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614 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. LXXVII
school during the entire period of each year that the public schools of
the county are in session; unless it can be shown to the county super-
intendent of schools that such a child is elsewhere receiving regular and
thorough instruction during such period in the studies usually taught
in the public schools of the county to children of the same age; pro-
vided, that the superintendent or principal of any school, or persons
duly authorized by such superintendent, may excuse cases of necessary
and legal absence among such enrolled pupils, and provided, further,
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to children whose
mental or physical condition is such as to render the instruction above
described inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his
control a child seven years of age and under thirteen years of age, shall
cause such child to attend school or receive instruction as required by
this section.
Every child, residing in any county of the State, being thirteen
years of age or fourteen years of age, shall attend some public school
not less than one hundred days, as nearly consecutive as possible,
beginning not later than November first, during the period of each
year that the public schools of the county are in session, and such child
shall attend some public school the entire period of each year that the
public schools of the county are in session, if not regularly and lawfully
employed to labor at home or elsewhere, unless it can be shown to the
county superintendent of schools that such a child is elsewhere receiving
regular and thorough instruction for such period in the studies usually
taught in the public schools of the county to children of these ages;
provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to children
whose mental and physical condition is such as to render the instruc-
tion above described inexpedient or impracticable. Every person hav-
ing under his control a child thirteen years of age or fourteen years of
age, shall cause such child to attend school or receive instruction as
required by this section.
Every child residing in any county of the State, being fifteen years
of age or sixteen years of age, who has not completed the work of the
public elementary school, shall attend some public school not less than
one hundred days, as nearly consecutive as possible, beginning not later
than November first, during the period of each year the public schools
of the county are in session; and such child shall attend some public
school the entire period of each year the public schools of the county
are in session, if not regularly and lawfully employed to labor at home
or elsewhere, unless it can be shown to the county superintendent of
schools that such child is elsewhere receiving regular and thorough
instruction for said period in the studies usually taught in the public
schools of the county to children of these ages; provided, that the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to children whose mental and
physical condition is such as to render the instruction above described
inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his control
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