Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-03

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SECTION ]. Be q enacted 6y tie Lcgfs-
i,nftae Of fle State Of Mississippi, That
ID shall be the duty Of all Sherifis, JUS
tiCes of the Peace, and other civil officers
Of the several counties i'm this state, TO
report 70 the probate courts Of their re-
Spective counties, semi-aunualy, at the
January and July terms of said courts,
all freedmen, free negroes and mulattOes,
under the age OF eighteen, within their
respective counties, beats OF districts,
who are orphans, or whose parentOr par
ents have not the means or who refuse
10 provide for and support said minors,
and thereupOn il shall be the duty of said
probate court, 10 order the clerk of said
court 20 apprentice said minors TO some
. competent and suitable person, on such
terms as the court may direct, having a
particular care 10 the interest of said
minor. Provided, That the former
owner Of said minors shall have the pref
erence, when in the opinion Of the court
lac OF She shall be a suitable person for
that purpose.
SIC. >. BE Il further enacted, That the
said court shall be fully satisfied that the
person or persons tc whom said minor
shall he apprenticed, shall be a suitable
person 10 have the charge and care Of
terest of said minor. The said court shall
require the said master or mistress 10 ex-
ecute bond and security, payable 10 the
State Of Mississippi, conditioned that he
or she shall furnish said minor with sufii-
cient food and clothing, to treat said mi |
nor hUmanely, furnish medical attention
in case Of sickness; teach or cause 10 be 7
taught him OF her TO read and write. il F.
under fifteen years old, and viii conform .
l. ~ d. !.
for the regulation of the duties and Tela-
tion Of master and apprentice: Provided, .
that said apprentice shall be bound by
indenUure, in case Of males until they are
tweuty-One years old, and in case Of fe-
males until they are eighteen years old.
SIC. 3. Be II further enacted That in
the management and control of said ap-
uren.ces. said master or mistress shall
have power 10 infiiCt such moderate cor
poreal chaSiiSement as a father OF guar
dian j. allowed 10 infiict on his or her
child or ward at common law Provided,
tina. I'm no case shall cruel or inhumane
punishment be inflicted.
SEC /. b. II further enacted, That If
any apprentice shall leave the employ
meut of his OF her master or mistress,
without his -or her consent, said master
or mistress may pursue and recapture
said apprentice, and bring him OF her be-
foreanv Justice Of the peace of the county,
whose duty IL shall be TO remand saidap-
preEtice u the service Of his or her mas
Ter or mistress and in the event Of "A re-
fusal on the part OF said apprentice 50 10
return, then said justice shall commit {
said apprentice 10 the Jail OF said county,
on failure 70 give bond, until the next
term of the county court; and it shall be
the duty of said court, at the first term
thereafter. 90 investigate said case, and if /
lhe court shall be ofopinion that said ap- '
prentice left the employment Of his or her
master or mistress without good cause,
20 order him OF, her 10 be punished, as
provided for the punishment Of hired
freedmen, as msy be from time TO time
provided for by law, for desertion, until
he or She shall agree to return 10 his or
her master or mistress: Provided, that
the court may grant conunuances, as in {
other cases; and provided, further, that
If the court shall believe that said appren-
tice had good cause TO quit his said mas
Ter or mistress, the court shall discharge
said apprentice from said iudenture, and
also enter a judgment against the master
or mistress, for not more than one hun
dred dollars, for tie use and benefit Of
said apprentice. To be collected on eXecu-
ton, as in other cases.
SEC. 5. Be II further enacted, That If
anv person entice away any apprentice
from his or her master Ga mistress, 0r
shall knowingly employ an apprentice,
OF furnish him or her food or clothing,
without the written consent Of his or her
master or mistress, or shall sell OF give
said apprentice ardent spirits, without
such consent, said person so offending
shall be deemed guilty Of high mlsde-
meanor, and shall, on conviction thereof
before the county court, be punished as
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cuticing from their employer hired freed
men. free negroes OF mulattoes.
SEC. g. Be n further enacted, That II
shall be- the duty Of all civil officers of
their respective counties 10 report any
minors within their respective counties,
70 said Probate court, who are subject To
be auprenticed under the provisions Of
this act, from time 10 time, a. the facts J
may come 10 their knowledge, and 10
shall be the duty Of said court, from time /
70 time, as said minors shall be reported !
TO them or otherwise come to their
knowledge. 20 apprentice said minors as
hereinbefore provided.
SIC. :. Be Il fjUfheT enacted, That in
case the master OF mistress Of any ap-
prentice shall desire, he OF she shall have
fhe privilege to summon his or her said
apprentice. tothepr0bate court and there
upon, with the approval Of the court, he
or she shall be released from all liability
as master or mistress Of said apprentice,
and his OF her said bond shall be can
celled. and it shall be the duty Of the
court forthwith 20 re-apprentice said nil
nor. and in the event any master
Of an apprentice shall die before the
close of the term Of service OF said appren-
tice. IL shall be the duty Of the court to
give the preference in re-apprenticing
said minor 10 the widow, or other mem
her Of said masters family Provided,
that said widow, or other member Of said
family shall be a suitable person for that
purpose.
SIC. S. BE Il further enacted, That in
case any master or mistress of any ap-
prentice bound % him or her under this
act, shall be about to remove, or SHAH ,
have removed 10 any other state Of the
In ted States by the laws Of which such
apprentice may be an inhabitant thereof,
the probate court OF the proper county
may authorize the removal Of such ap-
prentice TO such State, upon the said mas
Ter or mistress entering into bond, with
security, in "a penalty 10 be fixed by the
judge conditioned that said master or
mistress VIII, upon such removal, com
ply with the laws Of such State in such
cases Provided, that said master OF mis-
tress shall be cited to attend the court at
Mhlch slth order Is proposed 10 De MADE !
and shall have q right to resist the same !
by next friend, OF otherwise.
SEC. 9. Be + further enacted, That it !
shall be lawful for any freedman, free ne
gro OF mulatto, having minor child or
children, to apprentice the said minor
child or children as provided for by this
act.
SEC. 10. Be Il fsrfher enacted. That in
an cases where the age Of the freedman,
free negro or mulatto, cannot be ascer-
tanned by record testimony, the Judge Of
Tie county court shall fix the age.
SIC. III. Be il further enacted, That ,
this act take effect and be in force from
and after its passsge.-lAp Approved Nov.
sd, 1855.
THE APOSTLES CREED. r. Tradition
gives the origin to the Apostles Greed; /
the twelve assembled in council, before
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