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Rh 2. Pupils who have already acquired the ordinary branches of learning taught in public schools.

3. Children physically unable to attend school, if such fact is certified to by a reputable physician.

4. Those living more than two miles from any school house.

The district board or board of education in each school district which has been organized as a graded school district or as a township district, previous to the tenth day of September of each year, appoints a truant officer for the term of one year from and after the first Monday of September of each year.

In townships whose districts are organized under the primary school law, the chairman of the township board of school inspectors is the truant officer and performs all the duties of truant officer, so far as the provisions of this law applies to the territory over which he has jurisdiction.

In cities having a duly organized police force, it is the duty of the police authority, at the request of the school authorities, to detail one or more members of said force to perform the duties of truant officer.

The compensation of the truant officer is fixed in graded school districts by the board which appoints, and townships by the township board; and in no case can such compensation be less than one dollar and fifty cents per day for time actually employed under direction of the district board in performance of his official duties. The compensation of truant officers is allowed and paid in the same manner as incidental expenses are paid by such boards.

It is the duty of the truant officer to investigate all cases of truancy or non-attendance at school, and to render all services within his power to compel children to attend school; and, when informed of continued