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default thereof, may take away such apprentice from his master or
mistress, and place the said apprentice so cruelly used, under the care
of some other person, who shall be bound to have the apprentice before
the next circuit court or criminal court, to abide such determination as
shall be made.

1904, art. 6, sec. 8. 1888, art. G, sec. 8. 1860, art. 6, sec. S. 1793, ch. 45.

8. If any apprentice shall be convicted of any offence in consequence
of which judgment shall be entered against him for any fine or penalty
and costs, the court by which such judgment shall be rendered shall
adjudge and enter on their records the time for which such apprentice
shall serve his master or mistress after the expiration of his apprentice-
ship, in case the master or mistress will pay the fine or penalty and
costs; and if the said master or mistress pay the said fine or penalty and
costs, the said apprentice shall be obliged to serve during the time
adjudged by the said court.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1888, art. 6, sec. 9. 1860, art. 6, sec. 9. 1825, ch. 65.

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 apprentice by action of replevin,
as the owner of a chattel may recover possession thereof.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1888, art. 6, sec. 10. 1860, art 6, sec. 10.
1793, ch. 45.

10. The orphans' courts in the several counties and the city of Balti-
more may bind out as an apprentice to some manufacturer, 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 maintenance, support or education of such
orphan.

Object of the law providing for apprentices. Validity of the old negro
apprentice law (formerly embraced in article G, sections 31 to 40). Brown
v. State, 23 Md. 536.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1888, art. 6, sec. 11. 1860, art. 6, sec. 11. 1793, ch. 45.

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 to whom sufficient sustenance is not afforded.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1888, art. 6, sec. 12. 1860, art. 6, sec. 12. 1793, ch. 45.

12. When any child is about to be bound out, the parent or parents
of such child (if living in the county) shall be summoned1 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.

Cited but not construed in Brown v. State, 23 Md. 510.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1888, art. 6, sec. 13. 1860, art. 6, sec. 13. 1793, ch. 45.

13. When any child shall be brought before the court for the pur-
pose of being bound out as an apprentice, if any relation or other person