The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-06
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Compulsory School Law

To Parents, Guardians and OLhcls in
Custer County, Idaho:
The following are the provisions OF
the schoOL aw OF Idaho, Session Laws
1911, designed for those VIII, are in
cHne to uojusty del rive their chill
dren Of the Advantages of fair com
mo school lrc ltion:
Encouraging Delinquency a Mis-
demeanor
Section 1859. in al cases where any
child shall be delinquent child, iu
venile delinquent person, or q juvenile
disorderly person, rs defined by this
Act, the parent or parents, legal guar
dian, or pas IN having eusto y of such
child. or any other person responsible
for, Or by any act encouraging, caus
ing or contributing 20 the delinquency
of such child, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, aud upon t:ial and convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in a sum Of
not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars
$4,000, or Imprisonment In The county
Jail for u period OF not exceeding six
months, or SHALL suffice both fine and
Imprisonment. The Court may impose
conditions upon any person found
guilty utider this Act, and so long as
such person shall comply Herewith to
the sat s'action Of the Court, the SEN
tence ing, s.d may be suspended.
Chilcren to Attend School
Section 1850, In all districts of this
State, IA parents, guardian, and other
persons having care of children shall
instruct them, or cause them to be in
structed, in reading, writing, spelling
English Grammar, geography and
arithmetic. In such districts, every
parent, guardian, or other person hav-
ing charge OF any child between the
ages of eight ts) aud sixteen (l6i years
shall send such a child to public, pri-
vate, or parochal school for She entire
school year during which the public
schools are In .ssion in such district;
Provided, however: That this chapter
shall not Apply to children over fifteen
U5) years OF age, where such child
shall have completed the eigth 81
grade, or may be eligible to enter any
Eighschcol i'll such district. or where
lis help is ne aded for its own use or
its parents support, or where for good
cause shown IL would be for the best
interest OF such child to be relieved
frc m the provis ons of this chapter
Provided, furthur, that IL II reputable
physician within he district shall Ger
tifg in writil & that the ehild's bodily
or mental condition does not permit
its attendance ut school, such child
shall lie exempt during such period OF
disability from the requirements of
this chapter, 1t shall be the duty of
the superintendent of the school dis
trct, IL there be such superintendent,
aud II II II, then the county supetinten
deat OF Sc ools. to hear and determine
all applications of ca ldren desiring,
for any Of the causes men TONED here.
to be exempted from the provisions Of
this chapter, aud If upon sucn appllca-
ton, such superin tendent, hearing the
same, shnll be OF the opinion that such
child for any reason is entitled to be
exempted as aforesaid, then such super
intcndent shall ISIS le u written permit
to such child, stating thereia his reas-
on for such exemption. An appeal
may be taken from the decision of
such superintendent So passing upon
such application, to the probate court
of the county in which such district
lies, upon sneh child making such APP
| piication and filing tho same with the