34 APPRENTICES. [ART. 6.

15. Every child bound out under the provisions of this article
shall, if a male, be bound until he arrives at the age of twenty-
one years; or if a female, the age of eighteen years. And the
said courts shall, in all cases, make it a part of the contract on the
part of the master or mistress of such apprentice, that he or she
shall give such apprentice reasonable education in reading, writ-
ing and arithmetic, to be particularized therein; and also teach
such apprentice, especially if a, male, some useful art or trade;
and in all cases supply suitable clothing and maintenance.

16. Any two justices of the peace of such county may bind
out as an apprentice any child which the said court may bind,
upon the terms and for the time, and subject to the regulations
and restrictions hereinbefore mentioned—and they may issue
their citation to the sheriff or constable to bring such child before
them; Provided, the contract of apprenticeship so made shall,
within two months thereafter, be approved by the said Orphans'
Court by an endorsement thereon, and be recorded among the
records of the said court.

17. The trustees of the poor in any county, or any three of
them, or any officers in any county acting as trustees of the poor,
may bind' out any orphan or other poor child under their
care in the poor house of said county, to any discreet person
applying therefor—always giving preference to tradesman and
mechanics, and requiring said applicants to sign a good and suffi-
cient indenture to learn said apprentice the occupation that he
follows, and to find him in good and sufficient clothing, meat,
drink, washing and lodging, and give him education as herein-
before required to be given to apprentices bound by the Orphans'
Court.

18. Every indenture taken under the preceding section shall
be lodged with the Register of Wills of the county where the
same is taken, by any one of the trustees of the poor of said
county, within thirty days after the execution thereof, under the
penalty of ten dollars for every neglect, to be recovered by pre-
sentment in the Circuit Court for the county where such child is
bound, and applied to the use of said county; and the said re-
gister shall receive and record said indenture in the same man-
ner as indentures taken by the Orphans' Court.

19. The trustees of the poor in any county may also, in the
recess of the Orphans' Court, upon information, issue their cita-