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ACT XIX.
[A.D. 1850.
Magistrates and jus-
tices of the peace may-
act as guardians in cer-
tain cases.
be bound by gover-
nors, &c. of institu-
tion.
How boys may be
bound for sea service in
and in the Company's
vessels.
Commander of ship
to be deemed the agent
of the party taking the
apprentice.
Forms and conditions
of contract of appren-
By whom the con-
tract is to be signed.
Where contract is to
be deposited.
Certified copies to be
given to parties and re.
ceived as evidence.
III. Any magistrate, or justice of the peace, may act with all the
powers of a guardian under this Act, on behalf of any orphan, or poor
child abandoned by its parents, or of any child convicted before him, or
any other magistrate, of vagrancy, or the commission of any petty offence.
IV. An orphan or poor child brought up by any public charity, may
be bound apprentice by the governors, directors, or managers thereof, as
his or her guardians for this purpose.
V. Any such boy may be bound as an apprentice in the sea service to
any of her Majesty's subjects, being the owner of any registered ship
belonging to and trading from any port in the territories under the
Government of the East-India Company, which has been declared to be a
registering port under Act X. 1841, to be employed in any such ship, the
property of such person, commanded by a British subject, and, while so
employed, to be taught the craft and duty of a seaman.
VI. Any such boy may be bound in like manner for sea service in any
ship of the East-India Company belonging to any such port, commanded
by a British subject; in which case the contract shall be made with the
master-attendant at such port, or any ofhcer appointed to represent the
East-India Company in this behalf, who shall appoint the ship in which
such apprentice is to serve from time to time.
VII. The master or commander of any ship in which an apprentice
bound to the sea service shall be appointed to serve by the party to whom
he is bound, shall be deemed the agent of such party for the purpose of
this Act.
VIII. Every contract of apprenticeship shall be in writing, according
to the form given in the Schedule (A) annexed to this Act, or to the like
effect, which shall set forth the conditions agreed upon, particularly spe-
cifying the age of the apprentice, the term for which he is bound, and
what he is to be taught.
IX. Every such contract shall be signed by the person to whom the
apprentice is bound, and by the person by whom he is bound, and by the
apprentice, when he is of the age of fourteen years or more at the time of
binding; but when the apprentice is bound by the governors, directors, or
managers of a public charity, the signature of two of them, or of their
secretary or ofhcer, shall be sufficient on behalf of the persons binding the
apprentice.
X. No such contract shall be valid unless it be executed in the manner
aforesaid, nor until it has been deposited in the office of the chief magis-
trate of the place or district where it has been executed, or if the appren-
tice is bound to the sea service, in the office of the person appointed under
Act X. 1841, to make registry of ships at the port where the apprentice is
to begin his service; and the person in whose office any such contract is
deposited shall give to each of the parties a copy thereof, certihed under
his hand, which certified copies shall be received as evidence of the con-
ACT XIX.
[A.D. 1850.
Magistrates and jus-
tices of the peace may-
act as guardians in cer-
tain cases.
be bound by gover-
nors, &c. of institu-
tion.
How boys may be
bound for sea service in
and in the Company's
vessels.
Commander of ship
to be deemed the agent
of the party taking the
apprentice.
Forms and conditions
of contract of appren-
By whom the con-
tract is to be signed.
Where contract is to
be deposited.
Certified copies to be
given to parties and re.
ceived as evidence.
III. Any magistrate, or justice of the peace, may act with all the
powers of a guardian under this Act, on behalf of any orphan, or poor
child abandoned by its parents, or of any child convicted before him, or
any other magistrate, of vagrancy, or the commission of any petty offence.
IV. An orphan or poor child brought up by any public charity, may
be bound apprentice by the governors, directors, or managers thereof, as
his or her guardians for this purpose.
V. Any such boy may be bound as an apprentice in the sea service to
any of her Majesty's subjects, being the owner of any registered ship
belonging to and trading from any port in the territories under the
Government of the East-India Company, which has been declared to be a
registering port under Act X. 1841, to be employed in any such ship, the
property of such person, commanded by a British subject, and, while so
employed, to be taught the craft and duty of a seaman.
VI. Any such boy may be bound in like manner for sea service in any
ship of the East-India Company belonging to any such port, commanded
by a British subject; in which case the contract shall be made with the
master-attendant at such port, or any ofhcer appointed to represent the
East-India Company in this behalf, who shall appoint the ship in which
such apprentice is to serve from time to time.
VII. The master or commander of any ship in which an apprentice
bound to the sea service shall be appointed to serve by the party to whom
he is bound, shall be deemed the agent of such party for the purpose of
this Act.
VIII. Every contract of apprenticeship shall be in writing, according
to the form given in the Schedule (A) annexed to this Act, or to the like
effect, which shall set forth the conditions agreed upon, particularly spe-
cifying the age of the apprentice, the term for which he is bound, and
what he is to be taught.
IX. Every such contract shall be signed by the person to whom the
apprentice is bound, and by the person by whom he is bound, and by the
apprentice, when he is of the age of fourteen years or more at the time of
binding; but when the apprentice is bound by the governors, directors, or
managers of a public charity, the signature of two of them, or of their
secretary or ofhcer, shall be sufficient on behalf of the persons binding the
apprentice.
X. No such contract shall be valid unless it be executed in the manner
aforesaid, nor until it has been deposited in the office of the chief magis-
trate of the place or district where it has been executed, or if the appren-
tice is bound to the sea service, in the office of the person appointed under
Act X. 1841, to make registry of ships at the port where the apprentice is
to begin his service; and the person in whose office any such contract is
deposited shall give to each of the parties a copy thereof, certihed under
his hand, which certified copies shall be received as evidence of the con-