ART. 6.] JURISDICTION OF ORPHANS' COURT. 53

P. G. L. (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 posses-
sion thereof.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1793, ch. 45.

10. The orphans' courts in the several counties and the city of
Baltimore, may bind out as an apprentice to some manufacturer,
mechanic, mariner, handicraftsman, or other person, at their dis-
cretion, 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.

Ibid, 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 ont of the State to whom
sufficient sustenance is not afforded.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1798, 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 summoned
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.

Ibid, sec 18. 1793, ch. 45.

13. When any child shall be brought before the court for the
purpose of being bound out as an apprentice, if any relation or

other person will, with good and sufficient security, enter into
bond in the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for the due
and comfortable maintenance, and for the providing sufficient
and proper clothing for such child till of age, as hereinafter men-
tioned, and also for the reasonable schooling and education of
such child, then the court shall not proceed to bind out such.
child.

Johnson v. Brannaman, 10 Md. 496.