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any apprentice may detain the said apprentice in his or her
service till such apprentice shall be discharged by the court,
and may maintain such action against strangers as if such
apprentice had been legally bound to serve.

1888, art. 6, sec. 26. 1860, art. 6, 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
apprentice 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.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1860, art. 6, 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 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.

Ibid. sec. 28. 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