Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

NO. c III az IAs ' 81 1 81
AN ACT to amend section 439cc of the
statutes, relating to superintendent
reports to truant officers.
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l. Section 439cc of the stat
utes is amended to read: Section 439cc.
l. 1t shall be the duty Of the county,
district and city superintendents, upon
receiving the reports and Information
as provided in the preceding sections,
to compare carefully the reports of at
tendance and enrolment, with the re
ports of the last school census on Tile
in his office, and ascertain theretrom
the names of all children who are not
complying with the provisions or TINS
law, and it shall be the duty or sucn
superintendents to report the names of
such children, together with the names
and addresses of the parents or those
having control of such children to the
commissioner of labor and 1ndustrlal
statistics at Madison, upon blanks fur
proper truant officer Of the county.
district or city. The truant officer
shall Immediately upon receipt of such
report, or when he obtains information
of delinquencieS, notify by registered
mail, or by the service of notice in the
same manner as provided for the serV-
tice court, the parent or the person
having control Of such child or chill
dren, to cause such child or children
to be sent to some public, paroch1al or
private school within five days from
the date notice Is deposited, properly
addressed in the postoffce. II notice Is
served by registered mail, or five days
from the date of the personal service
of said notice.
2. The notice shall inform the parent
or other person in parenta! relation
between the ages Of seven and four
teen, and between the ages or four
teen and sixteen, If not regularly en-
ployed as provided by ohaptgir S4g,
tendance at some school as provided
in section 439a. It shall be the duty of
all truant officers, after having given
the notice hereinpefore described. TO
determine whether the parent or other
person in parental relation has com.
piled with the notice. and In case or
failure to so comply, he shall 1mmed1-
ately notify the Commissioners Of labor
and industrial statistics of such fail
ure, and within three days after hay
ing knowledge of or having been mott
fed thereof make complaint against
I lation pAh having g the legal Charge and
control of such child or children, before
any justice of the peace in the county
3. Provided, that in counties where
the criminal jurisdiction of the justice
OF the peace has been abolished, the
court or courts now having such pow
brought under the provisions Of this
act for such refusal or neglect to SEND nd
such child or children to some school
as provided herein; and said justice OF
peace or ether coqrt ,5 shall and dss sRa
proceed to hear and determine the
same In the same manner as provided
by statute for other criminal cases
under his jurisdiction. All truant Of
fcers or other officers having the
power of truant officers shall have the
power to apprehend without warrant,
any child or children found violating
proXlgions Of this a. act (. and eduI jn
some public, parochia1 or private
school. It shall BE- the od dutyy f Of al
ers or other persons to render. such as
sistance and furnish such information
as they may have at their command, to
aid truant officers in the performance
Of their duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after Its pas
sage and publication.
Approved June 81, 1911. Copy Law