The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-01
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Sec. 10899. 1t shall be the duty Of
the secretary of the board in city,
town, and village schools, and of the
clerk of the board in other districts,
to furnish the teacher at the begin
ming of the term with copy of the
last enumeration list of the district,
provided, that this provision relating
to the enumeration list shall not APP
ply to school districts that have been
appoined a full time school attend
ance officer, as provided in eection
10898. The teacher shall compare this
list with the enrolment and report to
the county superintendent of schools
at the end of each week during the
first month, once month, once a
month thereafter, and oftener if nee
essary, the names of all non-attend-
ants between the eyes of seven and
sixteen, together with the names Of
the parents or guardians of III such
non-attendants. The county superin-
tendant shall Immediately have an
investigation made by his county
school attendance officer and any pa
rent or guardian or person who, hav-
ing charge, control or custody of any
child between the ages of seven and
sixteen years, violates any provision
of section 1896 and 10901, shall he
warned by said officer as soon as pos
sible after the beginning of the pub
lie school term of the district in
which such child resides and also at
any time thereafter to place and keep
said child in regular attendance at
some day school within three days
from the service of said written or
printed notice of warning, and upon
failure to comply with said warning
or notice, after the lapse of three days
from the date of the service of said
notice or warning said parent or
guardian or person having charge,
control or custody of any such child
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor. and said school attendance
officer shall make complaint against
said parent, guardian, or other person
in charge of such child before the
judge of the juvenile division of the
circuit court or before a justice of the
peace in the county where the party
resides for refusal or neglect to send
such child or children to school,; said
judge or justice shall issue a summons
upon said complaint returnable in
five days, and upon the return day
shall proceed to hear and determine
the same in the same manner as is
provided by the statutes for other cas-
eS under his jurisdiction, except that
the county school attendance officer
shall act as the prosecuting officer in
all such cases, and upon conviction of
violation of the aforesaid sections,
Said parent, guardian, or other per-
son having control or custody of such
child shall pay fine of not less than
ten dollars and not more than twenty
five dollars, or be imprisoned for not
less than two days and not more than
ten days, or by both fine and impris-
onment. Provided that said sentence
of fine or Imprisonment, or both, may
be suspended and finally RENTED by
tie court, with or without the pay
ment of costs, at the discretion of the
court, if he said child be Immediately
placed and kept in regular attendance
in some day school as aforesaid, and
if such fact of regular attendance is
proved subsequently to the satisfdc-
ton of said court by a properly 1t
tested certificate of attendance by the
superintendent, principal, or person in
charge of said school.
Sec. 10901a. Whenever the board of
education or board of directors of any
school district in this State shall have
established part-time instruction in
continuation schools for children I'M
der sixteen years of age, lawfully en-
gagged in any regular employment, all
such children shall be required to at
tend such school not less than four
hours a week between the hours of
eight O'Clock in the morning and five
o'clock in the evening during the
school year of such part-time classes;
provided further, that whenever the
part-time classes, herein provided for,
shall have been established in any
school district, that all children who
are under eighteen years of age, who
school course in the public school of
Missouri, or its equivalent, and who
are not attending regularly any day
school shall be required to attend reg
ularly such part-time classes not less
than four hours week between the
hours of eight o'clock in the morning
and five o'clock in the afternoon dur
ing the school year of such part-time
classes.
Sec. 10901. 1t shall be the duty of
CHC cldIe CupcIHlISHuSuL VI koCHOOLS
of superintendent of instruction, Of
boards of education in this State, of
the county superintendent Of schools,
Of the county superintendent of pub
lie welfare, and of every school at
tendance and probation officer, to en-
force all laws relating to compulsory
school attendance.
Sec. 10902. Prosecution under Sec
tons 1089S to 10903 shall be brought
in the name of the State of Missouri.
The circuit court shall have concur
rent jurisdiction with the court hav-
ng general jurisdiction over the mis-
lemeanors to try and determine any
,ases of violation of the provisions Of
said section and shall also have su-
Dervisory jurisdiction over the en-
'orcement Of the provisions of said
sections.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts
Inconsistent with this act are hereby
'epealed.