Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-05-17

| twelve years of age shall attend some
| day school regularly as defined in Sec
| ton 131 of this subtitle during the en-
| tire period of each year the public
| day schools in the city or county in
| which such child resides are in session
| unless 1t 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
eases 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
| cNpedient or impracticable. every per-.
son having under his control a 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
| lcct to the rocuirmentS of this Section
| unless such children are regularly and
lawfully employed to labor at home or
elsewhere.
l25-Any person who has child un-
| der his control and who fails to com
| ply with any of the provisions of the
| preceding Section shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and be fined
not exceeding five dollars for each Of
| fence.
l2G-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 unlawfuily
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 sev-
eral Boards of County School Commits
| slOncrS 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
I lnt Mayor OF NllN NFDuncll Oh 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
which he may be appointed to arrest
without warrant any child between
| eight and sixteen years of age found
away from his home and who is a tru
ant from school. or who fails to attend
. | in Will hp
ions of this subtitle He shall forth
with deliver a child so arrested either
to the custody of a person in PARENTAL
relation TO the child or of the teacher
| from whose school such child is then
truant; but if the child be a habitual
or inCorrigible truant. he shall bring
him before a Justice of the peace for
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 School
Commissioners of the said city or
county, respectively, or to such per-
son or persons as they may direct.
129-The Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore and the several Boards of
County Commissioners may establish
schools to be known as parental
schools for children between eight and
sixteen years of age. who are habitu-
ly truants from school or from instruc-
ton, they may also provide for the
| confinement, maintenance and instruc-
ton of such children in such schools,
for such period and under such rules
nd lat thaN n,ncprihp
not exceeding the remainder OF 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.
130-It shall be the duty of the Po-
/ 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
ton II of Article 33 of the Code of
Public General Laws, also to cause to
/ be made by the members Of the force
under their control. annually, a sepa-
! rate record Of the full name, age, color
and sex of every child between six and
| sixteen years OF age in each precinct
If the said city, and the place where
/ and the year and month when such
/ children last attended school together
with the name and address OF the par
| cnts. guardians or persons in perennial
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
timOrc city. Whoever has under his
! control "A child between said ages and
/ WithhOldS information in his possess
| ion from any officer demanding it, re-
/ lating to the items aforesaid, or makes
any false statement in regard to the
same shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and be fined not more than
twenty dollars.
121-It shall be the duty of the prin-
cipal or head teacher of every public
or private school in this State to re-
port Immediately to the School Com
missioncrs 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 of all
children enrolled in his or her school
who have been absent or irregular in
attendance three days. or their equiv
alcut without lawful excuse without
/ period of eight consecutive weeks.
1872 No proprietor or owner of any
! mill or factory in this State. other