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resides, upon report or the nealtn
officer or upon satisfactory evidence
to this effect, the Trustees shall ex-
cuse from attendance such child I'm
til he is fully restored to health, OF
until the expiration of the time re-
quired by law that he shall stay out
of school after quarantine has been
raised.
Sec. 4. Every parent, guardian,
or other person in the State of South
Carolina having charge or control
of a child between the ages Of four
teen and sixteen years, who IS not
actually, regularly and lawfully en-
gagged in some useful employment or
service or who cannot read a. sight
and write legible simple sentences
in the English language, shall
such child to attend regularly some
public school as aforesaid.
Sec. 5. Any parent, guardian, or
other person violating the provisions
of this Act shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction,
shall be liable to a fine of not less
than two dollars for the first offense,
and not less than five dollars for
any subsequent o~ffense, nor more
than twenty-five dollars in any case;
and upon failure or refusal to pay
said fine said parent, guardian, or
other person shall be imprisoned not
to exceed thirty days in the county
jail: Provided, That the fine for
! any first offense may, by order of
Court, upon the payment of cost, be
suspended and not collected until
the same party is convicted of a Sc
cond offense: Provided, further,
That after the expiration of three
days from the service of the notice
, by the Trustees each and every day
a parent, guardian, or other person
shall wilfully and unlawfully keep
such child or children from school,
or allow him to remain out of school,
shall constitute a separate offenSe,
! and shall subject such person to the
penalties hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 6. The following duties are here
by devolved upon the Beard of Trustees
of each school district. They shall take
the census of children between the ages
of six and twenty-one years, and shall
keep the attendance records of their dis
tricts. It shall be their duty to take an
annual school census during the calen-
dar months of July and August, and to
furnish each superintendent, principal,
or teacher in charge of a school with an
! accurate report of said census of the dis
trict three days before the opening of
the school, and also to furnish at the
same time a copy OF the said school CEN
sus of each district to the County Super
intendent of Education Provided, That
in case the school census is not taken as
herein directed. it shall be the duty Of
the County Board of Education so to do,
and to meet the expense out of the funds
Of the district. The Board of Trustees
shall serve written, or printed, or partly
written and partly printed notices on ev-
cry parent, guardian, or other person
violating the provisions of this Act, and
prompt compliance on the part OF said
aren't, guardian. or other person is
hereby required. Prosecution under this
Act shall be brought in the name of the
State of South Carolina before any Mag
iStrate or Recorder of any Municipal
Court within the limits Of whose terri
torial jurisdiction the person prosecuted
, lSSlOSN. lHC bodlu VI 4luogCCS SId1l
have the right to visit and enter any Of
flee or factory or business house EN-
ploying children for the purpose of as
pertaining the names n ages of the
children employed, to facilitate the en-
forcement of this Act. When doubt ex-
lists as to the age of a child, they may
require of the employer a properly at
tested birth certificate or an affidavit
stating said child's age; they shall keep
an accurate account OF all notices served,
of cases proset uted, and Of all other ser
vices performed. and shall make an an
nual report of same on or before July
18th of each year to the County Super
intendent of Education Provided. fur
ther That the Board of Trustees of each
school district is hereby vested with all
thcrity to employ 4 clerk or clerks whose
compensation shall not exceed three
C hts per capita for obtaining a census
tor each school district for each school
term.
Sec. :. 1t shall be the duty of all su-
perintendents. principals, and teachers
TO cooperate with the Board of Trustees
in the enforcement of the law to this
end it shall be the duty of the superin.
tendent, principal. or teacher in charge
of any school in which pupils between
the ages of eight and fourteen years are
instructed, to keep an accurate record of
the attendance OF such pupils. to render
during the period of compulsory attend
ance of each school term monthly re-
ports of same to the Board of Trustees
and the County Superintendent of Edu-
cation. showing all absences. excused
and unexcused. and in case of each ex-
cused absence. stating the reason there
for. Upon the wilful or negligent fail
ure of any superintendent, principal, or
teacher in charge Of any school to ON
ply with the provisionsSf this section,
the County Superintendent of Education
shall deduct from his or her salary for
the current month the sun of five dol
lars before approving the voucher there
for and in case OF q second otfense on
the part Of any superintendent. princi-
pal. o. teacher. the County Superintend-
ent Of Education is hereby forbidden to
approve the salary warrant of said
Board, who may appeal from such ac-
ton to the County Board of Education,
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