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Fort Havoc (Wallace Hale)

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CAP. V.

An ACT for further regulating Servants and Apprentices.

Passed 7th March, 1826.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is expedient to make further regulations respecting indented Servants and Apprentices absenting themselves from their Master's Service, or otherwise ill behaving themselves;

Two Justices upon complaint against an Indented Apprentice may issue a Warrant and bring up the offender, and punish by commitment.

Be it Enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any two Justices of the Peace in any County in this Province, upon application or complaint made upon oath by any Master or Mistress, against any indented Servant or Apprentice for absenting themselves from his or her service, or touching or concerning any misdemeanour, miscarriage or ill behaviour, in such his or her service, (which oath such Justices are hereby empowered to administer) to issue their Warrant for bringing the offender before them, and to hear, examine and determine such complaint, and to punish the offender by commitment to the Common Goal or House of Correction, there to remain and be corrected and held to hard labour for a reasonable time not exceeding one Calendar Month.

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C. 5. Anno VII. Geo. IV. A. D. 1826.

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Preamble.		WHEREAS it is expedient to make further regulations respecting indented Servants and Apprentices absenting themselves from their Master's Service, or otherwise ill behaving themselves;
Two Justices upon complaint against an Indented Apprentice may issue a Warrant and bring up the offender, and punish by commitment.		Be it Enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any two Justices of the Peace in any County in this Province, upon application or complaint made upon oath by any Master or Mistress, against any indented Servant or Apprentice for absenting themselves from his or her service, or touching or concerning any misdemeanour, miscarriage or ill behaviour, in such his or her service, (which oath such Justices are hereby empowered to administer) to issue their Warrant for bringing the offender before them, and to hear, examine and determine such complaint, and to punish the offender by commitment to the Common Goal or House of Correction, there to remain and be corrected and held to hard labour for a reasonable time not exceeding one Calendar Month.