Show indians not exempt I 1 roin the luter inter mountain with the opening of the uintah indian reservation to sett settlement I 1 e men t and the conferring confer ing of citizenship upon the indians residing there the indians indiana were made to occupy tile the same saine position before the law as aa other citizens of the state and brought within all of its provisions provi siona included among the latter was waa the statute ari known 0 wn as the compulsory corn p ulsery school law which requires that every parent boother oo or other ther person having control of any child between the ages of 8 and 16 years shall send such child to a public district or private school at least twenty weeks in each school bear i ear unless such buch child is taught at home in the branches prescribed by law for tile the sanie same length of time required to be taught in the district school thus according to an opinion NN written rit by attorney general bl M A breeden in answer to art an inquiry lioni bbate superintendent nelson of the public schools the statute covering compulsory education app applies hesto to this new cl iss ss of citizens cit izena with wit tithe the bame force da as it dols dois to other citizens and if any f fail ail t i comply N with ith its provisions provision such pel sons will be guilty ot a misdemeanor and subject to prosecution and punishment indian children the same as white childr children LI will be exempt attending school only under the following conditions that they have already acquired the bratches brah chea ches ot learning taught in the public schools that the child is physically or mentally in competent compe or that we services ot such child are necessary to tile support ot of a mother or an invalid father |