ART. 6.] JURISDICTION OF ORPHANS' COURT. 51

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 6, sec. 2. 1842, ch. 25. 1847, ch. 16S.

2. Either party feellng himself aggrieved by the decision or
judgment of the orphans' court under the provisions of the pre-

ceding section, may appeal to the circuit court for the county, or
superior court of Baltimore city; provided, such appeal be made
within thirty days after the decision or judgment of the orphans'

court.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1793, ch. 45.

3. If it shall appear to the court that the contract has been

violated on the part of the master or mistress, or that the com-
plaint of such apprentice is well founded, the court may proceed
to fine the said master or mistress according to the offence, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five dollars for the first offence; and for
the second offence, any sum not exceeding fifty dollars.

Ibid. sec. 4 1793, ch. 45.

4. The orphans' court may, in their discretion, discharge any
apprentice because of imposition, or of the ill behavior of the
master or mistress, or of the hardness or unreasonableness of the
terms of the contract, and shall provide such apprentice a new
master, of the same trade or occupation as the first; and if the

original contract was hard and unreasonable, such new contract
shall be made as the court shall direct; and such new master

shall be bound to do and perform the contract in the same man-
ner that the original master ought to have done, and shall also
pay unto the original master such sum of money as shall be
adjudged reasonable by any two or three persons of the same
trade or occupation, to be appointed by the court.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1793, ch. 45

5. Upon petition of any master or mistress, the orphans' court
may discharge him or her from his or her contract, because of an
incorrigible temper, or of the ill behavior of an apprentice.

Ibid, sec 6. 1793, ch. 45.

6. No master or mistress of an apprentice bound within this
State, shall send or carry his or her said apprentice out of the
State. Any justice of the peace, on being credibly informed, or