The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-11-11
ORDINANCE NO. 81

AND REQUlhE 1HE Al lend
| ANCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
UPON SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF
ALCOA, AND TO PROVIDE
MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT OF
| THIS ORDINANCE.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF ALCOA, as follows:
SECTION NO. /. That every
parent, guardian, or other person in
the City of Alcoa, having charge or
control of any child between the age
of seven and sixteen years inclusive
shall cause such child to be enrolled
in and attend some day school, public,
private or parochial, for entire term
of school in each year in the City of
Alcoa, in which said child may re-
side.
SECTION NO. 2. Any child be-
tween the ages aforesaid may be eX-
cused temporarily from complying
with the provisions of this Ordinance
in whole or in part if it be shown to
the City Recorder or the City Mana
ger having control of the school to
which said child belongs, that said
parent or guardian or person having
charge or control of said child is not
able through extreme restitution to
provide proper clothing for said child,
or that said child is mentally or ply
sically incapacitated to attend school
for the whole period required or any
part thereof, or that the school to
which the said child belongs is more
than two miles by the nearest travel
ed road from the residence of the
child, and public transportation to
and from school is not provided, or
that said child has completed an
elementary school course, including
eight grades, and has certificate to
that effect from the principal of the
school attended. If any child is I'M
able to attend school as hereinbefore
required by not being able to procure
books on satisfactory proof of the
same, the City Manager having
charge of the school to which said
child belongs, shall purchase said
books out of the general school fund
of the City and lend to said child
under regulations as prescribed by
the City Manager.
If it be ascertained by the City
Manager that any child who is re,
quired under the provision of this
Ordinance to c..tc--3 school under the
control of said City Manager, g II
able to do so on account of lack of
clothing or food, such case shall be
reported to any suitable relief agency
of said City, or # there be no such
suitable relief agency to whom the
case can be referred, it shall be re-
ported to the proper officials having
charge of said work for i3va@ tigation
and relief.
SECTION NO. 8. That any per-
ent. guardian or other person having
charge or control of any child en-
braced within the provisions of this
Ordinance who, with intent to evade
the provisions of this Ordinance shall
make false statement concerning
the age of such child or the time that
such child has attended school, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
, and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any case not less than two
dollars or more than fifty dollars at
the discretion of the Recorder.
SECTION NO. a. Any parent,
guardian or other person failing to
comply with the provisions Of this
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty Of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall pay fine of not less than two
dollars or more than twenty dollars
for the first offense and not less than
tlve dollars or more than fifty dollars
for the second and every subsequent
offense and the cost of the suit. Pre-
vided that such offense may be sus-
pended and finally RENTED by the
Recorder trying the case with or
without the payment of costs, at the
discretion of the Recorder, if the
said child be Immediately placed in
regular attendance in some day school
as aforesaid, and if such fact of regu-
lar attendance is proven subsequently
to the satisfaction of said Recorder
by an attested certificate of attend
ance by the superintendent or teacher
of said school.
Any parent, guardian or other per-
son having charge or control of any
child embraced within the provisions
OF this Ordinance, who shall be pro-
ceeded against under this Ordinance
may prove in defense that he is un-
able to compel the child under his
control to attend school, and,he may
thereupon be discharged from liabili-
| ty. and such child shall be proceeded
against as delinquent child under
the statutes of the State of Tennessee
IN such cases provided.
SECTION NO. 5. That the Record
er Of the City of Alcoa shall have
original and exclusive jurisdiction of
all cases coming within the provisions
of this Ordinance. And shall be
vested with all. rights and powers to
try and dispose of such cases coming
within his jurisdiction; provided that
any party aggrieved may appeal to
the next term of the Circuit Court
from the action of the City Recorder.
SECTION 6. That ali fines and
penalties, provided for in this Ordin-
ance shall be for the use of the public
schools of the City of Alcoa, and any
such fine or penalty may be recover
ed as other fines and penalties are re-
covered in enforcing misdemeanors
in the City of Alcoa.
SECTION NO. z. That it shall be
the duty of the City Manager to fur
nish the teachers or in schools having
more than one teacher, to principals.
or cause to be furnished through any
duly elected attendance officer as
hereinafter provided, the names of
pupils depending on their schools for
instruction, the said lists to be taken
from the census enumeration on file