The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-10-16


init such child to one o. the Industrial
schools of the state, under the same
proceeding as is provided by section
twenty seven hundred 8 (2708) of the
code, SO far as the same may be appli-
cable.
Sec. g. The board of directors of
each school corporation may at their
annual meeting in each year., appoint
one or more truant officers, who shall
serve for one wear, and who may be a
constable or member of the police
force, whose duty it snail be to report
violations of ibis act to the secretary
of the school corporation, and see to
the enforcement of the provisions Of
tthis act 1t snail be the duty of said
truant officer or officers to apprehend
and take into custody without warrant
any child of the age Of seven 90 to
| fourteen (14) years inclusive, who
| habitually frequents or loiters about
public places during school hours with
out lawful occupation, or cannot pro-
duce certificate as provided in sec
ton two (2) hereof, also any truant
child who absents himself or herself
from school, and place him or her in
charge of the teacher having charge
of any school, which said child is en-
titled to attend, and which school may
be designated to said officers by the
person having legal control of the
child. Provided, however, in case
the school so designated by the parent
or person having the care and con-
troll of said child be public school,
it shall be such as directed by the
rules and regulations of the school
board and the statutes Of the state;
and if other than public school the
maintenance of said child in such
school shall be without expense to the
school corporation or state. Upon
failure of such child to properly at
tend or when on the report of the
teacher having the custody of such
child, said child is shown to not prop
erly conduct itself in the school where
placed as herein provided, the child
may be removed therefrom by the
board of directors and placed either in
public school or truant school con-
Quoted in said district. The truant
officer or officers shall be entitled to
such compensation for service render
ed under this act, as shall be fixed by
tne board of directors appointing him
or them, which compensation shall be
paid from the contingent fund.
Sec. ct shall be Tie duty Of the
director or president of any board Of
directors or any truant officers appoint
ed by such board of directors, to en-
force the provisions OF this act, to sue
for and recover the penalties herein
provided, and to institute criminal
prosecution against any person violat-
ing the provisions of this act, and any
such officers neglecting to do so with
in thirty 500 days after written no.
tice has been served upon him by any
citizen of said district within which
the offending person shall reside, shall
himself be liable for a fine not less
than ten ($10) dollars nor more than
twenty ($20) dollars for each offense.
Sec. 7. All teachers of the public
schools of the state, and county super
intendents, and school officers and en-
ployes shall promptly report to the
secretary of the school corporation
any violations of the provisions Of
this act, of which they have knowledge
or information and he shall promptly
inform the president of the board OF
directors thereof and sucn president
shall, if necessary, call a meeting OF
the board of directors to take such
action thereon as the facts shall JUS
tify, and any child placed in any tru-
ant school may be discharged there
from at the discretion, of the board,
upon sufficient assurance of the future
good conduct of the child.
Sec. s. The board OF directors Of
every school corporation is hereby au-
thorized to provide such reasonable
methods of punishment of children
who areShabitually truant from school,
or who habitually frequent or loiter
about public places during school
hours without lawful occupation, as
may be necessary to carry out and
make effectual the provisions of this
act.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of all
officers, empowered to take the school
census, to ascertain the number of
children of the ages of seven 90 to
fourteen (14) years inclusive, in their
respective districts, the number of
such children who do not attend school
and so far as possible, the cause of
failure to attend school.