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tard child was

born to pay, to the officers of

the parish to

which the mo

ther is removed, so much per week for support of child(a).

141. Prescribed form of indenture of binding

apprentice to a

chimney

refuse to part with the
order and direct you
within parish of

said child. Now we, the justices aforesaid, do hereby
the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the
to pay to, or reimburse the churchwardens and over-
seers of the within parish of
the weekly sum of
for and towards
the sustentation and maintenance of the said illegitimate child, from the day of
the date of this order so long as the said child shall remain with his [or, her]
said mother and be chargeable to the within parish of

As witness our hands and seals, this
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

day of

in the year 6

A. B. (L. S.)
C. D. (L. S.)

See the form prescribed by the statute 28 Geo. III. c. 48, schedu ante, 434.

sweeper.

142. Prescribed

form of approbation thereof by justices.

143. Prescribed form, in parish indenture, of persons to be added to the covenant for maintenance, in case of death of master.

144. Prescribed form, in parish indenture, of order of two justices, directing a parish apprentice to continue with widow of master.

145. Prescribed form of like order by a separate

instrument.

146. Prescribed form of assignment of a parish apprentice with the consent of two justices by indorsement on the indenture or counterpart.

147. Prescribed form of like assignment by a separate instrument.

See the form prescribed by the statute 28 Geo. III. c. 48, scheda ante, 435.

See form prescribed by 32 Geo. III. c. 57, schedule A., ante, 440.

See form prescribed by 32 Geo. III. c. 57, schedule B., ante, 440.

See the form prescribed by the 32 Geo. III. c. 57, schedule C., ante, 4

See the form prescribed by the 32 Geo. III. c. 57, schedule D., ante, Ai

Idem, schedule E., ante, 441.

(a) Ante, 286, 719.

See form prescribed by 42 Geo. III. c. 46, ante, 441 to 443.

Prescribed form of conviction, under 56 Geo. III. c. 139, s. 15, p. 450.

County of

Whereas

{

the master of the apprentice in the within indenture
· mentioned, is about to quit his present residence, at
remove out of the same county of

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148. Prescribed form of register of every apprentice, to be kept by over

seers.

149. Prescribed form of conviction.

and to

150. Assignment of apprentice.

or at least forty miles was bound apprentice, and

to wit. from the place of residence where the said has given fourteen days' previous notice, in writing, to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of (a) the apprentice, as also the said

And whereas the said
and the overseers of the poor
did on the day of the date hereof, appear before

of the said parish of
us, the justices aforesaid, and upon enquiry we do find (b)
And we, the said justices, do hereby order that the said
aforesaid, may (c)

the apprentice
And we do further order that the said
the intended new
as and for the expence of assign-
as aforesaid, being, in

do pay to

the sum of

the former master of the said master of the said

ing or binding of the said apprentice to the said
our judgment, a reasonable part and proportion of the original apprentice fee,
paid to the said
on h being bound an apprentice to the said

County of

ן

in the year of

[To be signed by the churchwardens, overseers, and parties.]

Whereas G. H. and I. K., the overseers of the poor of the parish of in the county of have, on this to wit. in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord the now King William the Fourth, at the parish of in the said county, brought before us, A. B. and C. D., two of his Majesty's justices assigned to keep the peace in, and acting in and for the said county of hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanours committed in the said county, O. P., a poor child of the age of (d) ten years and upwards, belonging to and having a settlement in the said parish of in the said county, and whose parents, M. P. and N. P., are not able to maintain such child: and the said G. H. and I. K., as such overseers of the poor of the parish of aforesaid, have proposed to us, the said justices, to bind such child to be an apprentice to one Y. Z., of the parish of county of and residing within the distance of (e)

in the

miles from

the parish and place to which the said child belongs, and, as an apprentice, with
him the said Y. Z., to dwell and serve until the said O. P. shall attain the age of
years (f)
according to the statutes in such case made and pro-
vided: And whereas we, the said justices, having now here enquired into the
propriety of binding such child apprentice to the said Y. Z., (being the person to
whom it hath been so proposed by such overseers of the poor to bind such child as
aforesaid ;) and having particularly inquired and considered whether such
person doth reside and have his place of business within a reasonable distance

(a) The parish in which the appren

tice resides at the time of removal.

(b) Here insert whether the apprentice is to continue with his master in another parish, or whether to be assigned or discharged.

(e) Here insert as above.

(d) The child's age must exceed nine years.

(e) If in another county, insert forty. (f) Or, if a female, add, or until the time of her marriage, which shall first happen.

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from the place to which such child doth so belong, as aforesaid, having regard to the means of communication between such places, and whether any circumstances make it fit in the judgment of us, the said justices, that such child should be placed apprentice at a greater distance, (a)

and having

particularly enquired of the said G. H. and I. K., and M. P. and N. P., and
otherwise, as to the distance of the residence and place of business of the said
Y. Z. (the person to whom it hath been so proposed to bind such child, and the
means of communication therewith); having, also, now here inquired into the
circumstances and character of the said Y. Z., we, the said justices, upon such
examination and enquiry, do think it proper that such child should be bound
apprentice to the said Y. Z. Now, therefore, we, the said justices, do declare.
that the said Y. Z. is a fit person to whom the said child may be properly bound
apprentice as aforesaid; and we do, therefore, hereby order and direct, that the
said G. H. and I. K., the overseers of the poor aforesaid, of the parish of
aforesaid, being the place to which such child doth belong, shall be and are a
liberty to bind such child apprentice accordingly.

Given under our hands and seals this
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

day of

in the year

A. B. (L. S.)

C. D. (L. S.)

152. Indenture of apprentice.

(whereof one is as an appre

We, A. B. and C. D., esquires, whose names are hereunder written, two d his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of the quorum), do consent to the putting forth O. P., of tice, according to the intent and meaning of this indenture; it having been proved upon oath, before us, that due notice, in writing, has been given by the overseers of the poor of the parish of (the parish binding such appro

tice), to the overseers of the poor of the parish of (the parish in whic such apprentice is to serve), of such binding being intended, and do sign tha our allowance of such apprenticeship before the same hath been executed a any of the other parties thereto, in pursuance of the statute in such case mak and provided.

Dated this

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eigh

hundred and thirty-one.

A. B. (L. S.
C. D. (L. S.)

We, (b) E. F. and G. H., esquires, whose names are hereunder written, twod his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of (whereof one is j the quorum), do consent to the putting forth O. P., of as an apprentis according to the intent and meaning of this indenture; and do sign this allowance of such indenture of apprenticeship, before the same hath be executed by any of the other parties thereto, in pursuance of the statute în stil case made and provided.

day of

This indenture, made the
in the first year of the reg
of our sovereign lord William the Fourth, by the grace of God of the Unin
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, and int
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, Witnesseth, the
R. S. and T. V., churchwardens of the parish of
in the county of

and W. X. and Y. Z., overseers of the poor of the said parish
(by an
with the consent of the two of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the

(a) If father and mother examined, 448, and Rex v. Stephens, 8 Bar. & Cr state so; if dead, say so.

(b) As to this allowance, see ante,

772.

county of

whose names are in the margin of this indenture subscribed, and also by and with the consent of and two of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of whose names are also in the margin of this indenture subscribed, and by virtue and in pursuance of an order in writing, hereon indorsed, made by and under the hands and seals of the said justices of the peace of the said county of in pur

and

suance of the statute in that case made and provided, bearing date the
day of
instant (a), have put and placed, and by these presents do put
and place
aged fourteen years, or thereabouts, a poor child of the said
parish of
apprentice to
of the parish of
in the county
of
with him to dwell and serve, from the day of the date of these pre-
sents, until the said apprentice shall accomplish his full age of twenty-one
years (b) according to the statute in that case made and provided; During all
which term the said apprentice his said master faithfully shall serve, in all law-
ful businesses, according to his power, wit and ability, and honestly, orderly,
and obediently, in all things demean and himself towards his said master and all
his
during the said term; And the said
for himself,
his executors and administrators, doth covenant and grant, to and with the said
churchwardens and overseers of the poor, and every of them, their and every of
their executors and administrators, and their and every of their successors for
the time being, by these presents, that he the said
the said apprentice
shall and will teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed
in the best way and manner that he can
And shall and will, during all
the term aforesaid, find, provide, and allow unto the said apprentice, competent and
sufficient meat, drink, and apparel, lodging, washing, and all other things neces-
sary and fit for an apprentice: Provided always, that the said last-mentioned
covenant on the part of the said
h executors and administrators, to be
done and performed, shall continue and be in force for no longer time than three
calender months next after the death of the said
in case he the said

in

shall happen to die during the apprenticeship, according to the provision of an act passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for the further regulation of parish apprentices," and also of another act passed in the fifty-sixth year of his late Majesty, intituled, “An Act to regulate the binding of parish apprentices:" And also shall and will so provide for the said apprentice, that he be not any way a charge to the said or parishioners of the same; but of and from all charge, shall and will harmless and indemnified, during the said term.

save the parish of
In witness whereof the parties above-said to the present indenture interchange-
ably have set their hands and seals, the day and year above-written.

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(L. S.)

'County of Whereas G. H. and I. K., the overseers of the poor of the parish

to wit.

of

have, on this

day of

in the county of
in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord the now
in the said county, brought

King William the Fourth, at the parish of
before us, A. B. and C. D., two of his Majesty's justices assigned to keep the
peace, acting in and for the said county of
and also to hear and deter-
mine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors committed in the said
county, O. P., a poor child of the age of ten (c) years, and upwards, belonging to
and having a settlement in the said parish of
in the said county, and
whose parents M. P. and N. P. are not able to maintain such child; and the
said G. H. and I. K., as such overseers of the poor of the parish of
said, have proposed to us, the said justices, to bind such child to be an apprentice
to one Y. Z. of the parish of
in the county of
he the said Y. Z.

(a) An indenture in which the date of the order is omitted, is void, and no settlement is gained by serving under it, see Rex v. Banburgh, 2 Bar. & Cres. 222.

(b) If the pauper intended to be bound

afore

be a female, the alternative of marriage
must be inserted, in pursuance of 18
Geo. III, c. 47, viz. "or until she shall
marry, as shall first happen."

(c) The child's age must exceed nine

years.

153. Justices' order for binding apprentice at upwards of forty miles' distance.

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tlements.

aforesaid, at a greater disaforesaid, to which such

years (b)

residing (a) out of the same county of
tance than forty miles from the parish of
child so belongs as aforesaid; and the said parish of
to which such
child so belongs as aforesaid, being also more than forty miles from the city of
London, and, as an apprentice, with him the said Y. Z., to dwell and serve until
the said O. P. shall come to the age of
according to the
statutes in such case made and provided: And whereas we, the said justices,
having now here enquired into the propriety of binding such child apprentice to
the said Y. Z., (being the person to whom it hath been so proposed by such over-
seers to bind such child as aforesaid), and having particularly inquired and con-
sidered whether such person doth reside and have his place of business within a
reasonable distance from the place to which such child doth so belong, as afore
said, (having regard to the means of communication between such places, and
whether any circumstances make it fit, in the judgment of us the said justices,
that such child should be placed apprentice at a greater distance) (c) and
having particularly enquired of the said G. H. and I. K., and the said M.
P. and N. P., and otherwise, as to the distance of the residence and place of
business of the said Y. Z., (the person to whom it hath been so proposed to bind
such child, and the means of communication therewith); having, also, now here
inquired into the circumstances and character of the said Y. Z. And whereas,
also, we, the said justices, have now here particularly enquired into and con
sidered the grounds for allowing of the apprenticing of such child to the said
Y. Z., so residing and having an establishment in trade, at a greater distance
than forty miles from the said parish and place to which such child so belongs, as
aforesaid, we do hereby find the grounds following; that is to say, (d)
And whereas also, on such examination and enquiry, we, the said justices, think
it proper that such child should be bound apprentice to the said Y. Z., notwith-
standing he the said Y. Z. resides (e)
Now, therefore, we, the said
justices, do declare, that the said Y. Z. is a fit person to whom the said child may
be properly bound as apprentice, as aforesaid; and we do therefore hereby ordn
and direct that the said G. H. and I. K., the overseers of the poor of the parish
of
aforesaid, being the place to which such child doth belong, shall be,
and are at liberty to bind such child apprentice accordingly.

Given under our hands and seals, this
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

day of

in the year of

A. B. (L. S.)
C. D. (L. S.)

154. Churchwardens' and overseers' certi. ficate of settlement of a person in their parish (f).

To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of

county of

in the

We the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of to wit. S in the county of do hereby certify, own and acknowledge. that E. F., labourer, is an inhabitant legally settled in our parish of aforesaid.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Attested by

A. B.
C. D.

(a) Or, according to the facts, "having an establishment in trade at which it is intended such child should be employed." (b) Or, if a female, add, "or until the time of her marriage, which shall first happen."

(c) If father and mother examined, state so; or if dead, say so.

(d) Here set out the reasons, according to the fact, thus, because it appears to us, the said justices, that there is no