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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1868.

support or education, of said child,) to some manufacturer, me-
chanic, mariner, handicraftsman, or other person, at the discre-
tion of said justices : And whereas by the said act no power is
given to the justices of the orphans court, trustees of the poor,
or any two justices of the peace, to have sucth children brought
before them for the purposes aforesaid ; therefore,

Orphans
courts
authorized
to bind out
children of
vagrants,
&c.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the several and respective orphans courts of
this state, and in their recess, the trustees of the poor, or any
two justices of the peace, upon information, shall have power,
and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed, to
issue a citation to the sheriff or any constable of the county, to
cause to be brought before them respectively, the child or chil-
dren of any pauper or vagrant, or the child or children of lazy,
indolent and worthless free negroes, and bind them out as ap-
prentices, agreeably to the provisions of the acts to which this

Proviso.

is a supplement; Provided always, that the contract of appren-
ticeship so made shall be approved and recorded agreeably to
the sixth section of the said law.

CHAPTER 71.

A further SUPPLEMENT to the Act, entitled, an Act for the relief of
sundry Insolvent Debtors, passed at November session, eighteen hun-

*Chap. 110.

dred and five.*
See notes to the original act, ante page 530.

Preamble.

WHEREAS by the construction which has been given by
some of the courts of this state to the third section of an act,
supplementary to 'an ftct to which this is also a supplement,
passed at November session, eighteen hundred and seven, it
appears that the object of the legislature thereby contemplated
has not been accomplished ; therefore,

Imprisoned
debtor, may
without
previous
notice,
make appli-
cation to
court or
judge, who
may dis-
charge him
from impri-
sonment,
&c,
(*her)

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That any imprisoned debtor may hereafter, immediately upon
his or her confinement, without any previous notice, make
application, by petition in writing, to the court of the county in
which he or she shall be so imprisoned, or to any judge thereof,
upon his or her complying with the other provisions of the said
original act, and the supplements thereto, except that provision
which requires the assent of two-thirds of his or * creditors, and
it shall thereupon be lawful for the said court or judge to order
the sheriff, or other officer in whose custody he or she shall be,
to bring him or her before such court or judge, at a certain time
in the said order to be appointed, for the purpose of taking the
oath, or affirmation, in the said original act prescribed to be
taken by an insolvent debtor, and the said sheriff, or other
officer, shall obey the said order, and shall be entitled to a pre-
ference, aftei a discharge of all liens on the said debtor's estate.