral Boards of County School Commits
sioners shall appoint. and may remove
at pleasure. persons to be known as
attendance Officers" The number to
be appointed for the city OF Baltimore
shall not exceed twelve. and the num-
Der for any county shall not exceed
three. their compensation shall be fix
ed and paid by the County Commits
sioners of the respective counties, or
the Mayor or City Council of Baltimore
city. as the case may be.
12S-It shall be the duty of each at
tendance officer. and he shall have full
power, within the city or county for
:o1, 10 hp onr0iO cd tO arrest
without warrant any child between
eight and sixteen years OF age found
away fran his home and who IS tru-
ant from school. or who fails to attend
school in accordance with the prov1s-
ions of this subtitle He shall forth
with deliver a child so arrested either
to the custody of person in PARENTAL
relation to the child or of the teacher
from whose school such child is then
truant: but if the child be hahltual
or incorrigible truant, he shall bring
him before a Justice or the peace for
commitment by him to a "Parental
School," as provided for in the next
section. or to some other institution
to which disorderly children may be
committed. The attendance officer
shall promptly report every such ar
rest and the disposition made by MN
of the child so arrested, to the School
Commissioners of the said city or
county. respectively. or 70 such per
son or persons as they may direct.
129-The Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore. and the several Boards or
County Commissioners may establish
schools to he known as parental
schools for children between eight and
sixteen wears of age. who are habltual-
ly truants from school or from 1nstruc-
ton. they may also provide for the
confinement maintenance and 1nstruc-
ton of such children in such schools,
for such period and under such rules
and regulations as they may prescribe,
not exceeding the remainder or the
school year Justices of the peace may
commit such children to such parental
schools, but no person convicted OF any
crime or of any offence other than tru-
ancy shall be committed thereto.
13O-It shall be the duty OF the 70
lice Commissioners of Baltimore city,
at the same time that the census OF le-
gal voters in the said city is taken I'M
der their direction as provided by Sec
tion II of Article SO of the Code Of
Public General Laws, also to cause to
he made bv the members of the force
under their control, annually. sepa-
rate record of the full name age. color
and sex of every child between SIX ami
sixteen years of age in each precinct
of the said city and the place WHERE
and the year and month when sucn
children last attended school togeth-f
with the name and address nf the par.
ents. guardians or persons In parental
relation. and of employers of such emil
dren which record shall be furnished
hy said Police Commissioners to the
Board of School Commissioners OF Bal
timore city. Whosoever has under his
control a child between said ages ana
withholds information in his possess
ion from any officer demanding it. re-
lating to the items aforesaid. or makes
anv false statement in regard to the
same, shall he deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and be fined not more than
twenty dollars.
131-It shall be the duty of the prln-
cipal or head teacher of every pubic
or private school in this state to re-
mort Immediately to the School Com
missioners of the county where such
school is located. or OF Baltimore city,
if located therein. or to an attendance
officer or other official designated by
such commissioners, the names or all
children enrolled in his or her schoni
il