Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-08-25

H. l.. Medbury, Boomers Ferry,
Idaho
ATTENTION PARENTS

The following are the provisions
of the school law of Idaho. Session
Laws. 1911, designed for those who
are inclined to unjustly deprive their
children of the advantage of fair
common school education:
Encouraging Delinquency and Mis-
demeanOr.
Section 159. In all cases where
any child shall be delinquent chlld'
a juvenile delinquent person.. or
Juvenile disorderly person, AS defined
by this Act, the parent or parents,
legal guardian, or person having
custody of such child, or any other
person responsible for, or by any
act encouraging, causing or eontrl-
buting to the delinquency of such
child, shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon trial and con-
viction thereof shall be fined in a
sum not to exceed Three Hundred
Dollars $4,000, or imprisonment In
the county Jail for period OF not
exceeding six months, or shall sur
fer both fine and Imprisonment. The
court may impose conditions upon
any person found guilty under this
Act, and so long as such person
shall comply Herewith to the sat
| isfsction of the court, the sentence
imposed may be suspended.
Children to Attend School.
Section 100. In all districts of
this state, all parents, guardians, and
other persons having care of child
rem shall instruct them, or cause
them to be instructed, in reading,
writing, spelling, English grammar,
geography and arithmetic. In such
districts, every parent, guardian or
other person having charge OF any
| hot tbo of alUbf (S1
and eighteen (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 in such district; Pro-
yided, however: That this chapter
shall not apply to children over four
teen (14) years of age, where such
child shall have completed the eighth
(8th) grade, or may be eligible to
enter any high school in such dis
trict, or where its help is necessary
for its own use or its parents sup
port, or where for good cause shown
f would be for the best interest
of such child to be relieved from the
provisions Of this chapter; Provided
further, that if a reputable physi-
clan within the district shall certi-
fy in writing that the child's bodily
} or mental condition does not per-
NIT it's attendance at school, such
child shall be exempt during such
, period of disability from the require.
ments of this chapter. 1t shall be
, the duty of .he superintendent OF
the school district, if there be such
SUPERINTENDENT, and if not, then tn,
county superintendent of schools, t
hear and determine all applications
, of children desiring, for any Of thu
causes mentioned here, to be ex
=, empted from the provisions of thi
chapter, and if upon such applica
ton such superintendent, hearing tn
:, same, shall be of the opinion tina
such child for any reason is entities
!, to be exempted as aforesaid, the
such superintendent shall issue
written permit to such child, stat
o ing therein his reason for such ex
emption. An appeal may be take
from the decision of such superin
tendent so passing upon such appli
2, cation, to the probate court Of tn
county in which such district lie
upon such child making such appl
Y, cation and filing the same with tn
clerk or judge of said court, with
= ten days after its refusal by sue
superintendent, for which no fee I
exceed the sum of One Dollar Isl .0C
shall be charged, and the decisio
Y. of the probate court shall be fina
An application for release from I'll
provisions of this chapter shall n,
rs be renewed oftener than once
three months.
Juvenile Disorderly Persons Define
o. Section 161. Every child with