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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1793.

since the commencement of said lease, by descent, deed, or
under the last will and testament of the said lessor or lessors,
and if thereupon the person so claiming as aforesaid shall forth-
with appear, or upon a summons, immediately to be issued by
said justices, and returnable in six days next following, shall
appear before said justices, and shall, on oath or affirmation, by
the said justices to be administered, declare, that he verily
believes that he is entitled in manner aforesaid to the said lands,
tenements and messuages, in question, and shall, with two suf-
ficient sureties, enter into bond to the lessor or lessors, his, her
or their heirs or assigns, in such sum as the said justices shall
think proper, not less than three hundred pounds, to prosecute
his, her or their claims at the next county court which shall be
held in and for said county thereafter, that then, and not other-
wise, the said justices shall forbear to award restitution of the
possession as aforesaid, and cease to give judgment for the costs
as aforesaid ; provided also, that if the said claim shall not be
prosecuted as aforesaid, that the said justices shall proceed to
award restitution of the possession as aforesaid, and issue their
warrant as aforesaid, and give judgment and issue execution for
the costs as aforesaid, within ten days after the end of said court,
in the same manner as herein before enjoined and directed.
By 1831, ch. 318, sec. 11, the party obtaining the writ of certiorari must
give bond with security.
The mode of proceeding against tenants holding over in the city of Balti-
more, is regulated by 1831, ch. 318.
By 1831, ch. 318, sec. 9, no proceedings under this act to be set aside,
on appeal, for want of form.
By 1832, ch. 121, sec. 1, jurors summoned to try cases of forcible entry
and detainer, to be entitled to one dollar per diem., and on non-attendance,
subject to attachment and fine.

CHAPTER 45.

AN ACT for the better regulation of Apprentices.
Supplements, 1794, ch. 47; 1808, ch. 54; 1815, ch. 30; 1817, ch, 226;
1818, ch. 118, 189; 1820, ch. 99; 1821, ch, 124, 138; 1825, ch. 65; 1826,
ch. 155, 161. See Index word 'Apprentice.'

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it has been found by experience, that poor chil-
dren, orphans and illegitimate children, for want of some effi-
cient system, have been left destitute of support, and have
become useless or depraved members of society : And whereas
it would greatly conduce to the good of the public in general,
and of such children in particular, that necessary instructions in
trades and useful arts should be afforded them ; therefore,

Justices
way bind
out orphan
children,
&c.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the several and respective orphans courts,
shall and may bind out as an apprentice every orphan child,
(the increase or profits of whose estate, whether real or personal,