Appeal allowed to general or quarter sessions within three months after offence committed," on giving notice in writing to the justices and to the person or persons interested in such appeal, within twenty-one days after the, act appealed against shall have taken place; and if such appeal shall be against any conviction, then entering into recog nizance with two sureties before any justice of the county to appear at such general or quarter sessions, and abide the judgment of the court, and pay the costs which may be awarded. The appeal to be to the county sessions, and not to any district or liberty within the same. s. 17. Provisions and penalties of this act to extend to churchwardens having the power and authority of Justice's permission to bind Apprentice, under 56Geo. III. c. 139. to wit: Whereas A. B. and C. D. overseers of the poor of the parish of in the county of, have on this day of, in the 57th year of the reign of His present Majesty, at the parish of ― in the said county, brought be fore us J. C. and S. P. Esquires, justices assigned to keep the peace in and for the said county of, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said county committed, T. F., a poor male [or, female, as the case may, be] child, of the age of and upwards (the child's age must exceed nine years], belonging to and having a settlement in the said parish of in the said county, and whose parents E. F. and C. F. are not able to maintain such child. And the said A. B. and C. D. as such overseers of the parish of, have proposed to us the said justices to bind such child to be an apprentice to one G. H. of the parish of in the county of and residing within the distance of forty miles from the parish and place to which the said child doth belong, and as an apprentice with him the said G. H. to dwell and serve, until the said T. F. shall come to the age of years, for, if a female, add, or until the time of her mar riage, which shall first happen,] according to the statutes in such case made and provided. And whereas we the said J. C. and S. P. having now here enquired into the propriety of binding such child apprentice to the said G. H. being the person to whom it hath been so proposed by such overseers to bind such child as aforesaid: And whereas we the said justices have now here particularly enquired and considered whether such person doth reside and have his place of business within a reasonable distance from the place to which such child doth so belong as aforesaid, having regard to the means of communication be tween such places, and whether any circumstances make it fit in the judgment of us the said justices that such child should be placed apprentice at a greater distance. [And whereas also we have now here examined the said E. F. and C. F. the father and mother of the said child, and who reside in the said parish and place to which the said child doth belong, if this was not done, the words within these brackets should be omitted:] And we have now here particularly enquired of the said E. F. and C. F. and otherwise, as to the distance of the residence and place of business of the said G. H. the person to whom it hath been so proposed to place such child, and the means of communication therewith. And whereas also we the said justices have also now here enquired into the circumstances and character of the said G. H. and on such examination and enquiry we the said justices think it proper that such child should be bound apprentice to the said G. H. Now therefore we the said justices do declare that the said G. H. is a fit person to whom the said child may be properly bound as apprentice as aforesaid; and we do therefore hereby order and direct that the said A. B. and C. D. the overseers of aforesaid, being the place to which such child doth belong, shall be and are at li berty to bind such child apprentice accordingly. Given under our hands and seals, this day of in the year of our Lord 1817. J. C. S. P. ༔ ་ ་ Parish Indenture of Apprenticeship, under same Statute. THIS INDENTURE made the day of in the 57th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord 1817, witnesseth that J. K. and L. M. churchwardens of the parish of, in the county of ——, and A. B. and C. D. overseers of the poor of the said parish, by and with the consent of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of whose names are hereunto subscribed, and by virtue and in pursuance of an order in writing made by aud under the hands and seals of J. C. and S. P. Esquires, justices of the peace in and for the said county, in pursuance of the statute in that case made and provided, and bearing date the day of instant, have put and placed, and by these presents do put and place T. F. aged years, or thereabouts, a poor child of the said parish of apprentice to G. H. of &c, with him to dwell and serve from the day of the date of these presents until the said apprentice shall come to the age of, [or, if a female, add, or until she shall marry, which shall first happen] according to the statutes in that case made and provided; during all which term, the said apprentice his said master faithfully shall serve in all lawful businesses, according to his power, wit and ability: and honestly, orderly and obediently in all things demean and behave himself towards his said master and all his during the said term. And the said G. H. for himself, his executors and administrators, doth covenant and grant to and with the said churchwardens and overseers, and every of them, their and every of their executors and administrators, and their and every of their successors for the time being, by these presents, that he the said T. F. the said apprentice, in the art, trade or mystery of shall and will teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed in the best way and manner that he can [here insert any special or particular covenant]; and shall and will during all the term aforesaid, find, provide and allow unto the said apprentice meet, competent and sufficient meat, drink, apparel, lodging, washing and other things necessary and fit for an apprentice: (Provided always, that the said last mentioned covenant, on the part of the said G. H. his executors and ad ministrators to be done and performed, shall continue and be in force for no longer time than for three calendar months next after the death of the said G. H. in case he the said G. H. shall happen to die during the continuance of such apprenticeship, according to the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled "An Act for the further Regulation of Parish Apprentices.") And also shall and will so provide for the said apprentice that, he be not any way a charge to the said parish of -, or parishioners of the same; but of and from all charge shall and will save the said parish harmless and indemnified during the said term. In witness whereof, the parties abovesaid to these present indentures interchangeably have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. We whose names are hereunder written, justices of day of Scaled and delivered in the presence of J. C. Conviction, under 56 Geo. III. c. 139. to wit. Be it remembered that on the -day of -, in the year of our Lord 1817, A. B. of &c. is convicted before us J. Č. and S. P. Esquires, two of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of, upon the information of C. D of &c. for that [state the offence], contrary to the form of the statute passed in the 56th year of the reign of His Majesty King George III. intituled "An Act to regulate the binding of Parish Apprentices," and for which offence we do adjudge that the said A. B. shall forfeit and pay the sum of to be paid and applied as follows [state the application]; and in case such penalty shall not be paid by the said A. B. or levied by distress upon his goods and chattels within days from the date of this conviction, we adjudge that the said A. B. shall be imprisoned in for the space of Given under our hands and seals, the day and year first above mentioned. J. C. S. P. BASTARDY, Warrant to apprehend the reputed Father for disobeying Order of Filiation and Maintenance. To the Constable of the parish of in the county of to wit. Whereas, it hath been made appear to me S. P. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, upon the oath of A. B. overseer of the poor of the said parish of, making complaint to me in this behalf, that by an order under the hands and seals of J. C. and S. P. Esqrs. two of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of, (one whereof, at the time of making the said order, was of the quorum,) and both residing next unto the limits of the parish church of in the same county, C. D. of was adjudged to be the reputed father of a [male] bastard child, lately born of the body of E. F. single woman, at in the said parish of, and ordered to pay unto the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of, the sum of ~~~; and that the said C. D. had' due notice of the said order, a true copy thereof in writing having been personally delivered to him the said C. D. by G. H. one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of - on the day of, and that no appeal hath been made to the court of quarter sessions against the said order; and that the said C. D. hath not yet paid the said sum of money; and that the said C. D. hath left his usual place of abode in the parish of - and hath avoided a demand of the said sum being made by the said G. H. and that |