538 Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699.

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Neglect or forbear to recover the Same the said Guardian or
Trustee shall Stand Charged with and be Accomptable for
every such Debt by them received and not Accompted for or
Neglected or forborne to be recovered. That the Justices of
the County Courts take able and Sufficient Security for
Orphans Estates and Enquire Yearly of the Security & if
there be just Cause that they require new and better Security
and upon refusall to give new and better Security to remove
the Orphans Estates into their hands & further that the
Justices of the County Courts shall Yearly in June Court
Enquire by a Iury of good and Lawfull men to be Sumoned
out of the Severall hundreds of the County not under the
Number of Twelve who upon their Oaths, shall inquire, the
forme of which Oath is hereby Exprest (Viz) Whether the
Orphans be kept maintained and Educated according to their
Estates and whether Apprentices are Yearly Taught theire
Trade or rigorously used and Turned to Common Labour att
the Ax and Hoe Instead of Learning their Trades and if they
find that Orphans are not Maintained and Educated According
to their Estates or Apprentices neglected to be taught their
Trades upon pretence that the last year is enough to learn
their Trade that they remove them to other Guardians and
Masters respectively and in Case the Jury find That any
App^rntice is not taught his Trade but put to other Labour as
afores^d the County Court shall Condemn the Master of such
App^rntice to make the Apprentice Such Satisfaction as in
Justice his Years of Labour att other work shall Deserve and
five hundred pounds of Tobbacco to be paid to the said
Orphan That the Justices of the County Courts Cause the
Conditions of the Bonds they take of Guardians or Trustees
of Orphans Estates be Exactly drawn to the Act & Recorded

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in the County Courts and the Indentures for Apprentices
L kewise that it may duly Appear to the Iudges whether
Guardians Trustees and Masters do right and Justice to
Apprentices and to the Country that the Justices do right
between them and to that End that they Cause the Clark of
their Court to present the Iury with a List of the Orphans
and Apprentices of their County every June Court, That no
more be allowed by Guardians or Trustees for Collecting
Debts due to Orphans then Ten p Cent the usuall Allowance
to Adm^rs and factors by the Merchants. And further in reguard
by the Judge or Comissary Generall for proving of Wills and
Granting Adm^rcons Comission there is Saveing to all persons
of their right Appeale from the Sentence of the said Iudge to
the Chiefe Governor of this Province for the time being. Be
it Enacted That all and every Person and Persons Appealing
from the Sentence of the said Judge shall within fifteen days