Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-09
THE DEMOCRAT
Octobre 9, Ioo3 Twelve Pages
Twelve Pages

guardian shall state in writing
to said truant officer that said
child is beyond the control of
said parent or guardian. Then
it shall be the duty of the truant
officer to proceed against said
pupil under the provisions of
the law governing juvenile dis
orderly persons. Cities of the
first and second class will each
constitute separate district for
the administration of this act.
and the truant officer or officers
OF such cities shall be appointed
by the respective boards of
education of said cities; provided,
that there shall be in such cities
but one truant officer for each
10000 children or traction
thereof according to the school
enumeration; provided further.
that no city shall have more
than five truant officers. The
truant officers of cities shall
enforce the provisions OF this
act in the manner and under
such penalties as are prescribed
by section 2 of this act.
SEC. 4. The truant officers
provided for in this act who are
appointed by the board of
county. commissioners shall re-
ceive from the county treasury
two dollars fer each day for
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officers provided for in this act
who are appointed by the board
of education of any city of the
first or second class shall receive
from the treasury of such board
OF education two dollars for each
day for actual service. Such
truant officers shall be paid by
the respective counties or board
of education in the same manner
as other employees are paid;
provided, that no warrant shall
be issued either on the county
treasury or the treasurer of the
board of education for such
services until the truant officer
shall have filed an itemized
statement of the time employed
in such service, and such state
ment shall have been certified to
by the county superintendent Of
public instruction or by the
clerk of the board of education
in the city in which such truant
officer is employed; provided
further, that no truant officer
shall receive pay for more days
service during any one year than
the number of days the school is
in session that year.
SEC. 5. All school officers are
hereby required to make and
furnish all reports that may be
required by the county superin-
tendent OF public instruction or
by the board of education of
any city of the first and second
class with reference to the work
ings of this act. Every teacher
employed in the public schools
in the state of Kansas is hereby
required, before receiving each
months salary, to make a re-
port to the county superin-
tendent of public instruction or
to the superintendent of the city
in which he may be employed,
showing the names and ad-
dresses of all pupils who have
been truant or habitually absent
from school during the previous
month, and stating reasons for
such truancy or habitual absence
in each case, if known. All-such
cases of truancy SO reported
shall be brought to the notice Of
the proper truant officer by the
county superintendent of public
instruction or by the superin-
tendent>of the city by which he
is employed.
SEC. 6. In order that the
provisions of this act may be
more definitely enforced, it is
hereby provided that the
enumerators of school children,
in taking their annual school
census, shall ascertain and re-
cord the name, place and date
OF birth of every child enumerated
and the parent, guardian or
persons having charge or
control of such child shall sub
scribe and take oath or affirma-
ton that such record is true.
The enumerator is hereby
empowered to administer such
oath or affirmation; and any
4 parent, guardian or person