Acts. 337

Ninth — whereas Every Administrator in an Inventory In-
serts what Debts are Sperate and what Debts are des-
perate the Judge for probatt of wills shall Transmitt
those Desperate debts of the Estate unto the Severall
and respective Justices of the County Courts where the
Estates shall lye to the end the said Justices may Inquire
whether the said Adminis' hath by fraud or Otherwise neg-
lected to recover the same or hath reced and never Ac-

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counted for the same and shall with the residue of the said
Estate Comitt the said Desperate Debts to the Care of the
said Guardian or other Trustees by them Imployed and shall
Yearly and Every Year Call the said Guardians to Acct for
the same and duly Inspect what of the said Debts they have
reced or might have reced and if the said Guardian or Trus-
tee failes to give in his Account yearly or by ffraud or Covin
Neglect or forbear to recover the same the said Guardian or
Trustee shall stand and be Accountable for Every such debt
by him reced and not Accounted for or Neglected or for-
bourn to be recovered under the penalty of five hundred
pounds of Tob^o [sic] Each Justice present in Court one halfe to
his Majesty the other halfe to the Informer or him or them that
shall sue for the same to be recovered as afd
Tenth — that the Justices of the County Courts take able
and Sufficient security for Orphans Estates & Enquire yearly
of the Security and if there be Just Cause that they require
new and better Security and upon refusall to give new and
better Security that they remove the orphans Estates out of
their hands and farther that the Justices of County Courts
shall yearly in June Court inquire by a Jury of good and
Lawfull men to be Summoned out of the Severall hundreds

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of the County not under the number of Twelve who upon
their Oaths shall Enquire According to the forme hereafter
Exprest (Viz) whether the orphans be kept Maintained and
Educated According to their Estates and whether Appren-
tices are taught their Trade or rigorously used and Turned to
Comon Labour att the Ax or hoe instead of Learning their
Trades and if they find that orphans are not Maintained and
Educated According to their Estates or Apprentices Neg-
lected 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 and in Case the Jury find that
any Apprentice is not taught his Trade but put to other
Labour as afd the County Court shall Condemn the Master of
such Apprentice to make the Apprentice such Satisfaction as
in Justice his years of Labour or other work shall Deserve.
Eleaventh that the Justices of the County Courts Cause the
Condition of the bonds they take from Guardians or Trustees

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