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after the 4th Monday-in- December, and allowed six days;
to the term.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
of laws in contravention of the foiegoing be,.and the.
same are hereby repealed.
Approved, February 23, 1866.
No. 120.] AN ACT
To. define the relative duties of master and apprentice.,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of,
Representatives of the ,tate of Alabama in General Assem-
bly convencd, That it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, jus-
officer6toretices of the peace, and other civil officers of the several
port destitute COUntieS in this State, to report to the probate courts of
~orie. their respective counties, at any time, all minors under
the age of eighteen years, within their respective coun-
ties, beats, or districts, who are orplmns without visible
means of support, or whose parent or parents have not
the means, or who refuse to provide for and suppcrt said
minors, and thereupon it shall be the duty of said pro-
hate court to apprentice said minor to some suitable and
competent person, on such terms-as the court may direct,
having a particular case to the interest of said miii6r;
Provided, If the said minor be the child of a freedman,
ProAiso. the former owner of said minor shall have the prefeence,
when proof shall be made that he or she shall be a suita-
ble person for that purpose, and provided, that the judge
of' probate shall make a record of all the proceedings in
such case, for which he shall be entitled to a compensation
of one dollar, to be paid by the master or mistress.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That when proof shall
be fully made before such court, that the person or per-
sons to whom said minor shall be apprenticed shall be a
suitable person to have the charge and care of said minor,
and fully to protect the interest of said minor, the said
Mtatrs to court shall require the said master or mistress to execuite
*'hNe banid. bond with security to the State of Alabama, conditioned
that lie or she shall furnish said minor with sufficient
food and clothing, to treat said minor humanely, furnish
medical attention in case of sickness, teach or cause to
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