year following the year in which the bonds are issued, and annually thereafter, until the full payment of said bonds has been made, the board of county commissioners of the county in which said school district is situated shall levy and assess a special tax, and shall cause said special tax to be collected, on all the taxable property of the school district, including the net proceeds of mines, sufficient to raise annually a proportion of the principal amount of the said bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of said bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years said bonds then have to run, which amount shall be levied, assessed, and collected by the county treasurer in the same manner as the tax for the payment of the interest coupons, and when collected shall be known as the " School District Bond

Sinking Fund" and shall be used only in the payment of such bonds. The sinking fund thus provided may be applied to the purchase and cancelation of the outstanding bonds of the district. At the maturity of such bonds (or prior to the maturity thereof as hereinafter in section 2 [sec. 197a] hereof provided) and at their place of payment, the county treasurer shall cause such bonds and accrued interest thereon to be paid, and duly cancel the same, and certify his action to the board of trustees of the school district; and the said county treasurer shall, if the tax for interest on the bonds for the first year after their date of issue is not collected in time for use in paying the interest coupons maturing during that year, pay the interest accruing on said bonds in said year out of the general county fund and return, as soon as the funds are realized from the taxes for interest on said bonds, and from said interest fund, the amount so borrowed from said general county fund. As amended, Stats. 1915, 60, 61.

Redemption of School Bonds.

SEC. 197A. In the event that there shall be in the hands of the county treasurer in such school district bond sinking fund, a sufficient sum to redeem one or more of such bonds, and to pay the accrued interest thereon, although before the maturity of such bonds and interest, he shall, if requested by the board of trustees of such school district so to do, post a notice in a conspicuous place in the main entrance to his office or the main entrance to the building in which his office may be situated, which notice shall state that the said county treasurer has on hand in the "

School District Bond Sinking Fund" sufficient funds

to redeem bonds of said issue, and that there is in the said bond interest fund sufficient funds to pay the accrued interest on such number of bonds, and that he will on a certain day and hour (which shall not be sooner than thirty days from the date of posting such notice), at his office, receive proposals for the purchase of such number of bonds and paying the accrued interest thereon; upon the opening of said proposals the bid of the person offering the requisite number of bonds at the lowest rate shall be accepted by such treasurer; provided, that such offer to sell said bonds shall not involve a premium on the same of more than per cent; if the entire issue of such bonds are provided to mature serially at different times, the treasurer shall redeem such bond or bonds at the lowest regular premium which matures first. If the entire issue of such bonds is provided to mature at one time, among equal offers for the sale of said bonds at the same rate of premium, the treasurer shall redeem such bond or bonds presented bearing the lowest serial number. The

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said treasurer shall certify all his actions hereunder to the board of trustees of said school district as in section 197 of this act provided. Amendment, Stats. 1915, 61.

Change in Boundary Not to Release Property from Taxes.

SEC. 198. No change in the boundary lines of any school district shall release the taxable real property of the district from assessment and levy of the taxes to pay the interest and principal of such bonds, and if there shall be any change in the boundary of such school district so as to leave any portion of the taxable real property of the district which was subject to taxation in the district at the time of the issue of such bonds, the assessment and levy of taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds shall be made on such property as if it were still within the district, and if there shall be any change of the boundary lines of such school district so as to annex or include any taxable or real property, after the issue of such bonds, the real property so included or annexed shall thereafter be subject to the assessment and levy of a tax for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds.

Taxes Constitute Lien on Property.

SEC. 199. All taxes levied and assessed as in this act provided shall constitute a lien on the property charged therewith, from the date of the levy thereof by the county commissioners, or the entry thereof on the assessment roll of the county auditor, until the same are paid, and thereafter, if allowed to become delinquent, shall be enforced in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes. And no additional allowance, fee, or compensation whatever shall be paid to any officer for carrying out the provisions of this act. Bonds for Various Purposes.

SEC. 200. Any school district of the state is hereby authorized to borrow money for the purpose of purchasing grounds, erecting buildings, and furnishing, equipping, and maintaining the same, for instruction in industrial training, manual training, domestic science, and agriculture, or for any one or all of these purposes, by issuing negotiable coupon bonds of the district.

Under General Act.

SEC. 201. Such bonds shall be determined upon, submitted to vote of the district interested, authorized, issued, and paid, in accordance with the provisions of sections 191 to 199, inclusive.

Change in Districts Not to Release Responsibility for Bonds.

SEC. 202. No change in the boundary lines of any school district that has been, or may hereafter be, bonded for school purposes shall operate to release any part of the property of such district, as existing prior to such change, from taxation for payment of the outstanding bonds issued prior thereto.

CHAPTER 16

COMPULSORY EDUCATION

Various Excuses for Nonattendance.

SEC. 203.

Each parent, guardian, or other person, in the State of Nevada, having control or charge of any child between the ages of eight and sixteen years, shall be required to send such child to a public school

during the time in which a public school shall be in session in the school district in which said child resides; but such attendance shall be excused:

1. When satisfactory evidence is presented to the board of trustees of the school district in which such child resides, that the child's bodily or mental condition is such as to prevent or render inadvisable attendance at school, or application to study. A certificate from any reputable physician that the child is not able to attend school, or that its attendance is inadvisable, must be taken as satisfactory evidence by any such board;

2. When the child has already completed the eight grades of the prescribed grammar-school course;

3. When satisfactory evidence is presented to the board of trustees that the child is being taught in a private school, or by a private tutor, or at home, by any person capable of teaching in such branches as are usually taught in the primary and grammar schools of this state;

4. When satisfactory evidence is presented to the board of trustees that the child's labor is necessary for its own or its parent's support;

5. When the deputy superintendent shall determine that the child's residence is located at such distance from the public school as to render attendance impracticable or unsafe.

Truancy Defined.

SEC. 204. Any child shall be deemed a truant, in the meaning of this act, who shall have been absent from school, without valid excuse, more than three days; and absence for any part of a day shall be considered as absence for that entire day. The teacher, attendance officer, or other person connected with the schools, shall send or deliver a written notice of such truancy to the parent, guardian, or other person, having control or charge of the child. After such notice has thus been furnished or sent to said parent, guardian, or other person, any child who is absent from school thereafter, within the school year, without valid excuse, one or more days or parts thereof, shall again be deemed a truant. Any child shall be declared an habitual truant who shall have been deemed a truant three or more times within the school year. Any child who has once been declared an habitual truant and who in a succeeding year is absent from school, without valid excuse, for one or more days or parts thereof, may again be declared an habitual truant.

Punishment of Parent.

SEC. 205. Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any child, to whom notice has been given of truancy, as provided in section 204 of this act, and who fails to prevent the child's subsequent truancy within that school year, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be liable, for the first offense, to a fine of not more than ten dollars or imprisonment for not more than five days, and for each subsequent offense he shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten or more than fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for not less than five nor more than twenty-five days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

School Trustees to Make Investigation.

SEC. 206. The board of trustees of any school district shall, on the complaint of any person, make a full and impartial investigation of all charges against parents or guardians or other persons having control or

charge of any such child, for violation of any of the provisions of this act. If it shall appear upon such investigation that any such parent or guardian or other person has violated any of the provisions of this act, it is hereby made the duty of the clerk of such board of trustees to make and file in the proper court a criminal complaint against such parent, guardian, or other person, charging such violation, and to see that such charge is prosecuted by the proper authorities; provided, that in such school districts having an attendance officer, such officer shall, if so directed by the board of school trustees, make and file such complaint, and see that such charge is prosecuted by the proper authorities.

Any taxpayer, or any school officer or deputy school officer in the State of Nevada shall be eligible to make and file in the proper court a criminal complaint against any parent, guardian, or other person who shall violate any of the provisions of law requiring the attendance of children in the public schools of the state.

Trustees May Appoint and Remove Attendance Officer.

SEC. 207. The board of trustees of any school district may appoint and remove at pleasure an attendance officer and shall fix the compensation therefor, and shall prescribe the duties of such officer, not inconsistent with law, and make rules and regulations for the performance thereof. It shall be the duty of the attendance officer, or any peace officer, or any other school officer, to arrest during school hours, without a warrant, any child between the ages of eight and sixteen years, who has been reported to him by the teacher, the city superintendent, or other person connected with the schools, as an absentee from instruction upon which he is lawfully required to attend within the school district. Such arresting officer shall forthwith deliver the child so arrested to the teacher, parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of said child. Separate Rooms for Habitual Truants.

SEC. 208. Boards of trustees are hereby authorized to set apart any school building or buildings or any room or rooms in any school building or buildings for the establishment of special or ungraded schools, to provide for the instruction of habitual truants as defined in section two of this act, or for pupils who have been insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school. Boards of trustees are also authorized to purchase sites and erect buildings for such purposes, in the same manner as other school sites and school buildings may be purchased and erected; or boards of trustees may rent suitable property for special or ungraded rooms without being so directed by vote of the district. Teachers of such special or ungraded schools shall have the same qualifications as other teachers in the grades, and shall be paid from the same funds. Boards of trustees are hereby authorized to assign habitual truants and other pupils who have been insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school to such special and ungraded schools for a period not to exceed the remainder of the school year. Such pupils, however, may be restored to their former room or grade when in the judgment of the board there has been sufficient improvement to warrant the belief that their example and influence will no longer be a detriment to the room to which they shall return.

Persons Encouraging Truancy Punished.

SEC. 209. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child

to be absent unlawfully from school, or who knowingly employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent unlawfully from school, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment of not more than twenty-five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The attendance officer or any other school officer is hereby empowered to visit any place or establishment where minor children are employed to ascertain whether the provisions of this law are duly complied with, and may demand from all employers of such children a list of children employed, with their names and ages.

Punishment for False Statements.

SEC. 210. Any parent, guardian, or other person who makes a false statement concerning the age or school attendance of a child between the ages of eight and sixteen years who is under his control or charge, such false statement being made with intent to deceive under this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment of not more than twenty-five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Disposal of Fines.

SEC. 211.

All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the permanent school fund of the state.

CHAPTER 17

PROTECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

Misdemeanor to Interfere with Pupils.

SEC. 212. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to detain, beat, whip, or otherwise interfere with any pupil or pupils attending any public school in the State of Nevada on his, her, or their way to or from such school against the will of such pupil or pupils.

Misdemeanor to Disturb School.

SEC. 213. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to disturb the peace of any public school in the State of Nevada by using vile or indecent language, or by threatening or assaulting any pupil or teacher within the building or grounds of such school, and for the purpose of this act the ground of every public school in the State of Nevada shall extend to a distance of fifty yards in all directions from the school building.

Penalty.

SEC. 214. Any person or persons convicted of a misdemeanor under either of the foregoing sections of this act shall be subject to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

CHAPTER 18

PROTECTION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY

Injure or Deface Property.

SEC. 215. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to wilfully and maliciously injure, mark, or deface any church edifice, schoolhouse or other building, public or private, its fixtures, books, or appur