Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-12

North Carolina having charge or,
control of a child or children -
tween the ages of eight and ewGlRe
years shall cause said child u at
tend school as aforesaid: Prowsd-
ed, tina. occasional absence hem
such attendance by such did
amounting to not more than two
unexcused absences in foaP aem-
Secutive weeks shall not be un-
lawful: Provided, further, that;
the superintendent, principal OF
teacher in charge Of any sehseI.
may excuse any child for q ten
porary absence because Of unh8Ral
storm or bad weather, sickness OF
death in the child's family, uA1oF
seen or unavoidable accidents,
and such excuse and reason there
for shall be recorded by said SUE
perintendent, principal or teacher
Ill charge of school and reported,
to the attendance officer as herein
after provided: Provided, further,
that in case of protracted illness.
of any child whose attendance is
required under this act, or Ia eases
of quarantine of the home Mfsa
which the child resides, upon re
port of the health officer or uRonf
satisfactory evidence to this
effect, the attendance officer
shall excuse from attendance sRch
child until he is fully restored to
health or until the time required
by law that he shall stay out of,
school after quarantine has been
raised. 81
Penalty for Violation of Law.
Sec. 4. Any parent, guardian
or other person violating the pro-
visions Of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction shall be liable to a fine afz
not less than five dollars nor more :
than twenty-five dollars, and upon
failure or refusal to pay such fine
said parent, guardian, or other
= person shall be imprisoned ROttc
Fexceed thirty days in the county
Jail: Provided, that the fine fbgz
any first offense may, upon fhe
payment Of costs, be suspended
and not collected until the Sesae
party is convicted of a second efe-
fense: Provided, further, that af-
ter the expiration of three days
from the service of the notice by
the attendance officer each and
every day parent, guardian, or
other person shall willfully and
unlawfully keep such child or shil-
Gren from school, or allow Kim to
remain out of school, shal censti-
tute a separate offense and shall
subject said person to penalties
herein prescribed.
Attendance Officers, Duties, com
pensation, Etc
Sec. 5. The county board of
education in each county shah ap-
point and remove at will an at
tendance officer for each township
to enforce the provisions OF this
act who shall serve also as taker
Of the school census, performing
all the duties heretofore required
of the school committee as to the
census under section four thou
sand one hundred and fOrty-e1ght
of The Revisal of one thousand
nine hundred and five Of North
Carolina, and as keeper of the at
tendance records, for which ser
vice he shall be allowed three
cents per child of school age each
school year. It shall be his duty
to take an annual census and to
furnish each superintendent, prln-
cipal, or teacher in charge OF
school with an accurate sehoof
census Of the district at the open
inc of the school each year, and
also to furnish a copy Of the
school census of each district To
the county superintendent Of P1b-
lie instruction. The attendaaee
officer shall serve written or Pint
ed notices upon every parent,
guardian, or other person viOlat-
ing the provisions of this act, AMI
prompt compliance on the part OF
such parent, guardian, OF other
person shall be required. Eor
serving such notice the atteAa abnee
officer shall be allowed q - OF
twenty-five cents in case % bon-
viction, same to be taxed Il blH
Of costs; and If any parent Har-
dian. or other person upon N-hoHr
such notice is served fails te1eem-
Dlv with the law within @ree
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