Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-09-07
TRUANT LAW FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
School Board Will Enforce Pro
visions of Law Recently
Enacted.

The school board for District No.
4 held its regular monthly meeting at
the Office of Clerk c. E. Maybee on
y uesday evening and discussed school
y 1atters the most important of which
= the truant law recently enacted by
the state Legislature, regarding the
employment of children of school age,
Nand the compulsory attendance in
school of children of such age. We
quote from the law as follows:
Z An act to amend an act entitled an
act regulating the employment of
child labor. and for the attendance of
children at school, etc.
Section 2. No child under IA years
OF age shall be employed in any factory,
store. workshop. in or about any mine.
or in the telegraph, telephone. or
public messenger service.
Sec. 8. No child under the age Of
IA years shall be employed in any
work, or labor Of any form, for wages
or other compensation to whomsoever
payable. during the hours when the
public school of the town, district or
city in which he or she resides are in
session.
Sec. A. Attendance at school shall
be compulsory upon all children be-
tween the ages Of eight and IA years
in all cities, towns and villages of the
state Of Oregon during the whole of
the school term in the city, town or
village in which the child resides,
and upon all children in such city,
towns and villages between the ages
of IA and IS who are not employed
in some lawful work.
Sec. 6. No child under 16 years Of
age shall be employed, permitted or
suffered to work in any employment
enumerated in section 2, unless the
person or corporation employing him
procures and keeps on file and accessi-
bic to the school authorities of the dis
trict where such child resides, and to
the police and board of inspectors Of
child labor an age and schooling cer-
tificate rs hereinafter prescribed, and
keep complete list of all such children
employed therein.
Sec. II. Any person or corporation
who shall employ minor contrary to
the provisions of this act, or who
shall violate any of the provisions
thereof, shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall be
fined in a sum not less than $40 nor
more than $25 for the first offense,
nor less than $25 nor more than $50
for the second offense, and be i'm
prisoned for not less than 10 nor more
than 80 days for the third and each
succeeding offense.
Sec. 12. Any parent or guardian
who shall violate any of the provis-
ions of this act or allow any child
under their custody or control to be
employed contrary to the provisions
of this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor. and upon conviction thereof
shall bs fined not less than s. and not
more than $25.
1t is the purpose of the school board
to vigorously enforce the provisions
of this and other laws bearing upon
non attendance and truanoy. For this
purpose 'truant officer" will be
employed who will daily look into
each case of absence not satisfactorily
explained to the teacher or superin-
tendent, as we'll as the nonattendance
of all children of school age. Parents
and others contributing to the "de-
limo quency" of children are also pun
\ ishable by heavy fine, as the follow
ing section of the Act of 1905, page 29S,
explains:
Sec. 1. In all cases where any child