The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-05-31
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1902.

hereby added to Article II, of the Code
of Public General Laws. title Public
Education" under the new subtitle
School Attendance" to follow Sec
ton 1913, and to be numbered and des-
ignated as 124, LIS, 126. 127, 128, 129,
100, 131, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1876, 137 and
1873, 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 SD
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 a child whose mental or
physical condition is such as to render
its instruction, as above described in
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 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 child I'M
der his control and who fails to COM
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-
ploys or harbors while school is in
session any child 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 90
attendance Officers" The number to
be appointed for the city OF Baltimore
shall not exceed twelve, and the num-
her 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.
128-It shall be the duty of each at
tendance officer. and he shall have full
power, within the city or county FOL
which he may be appointed to arrest
without warrant any child between
eight and sixteen years OF age found
awav fran his home and who Is tru-
ant from school, or who falls 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 a person In parent1al
relation to the child or Of the teacher
from whose school such child is then a
truant: but if the child be habitual
or incorrigible truant, he shall bring
him before a justice OF the peace TOT
commitment by him to 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 him
of the child so arrested, to the Scnool
Commissioners of the said city or
county, respectively. or 10 SUCH per
son or persons as they may direct:
129-The Mayor and City Councli OF
Baltimore, and the several Boards OF
: County Commissioners may establish
ha
: schools for children between eight and
sixteen years of age, who are habitual-
Iy truants from school or from 1nstruc-
: ton. they may also provide for the
| confinement, maintenance and lnstruc-
t tion of such children in such schools
2 for such period and under such rules
: and regulations as they may prescribe
. not exceeding the remainder or the
, school wear. Justices Of the peace may
, commit such children to such parental
, schools. but no person convicted or any
r crime or of any offence other than tru-
ancy shall be committed thereto.
13O-It shall be the duty of the 20
lice Commissioners Of Baltimore clty
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.
ton II of Article 80 of the Cooe OF
Public General LAWS, dloo " SuuN ~
be made by 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 and
sixteen years Of age in each precinct
of the said city, and the place Wher
and the year and month when such
children last attended school togeth7i
with the name and address of the par
ents, guardians or persons in parenta
relation. and of employers OF such chill,
: dren which record shall be furnished
by said Police Commissioners to the
: Board of School Commissioners OF Bal
timore city. Whosoever has under MS
control a child between said ages ano
. withholds information in his possess
ion from any officer demanding 1t, re-
lating to the items aforesaid, or makes
any false statement in regard TO the
same, shall be deemed guilty OF mis-
demeanor. and be fined not more than
twenty dollars.
131-It shall be the duty Of the prin-
cipal or head teacher Of every PUBIC
or private school in this State to re-
port Immediately to the School Com
.,.,;onarc If tho county where Sucn