The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-30
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Children to Attend School.

Section lOU.-lh Ill ulstiie'H
State, all parents, guardians, ana oine,
persons having care of children snan
instruct them, or cause to be ihs.rue,.u'
in reading, writing, spelling, Lngiisn
grammar, geography and arlthmetie. IN
such districts, every parent, guardian or
other person having charge of any co!d
between the ages Of eight (S) and eigh-
teen (1S) years, shall send such child
to a public, private or parochial school
for the entire school year during which
the public schools are in session III such
district; Provided, however: That this
chapter shall not apply to children over
fourteen (14) years of age, where sneh
child shall have completed the eighth
(S) grade, or may be eligible to enter
any high school in such district, or
where its help is necessary for its own
use or its parents support, or where for
good cause shown it would be for the
best interest of such child to be relieved
from the provisions Of this chapter;
Provided, further, that if reputable
physician within the district shall certl-
fy in writing that the child's bodily or
mental condition does not permit it's
attendance at school, such child shall
be exempt during such period OF dis
ability from the requirements of this
chapter 1t shall be the duty of the
superintendent of the school district, if
there be such superintendent, and it not,
then the county superintendent of
schools, to hear and determine all appli-
cations of children desiring, for any
of the causes mentioned here, to be ex-
empted from the provisions of this chap
tier, and if upon such application such
superintendent, hearing the same, shall
be of the opinion that such child for any
reason is entitled to be exempted as
aforesaid, then such superintendent
shall issue written permit to such
child, stating therein his reason for such
exemption. An appeal may be taken
from the decision of such superinten-
dent so passing upon such application,
to the probate court of the county j.
which such district lies upon such child
same with the clerk or judge Of said
court, within ten days after its refusal
by such superintendent, for which no
fee to exceed the sum of One Dollar
($1.00), shall be charged, and the deeis-
ion of the probate court shall be final.
An application for release frem the pro-
visions Of this chapter shall not DO re-
newed oftensr than once in three
months.
Juvenile Disorderly Persons Defined
Section 161.-Bvery child within the
; provisions of this chapter who does not
attend school, ~ provided in the pre-
eeding section, or who il in attendance
at any public or paroehial school, and
is vicious, incorrigibls or immoral in
eonduet, or who is An habitual truant
from school, or who habitually wanders
| r,1o Inv
. ing school hours without lawful ocsupa-
ton or employment, OF who habitually
wanders about the streets in the night
time, having no employment or lawful
occupation, shall be deemed juvenile
!; disorderly person, and be subject to the
; provisions of this chapter.
| Same. Complaint: Hearing and
Commitment.
Section 162.-When child shall be q
: juvenile disorderly person within the
meaning Of this chapter, the truant Of
ficer, or any school teacher, or other
reputable person, may take complaint in
the probate court Of the county in which
q such child resides. The probate court
shall hear and determine such complaint
: and if it 10 determined that such child
8 is juvenile disorderly person within
q the meaning Of this chapter, he or she
: shall he committed to the children .
: home, if eligible, or to the Idaho Indus
trial Training School, or to some other
t training school, taking into account the
q Years Of the child with reference to the
> institution selected. Any child con-
:, mitted to the ehildrsn' . home, on its
= being shown to the Judge Of said Court
that it is ineorrigible and vieious, nay
8 be transferred to the Industrial School
I or ether proper institution. No I'll lid
sonmitted to any reformatory shall be
detained beyond his majority, and may
It be discharged sooner, or paroled by the
l. trustees or board Of control under RULES
. and restrictions applicable to other in
mates. Any order Of commitment may
:. be suspended by the judges Of The pro-
II bate court during such time as the child
Is may regularly attend school and pYoDer-
k ly conduct itself. The expense Of the
transportation Of the child to the .nvso-
lie reformatory shall be paid by the
81 county from which the child il sen-
y nitted.
h Probation Officers: Appointment
u and Duties.
- Section 163.-The probate courts Of
the several counties in the state shall
u have authority TO appoint or designate
II one or more discreet persons Of coed
s. moral character to serve As probation
Ia officers during the pleasure of the
court; and probation officers having
authority to act only upon the request
and under the direction of the probate
0. court, and to receive such compensation
As for services actually performed as the
ly probate court shall deem just and prop
er. The number of said probation Off
GERS appointed and designated by the
court shall be as follows: In counties
in which the last school census shows a
school population of over Five Thousand
10000 not to exceed two (2) proba-
ton officers; in all other counties not
to exceed one ~ probation officer. In
of ease probation officer shall be an.
IS, pointed, it shall be the duty of the
n Judge of the Court, if practicable, to
IL notify said probation officer when any
n child is to be brought before the court;
it shall be the duty of said probation of.
fleer to make investigation of such ease:
to be present in eourt IN repro,.r% A.