power. SEC. 267. Facts of incapacity, desertion, habitual intemper- Mother's ance, and vagrancy must be decided in said court by a jury, before the indenture can take effect, and an endorsement on the indenture, under seal of the court, that the charge or charges are proved, is sufficient evidence of the mother's power to give such consent; but if the jury does not find the charge or charges to be true, the person at whose instance such proceedings may have been had must pay all costs attending the same. court may ments SEC. 268. When a minor is poor, homeless, chargeable to when the county or State, or an outcast who has no visible means of bind. obtaining an honest livelihood, the superior court may, with his consent, bind him as an apprentice during his minority. Proceedings thereafter may be instituted by any citizen, and no fee must be charged by any officer for any act in connection therewith. In all indentures by the court for binding out an Requireorphan, or homeless minor as an apprentice there must be of master. inserted, among other things, a clause to the following effect: that the master to whom such minor is bound must cause him to be taught to read and write and the ground rules of arithmetic, ratio and proportion, and must give him the requisite instruction in the different branches of his trade or calling, and, at the expiration of his term of service, must give him or her fifty dollars in gold, and two whole new suits of clothes, to be worth in the aggregate at least sixty dollars gold. Wages. removal. vision by court. SEC. 269. A master must not remove his apprentice out of Nonthe State, and must pay and deliver to him the money, clothes, and other property to which he is entitled under the indenture of apprenticeship, to be held by him as his sole property. SEC. 270. Parents and guardians and such court must, Superfrom time to time, inquire into the treatment of children bound by them respectively, or with their approval, and the judges of such courts are responsible for the charge of apprentices bound by a court or with its approval, and must defend them from all cruelty, neglect, breach of contract, or misconduct on the part of their masters. plaints. SEC. 271. The superior court must hear the complaints of Comapprentices who reside within the county against their masters, alleging undeserved or immoderate correction, insufficient allowance of food, raiment, or lodging, want of instruction in the different branches of their trade or calling, or that they are in danger of being removed out of the State, or any violation of the indenture of apprenticeship, and the court must hear and determine such case and make such order therein as will relieve the party in the future. court may tice. SEC. 272. The superior court has the power, where circum- When stances require it, to discharge an apprentice from his appren- discharge ticeship, and, in case any money or other thing has been paid appren or contracted to be paid by either party in relation to the apprenticeship, the court must make such order concerning the same as seems just and reasonable. If the apprentice so Liability of master. Recovery. Appren liability. discharged was originally bound by the superior court, it must, if found necessary, again bind such minor, if under age. SEC. 273. Every master is liable to an action on the indenture for a breach of any covenant thereof on his part. All damages recovered in such action, after deducting necessary charge in its prosecution, belong to the minor, and must be applied and appropriated to his use by the person recovering it in his behalf, and must be paid to the minor, if a male, at the age of twenty-one years, and if a female, at the age of eighteen years. If no action is brought during the minority of the apprentice, it may be commenced by him in his own name at any time within two years after his coming of age. SEC. 274. An apprentice who is guilty of any gross misbetice duty, havior, or refusal to do his duty, or willful neglect thereof, is liable to the complaint of his master in the superior court of the county wherein the apprentice resides. Such complaint must set forth the circumstances of the case, and have attached thereto a citation, signed by the clerk of the court, requiring him and all persons who have covenanted in his behalf to appear and answer the complaint within ten days after the service thereof. The complaint and citation must be served in the manner required for serving civil process. When the parties have answered, or when, though they have not answered, the time therefor allowed after the service of the complaint has expired, the court must proceed to hear and determine the cause, and, if the evidence warrants it, may render judgment that the master be discharged from the contract of apprenticeship and for costs of suit. Such costs may be recovered from the parent or guardian of the minor, if there is any who signed minor may the indenture, and execution therefor may issue accordingly. If there is no parent or guardian liable for such cost, execution may be issued therefor against the minor, or the amount thereof may be recovered in an action against him after he arrives at full age. He is also liable to the master in an action on the indenture for the breach of any covenant on the part of the apprentice contained therein, committed before the master was discharged from the indenture. Complaint. When recover. Enticing of minors. Penalty. When discharge master. SEC. 275. It is unlawful for any person to entice, counsel, or persuade to run away any apprentice, or to harbor, or conceal him, knowing him to be a runaway. Any party so offending is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined not more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered by the master in any court having jurisdiction. SEC. 276. Whenever any master wishes to remove out of court may the State, or to quit his trade or business, he must appear with his apprentice before the superior court of the county in which the latter resides, and if the court is satisfied that the master has done justice to the apprentice for the time he has had charge of him, the court has power to discharge the master from the indenture and to again bind the apprentice, if neces sary. Hours of Labor and Wages Paid in Stores and Factories in the City of Hours of Labor and Wages Paid in Stores and Factories in the City of ..... 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