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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1916)
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 25 Cents Bre l and grown by L. L. Phil -■i >- b ii, long staple cotton 1 inch and a quarter, strong weed, well fruited, fine staple. I have grown it 3 years, gin on my own private gin. Pure and clean seed for sale at $3.00 bushel. Sold in VicDonough at highest price, 25c pound on date sold, to Mr. John Dupree. L. L. PHIL! IPS, R. i . McDONOI GH.G A. 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