1871/72 public laws – Ch.189 Sec.39

It shall be the duty of the secretary of the county board of education tor each county to report to the superintendent of public instruction on or before the fifteenth day of October of every year, full and accurate statistics, showing the number of free schools in the county, the length of the term ot each, the race, sex, number, and average attendance of pupils, as reported to him under the provisions of the twenty-ninth section of this act, and the race, sex and number of teachers as reported to him under the provisions of the fifteenth section of this act. And also the number of school children in the county, as reported to the county board of education under the provisions of section forty-seven of this act. And if any secretary of a vounty board ef education shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section at the time above stated, he shall. be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in the superior court of his county; he shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred dollars. vy