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Compulsory Attendance Bill
-An Act to require school attendance of children for a
minimum period, and to provide for enforcement of
the same, and for other purposes.
Section I. 'a it enacted bv 'he General of t!ie >»*;«te of
Georgia, that every parent, guardian, or other person having charge
and. control of a child between the ages of eight and f< rtt n yea: *■.
who is not exempted or, excused as hereinafter ] r. vi led, si ill canse
the said child to be enrolled in and to attend continuousv '*" four
months of each year in a public school of the district or of r he citv or
town in v\ hiic 1 1 the child resides : which period of attendance shall com
mence at the beginning of the first term of said shool in the year.
Such attendance at a public school shall not be required where the
child attends for the >ame period some other school giving instruction
in the ordinary branches of English educati r, or has completed the
fourth grade of school work as prescribed bv the Spate 1? raid of Edu
cation, or where, because of poverty, the services of the child are
necessary for the rt of a parent or oT,»*r ■ - soM' standing in
parental relation to the child are unable to pTovale the necessary
hooks and clothing for attending school, and the same are not otl) r
wise provided, or where the mental or physical condition of the child
renders such attendance impracticable or inexpedient, or where the
child resides more than three miles from the school house bv the near
est traveled route, or where, for other good reasons (the sufficiency of
which shall he determined bv the board of educ ation of the county or
of the city or town in which the child resides) the said board excuses
the child from such attendance, such boards being authorized to take
into consideration the seasons for agricnltnra labor and the need for
such labor, in exercising their discretion as to the time for which
children in farming districts shall be excused. Provided, that no
'guardian stall be compelled to send such child or children to school ont
of any other than the funds belonging to said ward or wards Tem
porary absence of any child enrolled as a pupil may be excused by the
principal or teacher in charge of the school, because of bad weather,
sdekness, death in the child’s family, or other reasonable cause.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That any parent, guardian or other
person who has charge and control of of a child bet ween the ages afore
said, and who willfully fails to comply with the foregoing require
ments shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall
X>e punished bv a fine not to exceed ten dollars for the first offense
and not to exceed twenty dolb»rs for each subsequen t offense, said fines
ro include all costs ; but the court trying the case may, in its discre
tion. suspend enforcement of the punishment, if the child b imme
diately placed in attendance at a school as aforesaid, and may finally
remit the same if such attendance Ins continued regularly for the nun -
"ber af months hereinbefore prescrib ‘d for attendance. S hool attend
ance may be proved by an attested certificate of the principal or teach
er in charge of the S' boo:. No pers n shall, be pta -.ecuted h r •. i .».
tion of the foregoing ivo lirem ?if- unless the board of education of the.
county or m union pa iry in which the person accused of such violate u 1
resides shalijhava o t.-ed to be served upon the accused, at least ten
ditvs bef. it* such prpseourh n. a writ-* n notice cf th.* charge with the
name of the child b< whom it refers Anv person *•> notified, not pre
viously convicted of vi dation of this Ac" as to the chi l referred to in
said notice may prevent prosecution on the char ire set- out therein, bv
giving, at any time before such prosecution is instituted, a bond in the
penal sum of fifty dollars payable t the ordinary of the county, with
security to be approved'by the ordinary, coduitioncd that the said per
son shall thenceforth faithfully comply with the requirements of this
Act as to sai l child. Each day’s willful failure of parent, guardian,
-4. tr other person in charge and control of a child as aforesaid, after the
expiration of ten days from such n< dee, to cause the child to attend
school, when such attendance is r qaired by this Act, shall constitute
a separate offense, in prosecutions under this Act the exemptions
aud excuses herein provided for shall be n atters of defense to be
established by the accused, and need not be negatived in the indict
ment or accusation.
Sec. H. Be it further enacted That it shall be the duty cf the
county and municipal ’ aid of education to investigate as to attend
ance and non-attendance of children required i.-y this Act to attend the
-schools under their supervision, and it shall also he their duty to lnati.
tute or cause to be audited, pia.-.-outioi -> agiin.-d par.-on* violating
this Act. It shall be the duty of the principal or teacher in charge of
an v public school in which pupils between tin* ages of eight and four
teen are instructed, to keep an accurate record cf the attendance of
sucl pupils, and at the end of each month to make a written report of
isaine to the boan.l of education having supervision of the school, and
to note therein excused absences and the reasons therefor.
Sec. -i. Be it further enacted. That all tiros imposed hereunder
and all sums required to be paid as penalties malar bonds given under
this Act, shall, after payment of the c >st* ot pr isocutim and of recov
ery thereof, be paid into the county treasury and become a part of the
school fund ot the county.
Sec. a. Beit further enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall become operative ou the first day of January, in the year nine
teen hundred and seventeen.
Sec. <>. Be it tuither enacted, That it sin 11 be the duty of the
board of education of each county, «f least b ur we k* before the first
el tv of January bdliwing the adoption of thi* Act, cause this Act to
foe.published in the n 'wspap *:• or 'he count , it there be one and to
cm use copies of this Act to be posted at ihe court bou.-o ot the county
atnd at the public schools thereof.
Sec. 7. Be it iurthei enacted. That all l«w-> an t parts of law* in
Conflict with thi* Act he an i the same are herefow re pea led.
Approved August ly, 191-5. N E. HARRIS, Governor.
(Colton Sellingjat
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VicDonough at highest price, 25c
pound on date sold, to Mr. John
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L. L. PHIL! IPS,
R. i . McDONOI GH.G A.
METAL
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JOHN R. SMITH,
McDonough. - - - Georgia
o. L_. ADAMS
DENTIST
MvDoxoron. Ga.
Office Hours : 7 : HO to r> : 00
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Jackson Ga., 80x|132.
Thompson’s
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Hurse Shoeing a specialty.
Blacksmith and General Repair
Work.
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Special price on Enlarged Por
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Special price on One and Two-
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Call on me when in town.
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MONEY
I can arrange you a loan on
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Write
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The Southern Mortgage Co,
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FARM LOANS
Negotiated throughout the State on Improved Farm Lands in sums
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among individual investors and Savings flanks and Trust Companies in the North,
East and Middle West, and we number among our customers the
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
with assets ot more than a hundred million dollars.
J T. Holleman, President W. A Thompson, Abstracts of Title
W. L. Kemp, Vice-President J- 0. Work, Abstracts of Title
J. W. Andrews, Secretary L. A. Boulighny, Auditor
r \r mi S. R. Cook, Secretary s Clerk
L. \ Carter, Attorney T . B . Dempsey. Abstract Clerk
A. u Antignac, Inspector C. W. Felker, Jr., Abstract Clerk.
W. A. Howell, Abstracts of Title Horace Holleman, Apf iication Cle r k.
For intormation, call on or write to
BROWN & BROWN
M’DONOUGH, GEORGIA.
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