The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-06

ifs discretion, suspend enforcement
of the punishment, if the child be I'M
| mediately placed in attendance at a
! school as aforesaid, and may finally
remit the same if such attendance
has continued regularly for the num-
Der of months hereinbefOre prescrlb-
ed for attendance. School attend
ance may be proved by an attested
certificate of the principal or teach
er in charge of the school. NO per-
son shall be prosecuted for VIOLATION
of the foregoing requirements unless
| the board of education Of the county
or municipality in which the person
accused Of such violation resides
shall have caused to be served upon
! the accused at least ten days before
| such prosecution, a written notlce OF
the charge with the name of the child
to whom it refers. Any person
| so notified, not previously convicted
of violation of this act as referred
to in said notice may prevent prose
| c11tion on the charge set out therein
bv giving at any time before such
| prosecution is instituted, a bond IN
the penal sum of fifty dollars paya-
bile to the ordinary of the county,
with security to be approved by the
ordinary, conditioned that the said
person shall thenceforth faithfully
comply with the requirements of this
act as to the said child. Each days
wilfuI failure of a parent, guardian
or other person in charge and con-
troll of a child as aforesaid, after the
expiration of ten days from such no.
tice. to cause the child to attend
school. when such attendance is re-
ouired by this act, shall constitute
separate offense. In prosecutions I'M
der this act the exemptions and eX-
cuses herein provided for shall be
matters of defense to be established
bv the accused, and need not be neg
ative in the indictment of accusation.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that
if shall be the duty of the county and
municipal board of education to in
vestigate as to the attendance and
non-atendance of children required
bv this act to attend the schools I'M
der their supervision, and it shall be
their duty to institute or cause to be
instituted prosecutions against per
sons violating this act. 1t shall be
the duty of the principal or teacher
in charge of any public school, in
which pupils between the ages of
eight and fourteen are instructed, to
keep an accurate record of the at
tendance of such pupils, and at the
end of each month to make writ
ten report of the same to the board
of education having supervision of
the school, and to note therein ex-
cused absences and the reasons there
for.
Sec. 4. Be further enacted, thta
all fines imposed hereunder and all
sums required to be paid as penal
ties under bonds given under this act
shall, after payment Of the costs of
prosecution and of recovery thereof,
be paid into the county treasury and
become a part of the school fund of
the county.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that
the provisions of this act shall be-
come operative on the first day of
January, in the year nineteen hun
dred and seventeen.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that
it shall be the duty of the board of
education of such county, at least
four weeks before the first day of
Januar, following the adoption of
! this act, to cause to be published In a
newspaper of the county, if there be
one, and to cause copies Of this act
to be posted at the court house of
the county and at the public schools
thereof.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed. Approved August
19, 1916.
N. E. HARRIS, Governor.