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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0251 and id is 1 raw text is: 34 LAWS OF FLORIDA.
1805.Cuxt'mm 1,471-[No. 8.]
AN ACT In relation it Aplpretices.
Snarm. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and .Jouse of Jeprc-
Czllldron my sentativesiof the State qt'M lorida i,'ener, d Assembly convened.
beboe o,touta, That it shalil be lawful for any parent oi- guardian, having the
apprcntlc e oContol or it child timdlt sixtc('i yearsi of age, with the apptroval
of the Judge. of Probate of the county in which such parent or
guardian may be a resident at the time, to hind out, as an ap-
prentice, the said child, Jor any period not to extend beyond tho
time when such child shall arrive at the age of twenty-one yeats,
if*:a male, and eighteen years, it I feimale, to some suitable person,
who shall covenant in the articles of apprenticeship to teach the
Indeltures, said apprentice some art, trade, husbandry, or other business, to
be particularized in said articles, and also the elements of reading
and writing, and to give him' r her a new suit of clothes,
blanket and shoes at tie expiration of said term of' apprentice-
ship.
s,c. 2. -be it fitrt/er ena:ted, That in all cases when the child
Asent o cid proposed to be apprenticed uinder the prov sions of the first
section of, this act, shell le of the age ot sixteen years or over,
his or her assent, to he evidciied by his or her signature to the
articles of a]ppreaticeship), shall be required to give validity to
the same.
St-c. 3. Pe it further emtted, That in all Cases when a parent
Children or va. having control of a child under sixteen years of age, shall be
it t,, a e ad.iudjed to l a vagrant, the court rendering the judgment shall
tice. also proceed to bind out stch child as anl lpl'e;tice agreeably
to the provisions and upon the sante terms as an apprentice in the
first section of this act.
Sc. 4. Bie itf'rtier eaicted, That whenever any person shall
Chlldren of
p al3r, tobo apply to be placed upon the paup~er list of the county, the Board
flco.ndappren- of County Commissioners, upon granting tite xplicatimn, may
flee. in their discretion reqnire that the children of such applicant,
under the age of sixteen years, shall be bound out as appren-
tices, upon the terms prescribed in the first section of this act.
Sc. 5. Re it tw'/sher rnaeted, Tlhat whenever any chill under
Abandoned sixteen years or th
children to be *y o shall he abandoned by the father, and for
boun dappren, whom lie fils to provide support and maintenance, snch child may
tlce. be bound outt by the .fIdge of Probate, in aocordance with the
provisions of the first section of this act; but no such child shall
be bound out nuloss with tile tssent of the mother, or unless she
be tIllable or neglects to provide for its support aid imaintenance.
Puishm.ent for S 3. lie it.'ther enacted, 'That if any parent, guardian, or
cl.ntilleg ally other person shall in any natmer entice, take, carry away, or
apprentIco, cause the saute to be done, any child from the possession or mer-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0251&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)