266 ARTICLE 6.

An. Code, sec. 26. 1904, sec. 26. 1888, 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 said 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 appren-
tice 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.

An. Code, sec. 27. 1904, sec. 27. 1888, 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 apprentice
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. '

An. Code, sec. 28. 1904, sec. 28. 1888, 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 apprentice shall be bound to perform
the residue of the contract as if the master had been an original party
thereto'; and the gratuity of consideration, if any, received by the widow
for such apprentice's time, shall be to her own use, and shall not be con-
sidered as assets of the deceased husband.

An. Code, sec. 29. 1904, sec. 29. 1888, 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 hus-
band, and the widow shall make good and strictly comply with the terms of
the contract with her deceased husband; but if the widow shall not think
proper to keep such apprentice girl, she shall carry her to the orphans' court
of the county and deliver her up, when she shall be again bound out, as
hereinbefore directed.

An. Code, sec. 30. 1904, sec. 30. 1888, sec. 30. 1793, ch. 45.

30. In every case where the consent of the father cannot be obtained
by the widow of any deceased master, to assign the residue of the contract