LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1817.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the further duty
of said register, immediately after the execution of any inden-
ture relative to the apprenticeship of any such emigrant, to
transmit the same to the clerk of the county court of the county
where such emigrant shall arrive, there to be recorded, for which
recording the said clerk shall be entitled to receive the fees usual
for recording such writings, to be paid by the persons to whom
such indenture shall be made ; and the said register shall keep
an accurate register or account of the name or names of every
person indented or bound before him as aforesaid, their sex,
age, time of appreticeship or servitude, the country whence
they came, to whom bound, and transmitted by said register as
aforesaid for record.

Farther
duty.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That no minor under the age of
twenty-one years shall be indented before the said register,
except by his or her parents, or next of kin ; and in default of
relatives, then by the direction of the orphans court of the
county where such emigrant shall arrive.

No minor
to be
indented
except by
parents.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That every such indenture shall
contain a covenant or stipulation by the master or mistress of
any minor under the age of twenty-one years, to give to such
minor, annually, at least two months schooling during his or
her apprenticeship or servitude.

Covenant
to inden-
ture.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no emigrant shall in any case
be bound to serve longer than four years, unless in case of male
minors, under the age of seventeen years, and female minors
under the age of fourteen years, who may be obliged to serve
any period so that the males may be free at the age of twenty-
one years, and the females at eighteen.

No emi-
grant to
serve
longer than
four years.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That no German or Swiss emi-
grants arriving within any port, harbour, or place in this state,
shall be detained on board of the vessel in which he or she
arrived, longer than thirty days after such arrival, and during
this detention, such emigrants shall receive from the master,
consignee, or owners of such vessel, good and sufficient provi-
sions, without any increase in the period of apprenticeship or
servitude, or any cost or charge on such emigrants.

Not to be
detained
longer on
board ves-
sels than
thirty days,
&c.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if any emigrants shall be
longer detained, or shall receive cruel or ill-treatment from the
master or officer on board of said vessel, or shall take sick, or be
otherwise incapable of remaining on board, it shall be the duty
of the register, after being informed of the complaint, to commu-
nicate the same to the judge of the county court of the county
where such emigrant shall arrive, or to a judge of the Baltimore
city court, if the emigrant shall arrive in the port of Baltimore,
who on being satisfied of the correctness of the statement, may
order and direct that such emigrant shall, with his property, be

Penalty for
ill-treat-
ment.