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MASTER AND APPRENTICE. [ART. 54.

of the master or mistress of such apprentice, that he, or she, shall
give such apprentice reasonable education in reading, writing, and
arithmetic, to he particularized therein; and also teach such appren-
tice, especially if a male, some useful art or trade; and, in all cases,
supply suitable clothing and maintenance.

Id s 16
1793, c 45, 8 6,
1794, c 47, s 1,
1808, c 64,
1826, c 155, s 2
When justices
may bind

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 restric-
tions hereinbefore mentioned, and they may issue their citation to
the sheriff or constable to bring such child before them; provided,

Contract to he
approved by
court and re-
corded

the contract of apprenticeship so made shall, within two months
thereafter, be approved by the said Orphans' Court by an indorse-
ment thereon, and be recorded among the records of the said court.

Id s 17
1793, c 43, s 5
Trustees of the
poor, in county,
may bind out
orphans or chil-
dren in poor-
bouse

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, al-
ways giving preference to tradesmen and mechanics, and requiring
said applicants to sign a good and sufficient 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 hereinbefore required to be given to apprentices
bound by the Orphans' Court

Id s 18
1793, c 45, s. 5
Trustees to
lodge indenture
with register of
wills

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

Penalty for
neglect

dollars for every neglect, to be recovered by presentment in the
Circuit Court for the county where such child is bound, and applied
to the use of said county; and the said register shall receive and
record said indenture in the same manner as indentures taken by the
Orphans' Court.

Id s 19.
1793, c 45, s 6,
1808, c 54
Trustees of the
poor, in recess
of Orphans'
Court, may bind
out children of
paupers or
vagrants

Contract to be
approved by
court and re-
corded.

19. The trustees of the poor in any county may also, in the re-
cess of the Orphans' Court, upon information, issue their citation
to the sheriff, or any constable of the county, to cause to be brought
before them the child or children of any pauper or vagrant, and bind
them out as apprentices for the time and upon the terms hereinbefore
prescribed, provided, the contract of apprenticeship shall, within
two months thereafter, be approved by the said Orphans' Court, by
indorsement thereon, as aforesaid, and recorded among the records
of the said Orphans' Court

Id s 20
1703, c 45, s 4,
1793, c. 57, s 20,
1849, c 341
Father may
bind child.

20. Any father may bind out his child as an apprentice on rea-
sonable terms, for any time not longer than the full age of such
child — that is to say, boys till twenty-one, and girls till eighteen
years of age; and the terms of such apprenticeship, with the age
of the apprentice, shall be contained in an indenture under the
hand and seal of the father and master; and the said indenture
shall be lodged by the said master with the register of wills of the