Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-25

OF L0e SCnOOl law VI luduu, OcSSlOh
Laws, 1911, designed for those who
are inclined to unjustly deprive their
children of the advantages OF a fair
common school education.
ENCOURAGING DELINQUENCY A
MISDEMEANOR
Section 159. In all cases where
any child shall be a delinquent child,
a Juvenile delinquent, or a 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 en-
couraging, causing or contributing
to the delinquency of such child,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon trial and conviction thereof
shall be fined in sum not to ex-
coed Three Hundred Dollars $4,000,
or Imprisonment in the county jail
for a period Of not exceeding six
months, or shall suffer both fine and
Imprisonment. The Court may i'm
pose conditions upon any person
found guilty under this Act, and so
long as such person shall comply
Herewith to the satisfaction of the
;ourt, the sentence may be suspended
TO ATTEND SCHOOL
Section 100. In all districts OF
this State, all parents, guardians,
and other persons having care of
children shall instruct them, or cause
them to be instructed, in reading,
writing, spelling, English grammar,
geography and arithmetic, In such
every parent, guardian or
other person having charge of any
child between the ages OF eight (S)
and eighteen 1Sl 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
go 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, OF
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 certify in writing that
the child's bodily or mental condi-
ton does not permit its attendance
at school, such child shall be exempt
during such period of disability from
the requirements of this chapter.
1t shall be the duty OF the superin
tendent of the school district, II there
be such superintendent, and If not,
then the county uperintendent of
schools. to hear and determine all
of children desiring, for
any of the causes mentioned here, to
be exempted from the provisions of
this chapter, and II upon such appli-
cation 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
a written permit to such child, stat
ing therein his reason for such ex
emption. An appeal may be taken
from the decision of such supertnten-
dent so passing upon such applica-
ton, to the probate court of the
county in which such district lies
upon such child making such appli-
cation and fling the 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 decision OF
the probate court shall be final. An
application for release from the pro-
visions of this chapter shall not be
renewed oftener than once in three
months.
JUVENILE DISORDERLY PERSONS
DEFINED.