and the day of day of the in " day of every year; but he, the said A. B, shall not be liable to provide the said J. D. with lodging, food, apparel, washing, medicine, or medical attendance. Provided always, and it is hereby agreed between and by all the parties hereto, that in the event of the said A. B., or any future master dying, or ceasing to be the master of the said school, before the expiration of the said term of five years, the said J. D., and this present indenture of apprenticeship, shall be assigned or made over to the succeeding master for the time being, for the residue of the said term; and all the stipulations herein contained shall be as binding and effectual in › all respects, between such succeeding master for the time being on the one hand, and the said J. D. on the other hand, as if these presents had been entered into with and by such succeeding master in his own person. And the said A. B., so far as relates to the acts and defaults of himself, his executors and administrators, doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators; and the said T. U., W. X., andY. Z., so far as relates to the acts and defaults of every succeeding master of the said school, his executors, and administrators, do hereby for themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said J. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, and the said J. D. doth hereby, so far as he lawfully can, engage and agree with the said T. U., W. X., and Y. Z., their executors, administrators, and assigns, in manner following: (that is to say) that all such deeds and other acts in the law shall be made and entered into by the said A. B., his executors and administrators, and by the succeeding master or masters of the said school, and his or their executors and administrators, and by the said J.D., as shall be proper for effectuating the assignment of the apprenticeship of the said J. D., in manner aforesaid, aud for binding all the necessary parties to covenants and stipulations corresponding with the covenants and stipulations of these presents. Provided always, that if the said A. B., or any future master of the said school, shall be desirous of determining the apprenticeship of the said J. D., then and in any such case (although the said J. D. may not in any respect have conducted himself so as to entitle such master, independently of this present provision, to dismiss him or to procure his dismissal, by any justices of the peace or other competent authority), it shall be lawful for him, with the written consent of the trustees or trustee for the time being of the said school, to put an end to these presents by paying to the said J. D., in addition to the proportional arrears of his salary, such a further sum as he would have been entitled to if he had continued to serve as an apprentice under these presents, for the further period of twelve calendar months, or until the end of the said term of five years, which shall first happen. In witness, &c. 68 Form of Indenture for Apprenticeship of a Parish Apprentice. Form of Indenture for a Parish Apprentice to the Business of a Schoolmaster. of the poor of the said parish, of the first part; J. D., of the age of years, or thereabouts, a poor child of the said parish, of the second part; T. U. of and Y. Z. of W. X. of (trustees of the * National School†) of the third part; and A. B. of (master of the said* National Schoolt) of the fourth part : Witnesseth, that the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor, with the consent of N. O. of esquire, and P. Q. of esquire, two of Her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, whose names are hereunto subscribed, and in pursuance of an order in writing made by and under the hands and seals of the said N. O. and P. Q., bearing date the day of and also with the consent and approbation of the said T. U., W. X., and Y. Z., signified by their being parties to and executing these presents, do hereby place and bind the said J. D. apprentice to the said A. B., to serve him for five years from the date hereof in his business of a schoolmaster in the* National School* aforesaid And in consideration of the acceptance by the said A. B. of the said J. D. into his service, and of the covenants on the part of the said A. B. hereinafter contained, he, the said J. D., doth promise and engage that he will at all times during the said term of five years faithfully and diligently serve the said A. B. in his business of a schoolmaster in the* National Schoolt aforesaid, and will not, except from illness, absent himself from the said school during school-hours, and will conduct himself with honesty, sobriety, and temperance, and will not be guilty of any profane or lewd conversation or conduct, or of gambling or any other immorality. And in consideration of the premises, and of the premium or fee of pounds to the said A. B., by the said E. F., G. H., I. K., and L. M., paid on or immediately before the execution of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said A. B. doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said E. F., G. H., I. K., and L. M., their executors, administrators, and assigns, and also as a separate covenant with the said J. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, that he the said A. B. shall at all times during the said term, or so much thereof as he shall continue master of the said school, to the best of his ability, teach the said J. D. the business of a schoolmaster, as carried on in the said school, and afford him daily opportunities (Sundays and the usual school-holidays only excepted) of observing and practising the art of Here insert the name of the parish or district. † Or parish school, or school on the British system [as the case may be]. teaching in the said school under the superintendence of him the said A. B., and devote two hours in every evening (except as aforesaid) to the further personal instruction of the said J. D. in the several branches of useful learning usually taught in the said school, including reading, writing, arithmetic, mensuration, geography, the History of England, Scripture History, [and instruction in the principles of the Christian religion, according to the doctrines and discipline of the United Church of England and Ireland,]* with a view to perfecting him therein and qualifying him for a schoolmaster; and, at the expense in all things of the said A. B., provide the said J. D. with all proper lodging, food, apparel, washing, medicine, and medical attendance. Provided always, and it is hereby agreed between and by all the parties hereto, that in case the said A. B., or any future master to whom the said J. D. shall have been assigned in pursuance of this present proviso, shall cease to be the master of the said school before the expiration of the said term of five years, the said J. D. and this present indenture of apprenticeship shall, if the requisite consent of two justices of the peace can be obtained thereto, be assigned or made over to the succeeding master for the time being for the residue of the said term : and all the stipulations herein contained shall be as binding and effectual in all respects between such succeeding master for the time being, on the one hand, and the said J. D. on the other hand, as if these presents had been entered into with and by such succeeding master in his own person. And the said A. B., so far as relates to the acts and defaults of himself, his executors, and administrators, doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators; and the said T. U., W. X., and Y. Z., so far as relates to the acts and defaults of every succeeding master of the said school, his executors and administrators, do hereby, for themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said E. F., G. H., I. K., and L. M., their executors, administrators, and assigns, and also in each case as a separate covenant with the said J. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns; and the said J. D. doth hereby, as far as he lawfully can, engage and agree with the said T. U., W. X., and Y. Z., their executors, administrators, and assigns, in manner following; (that is to say) that all such deeds and other acts in the law shall be made and entered into by the said A. B., his executors and administrators, and by the succeeding master or masters of the said school, and his or their executors and administrators, and by the said J. D., as shall be proper for effectuating the assignment of the apprenticeship of the said J. D. in manner aforesaid, and for binding all the necessary parties to covenants and stipulations corresponding with the covenants and stipulations of these presents. *The clause in brackets will of course be omitted in the case of a pupil-teacher in a school on the British system. 70 Form of Justices' Allowance of Indenture of Apprenticeship. Form of Justices' Allowance of the above Indenture. WE, whose names are underwritten, justices of the peace, acting in and for the county of aforesaid, do consent to the placing out of J. D., an apprentice, according to the intent and meaning of this indenture, and do sign and seal this our allowance of such indenture of apprenticeship before the same has been executed by any of the other parties thereto, in pursuance of the statutes in such case made and provided. Given under our hands and seals this day of 18 NOTE. The 61st section of the Poor Law Amendment Act makes it incumbent on the justices to examine and ascertain whether the rules, orders, or regulations of the Poor Law Commissioners for the time being in force, for the binding of poor children apprentices, have been complied with, and to certify the same at the foot of the indenture; and without such certificate the indenture is void. This provision, which will take effect as soon as any such rules, orders, or regulations have come into operation, will therefore from that time require the vigilant attention of justices of the peace and parochial authorities. At present (March, 1840) no such rules, orders, or regulations have been promulgated. 18 between J. D. of Form of Indenture for Apprenticeship of a Pupil Teacher where his Father joins. THIS INDENTURE, made the day of trustees of the* A. B. of National School), of the third part; said (master of the said *National School), of the fourth part : Witnesseth, that the said J. D., of his own free will, and with the consent and approbation as well of the said C. D. as of the said T. U., W. X., and Y. Z., doth hereby place and bind himself apprentice to the said A. B., to serve him for five years from the date hereof, in his business of a schoolmaster in the* National Schoolt aforesaid. And in consideration of the acceptance by the said A. B. of the said J. D. into his service, and of the covenants on the part of the said A. B. hereinafter contained, the said C. D. doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant and agree, and the said J. D. doth promise and engage with and to the said A. B., his executors, administrators, and assigns, that the said J D. shall at all times during the said term of five years faithfully and diligently serve the said A. B. in his business of a schoolmaster in the* National School aforesaid, and shall not, except from illness, absent himself from the said school during school-hours, and shall conduct himself with honesty, sobriety, and temperance, and not be guilty of any profane or lewd conversation or conduct, or of gambling, or any other immorality. And for the considerations aforesaid the said C. D. doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, further covenant with the said A. B., his executors, administrators, and assigns, that he, the said C. D., his executors, and administrators, shall at all times during the said term provide the said J. D. with all proper lodging, food, apparel, washing, medicine, and medical attendance.‡ And in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinbefore contained on the part of the said C. D. and J. D., he the said A. B. doth hereby for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said C. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, and also as a separate covenant with the said J. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, that he the said A. B. shall at all times during the said term, or so much thereof as he shall continue master of the said school, to the best of his ability teach the said J. D. the business of a schoolmaster, as carried on in the said school, and afford him daily opportunities (Sundays and the usual school-holidays only excepted) of observing and practising the art of teaching in the said school, under the superintendence of him, the said A. B., and devote two hours in *Here insert the name of the parish or district. + Or parish school, or school on the British system [as the case may be]. Where it is part of the arrangement that all or any of these burdens should fall upon the master instead of the father of the boy, this covenant will of course be omitted, or altered accordingly, and a corresponding addition must be made to the master's covenants. |