ART. 6.] APPRENTICES. 33

tice shall be obliged to serve during the time adjudged by the
said court.

9. In all cases where an apprentice hath been taken from, or
detained against the will or consent of his master or mistress,
the master or mistress may recover possession of such ap-
prentice by action of replevin, as the owner of a personal chattel
may recover possession thereof.

WHITE APPRENTICES.

10. The Orphans' Courts in the several counties and the city
of Baltimore, may bind out as an apprentice to some manufac-
turer, mechanic, mariner, handicraftsman, or other person, at
their discretion, any orphan child, the increase or profits of whose
estate (whether real or personal) is not sufficient for the mainte-
nance, support or education of such orphan.

11. The said courts may also bind out as apprentices such
children as are suffering through the extreme indigence or
poverty of their parents, the children of beggars, illegitimate
children, and the children of persons out of the State, where
sufficient sustenance is not afforded.

12. When any child is about to be bound out, the parent or
parents of such child (if living in the county) shall be, summoned
to appear before the court, and the inclination of the said parents,
so far as is reasonable, shall be consulted in the choice of the
person to whom the said child shall be bound.

13. When any child shall be brought before the court for the
purpose of being bound out as an apprentice, if any relation or
other person will, with good and sufficient security, enter into
bond in the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for the due
and comfortable maintenance, and for the providing sufficient and
proper clothing for such child till of age, as hereinafter mentioned,
and also for the reasonable schooling and education of such child,
then the court shall not proceed to bind out such child.

14. The Orphans' Courts shall, in all cases, have power to issue
a citation to the sheriff, or any constable of the county, to cause
to be brought before them any child whom they may bind out
under the provisions of the preceding sections.

VOL. I.—3