American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-09-05

Power County, Idaho:
The following are the provisions OF
the school law of Idaho, session laws,
1917, designed for those who are in
clined to unjustly deprive their chill
dren of the advantages of a fair COM
mon school education:
Encouraging Delinquency a Misde-
meanOr.
Section 159. In all cases where any
child shall be a delinquent child, a jul
venile delinquent person, or a juvenile
disorderly person, as defined by this
act, the parent or parents, legal guar
dian, or person having custody OF such
child, or any other person responsible
for, or by any act encouraging, caus-
ing or contributing to the delinquency
of such child, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon trial and convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in a sum
not to exceed three hundred dollare
$4,000, or Imprisonment in he 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 court, the
sentence lllDOStu may NC ouopChdVNs
Children to Attend School
Section 100. In all districts OF this
state, all parents, guardians and 9TH
er persons having care of children
shall instruct them, or cause them to
be instructed, in reading, writing,
spelling, English grammar, geogra-
ply and arithmetic. In such districts,
every parent, guardian or other per-
son having charge of any child be-
tween the ages of eight (S) and six
teen 16) years, shall send such child
to a public, private or parochial school
for the entire school year during
which the public schools are in ses-
sion in such district; Provided, how
ever: That this chapter shall not APP
ply to children over fifteen C15) years
of age, where such child shall have
completed the eighth (8) 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 re-
lieved from the provisions Of this
chapter; Provided, further, that II 8
reputable physician within the dis
trict shall certify in writing that the
child's bodily or mental condition does
not permit its attendance at school
such child shall be exempt during sucf
period of disability from the require
ments Of this chapter. 1t shall be tn
duty of the superintendent OF tn
school district, if there be such su
perintendent, and il not, then tn
county superintendent Of schools, Z
- hear and determine all applications o
children desiring, for any OF tn
causes mentioned here, to be exempt
ed from the provisions of this chap
ter, and If upon such application sue
u superintendent, hearing the sam
e shall be OF the opinion that such chill
for any reason is entitled to be eX
a empted as aforesaid, then such super
intendent shall issue a written pei
n nit to such child, stating therein hi
reason for such exemption. An ar
peal may be taken from the decisio
Of such superintendent so passing VI
on such application, to the probai
y court of the county in which such dii
.e trict lies upon suck child making sue
g application and filing the same wit
+ the clerk or Judge Of said court, wit
in ten days after its refusal by sue
= superintendent, for which no fee TO G,
I. ceed the sum Of n dollar G1.0O
I shall be charged, and the decision
the probate court shall be final. A
at application for release from the pr
visions of this chapter shall not