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compel the terms, or any part of the terms, to be performed by the
master or mistress, or by the apprentice, as justice and equity may
require; and the master or mistress of any apprentice may detain the
said apprentice in his or her service till such apprentice shall be dis-
charged by the court, and may maintain such action against strangers
as if such apprentice had been legally bound to serve.

1904, art. 6. sec. 26. 1888, art. 6, sec. 26. 1860. art. 6, sec. 26.
1793, ch. 45. 1818. ch. 189.

26. If any apprentice shall abscond or run away from his master
or mistress, or in any way absent himself from the service of Raid master
or mistress, the orphans' court may, during the whole of the remainder
of the time during which such apprentice hath to serve, or at any time
within five years thereafter, award such compensation to be made by
such apprentice to his master, either by service or payment of money,
as justice and equity may require, and may enforce payment so awarded
by an attachment for contempt against his person or fieri facias against
his goods.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1888. art. 6. sec. 27. 1860, art. 6, sec. 27. 1793, ch. 45.

27. Every apprentice whose master shall die and leave a widow shall
continue at his home and business as before the death of his master, and
shall be subject to the control and direction of the widow until the said
apprentice shall be discharged by the orphans' court, or dealt with as
hereinafter directed; and the orphans' court may continue any appren-
tice in her service so long as they shall be satisfied that the widow hath
it in her power to fulfil and doth fulfil the contract made with her
husband; and the harborers of any such apprentices, before they are
discharged by the court, shall suffer the same penalties as the harborers
of other apprentices.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1888. art. 0. sec. 28. 1860, art. 6, sec. 28. 1793. ch. 45.
1794, ch. 47. 1814, ch. 104. 1830. ch. 64.

28. The widow of any master of a male apprentice may, with the
approbation of the orphans' court, if the apprentice was bound by the
orphans' court, or the trustees of the poor, or two justices of the peace,
the directors of the Maryland penitentiary, or managers of the house
of refuge, or if the said apprentice was bound by his father, with the
approbation of the father, assign the whole residue of the contract, on
such consideration as she may agree for, to some other person of the
same trade with the first master; and the new master and the appren-
tice shall be bound to perform the residue of the contract as if the
master had been an original party thereto; and the gratuity of consid-
eration, if any, received by the widow for such apprentice's time, shall
be to her own use, and shall not be considered as assets of the deceased
husband.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1888. art. 6. sec. 29. 1860 art 6 sec 29
1793, ch. 45.

29. Where a female child is bound out to a married man, she shall
serve out the residue of her time with the widow, on the death of the