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death of his master, and shall be subject to the control and

directions of the widow until the said apprentice shall be dis-
charged 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.

P. G. L., (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 apprentice shall be
bound to perform the residue of the contract as if the master
had been an original party thereto; and the gratuity or consider-
ation, 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. 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 husband, 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.

Ibid. 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