6 & 7 Vict.

c. 68, s. 7.

Id. s. 9.

Id.

4. Recognizance of Manager and Sureties for observing Rules.]— This will be in the General Form No. 48, ante, p. 283, with the following condition: The condition of the within-written recognizance is such, that if the said C. G. shall duly observe and keep the several rules for insuring order and decency at and for regulating the times of opening a certain theatre, situate at in the division of N., in the said county of C., made and annexed to the licence of the said theatre granted to the said C. G. this day by us, the justices within mentioned, in pursuance of the statute 6 & 7 Vict. c. 68, for the space of calendar months, during the currency thereof; and shall also duly pay all penalties which the said C. G. may be adjudged to pay for breach of the said rules, or any of the provisions of the said act, then the said recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.

sum of

5. Notice of Recognizance.] — Take notice that you C. G. are bound in the sum of -, and your sureties D. E. and F. G. in the each, that you the said C. G. shall duly observe and keep [&c. as in the Recognizance No. 4, supra, to the asterisk,* and then :] and unless the same be observed, kept and paid accordingly, the recognizance entered into by you and your sureties shall be forthwith levied on you and them.

Dated this

day of

185-.

[This may be signed by one of the justices granting the licence.] 6. Order rescinding Rules or altering them, or making other Rules. At a [or an adjourned] special session [c. as in Form No. 3, supra.]

We, the undersigned, being [four] of her Majesty's justices of the peace acting for the said division, present at this [adjourned] special session, do hereby rescind the rules [numbered 1 and 3], made and annexed to the licence of a certain theatre situate at - duly granted to one C. G. on the

aforesaid,

day of last, in pursuance of the statute

[or do hereby alter the rule numbered 6, made and annexed, &c., by inserting, instead of the penalty of £5, the sum of £3 [or as the case may be],

[and in case of new rules being made for those rescinded, say:
and do make and order the following rules instead, that is to
say [here set them out.]
Given, &c. Tas in No. 3, supra.]

7. Order of two Justices to close Theatre in case of Riot.
To C. G., the manager of a certain theatre situate at
licensed under the statute 6 & 7 Vict. c. 68.

Whereas it hath this day been duly proved on oath before us, the
undersigned, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county
of C. usually acting in the jurisdiction where the theatre above men-
tioned is situate, that a riot and breach of the peace has taken [or is
about to take place] in the said theatre [or in the neighbourhood of
the said theatre]: we do hereby order that the said theatre be closed
for the space of
from this hour [or the date hereof ], and we do
hereby order you the said C. G. to close the same accordingly.
Given under our hands and seals, this
o'clock at noon.]

day of

[at twelve

[Justices' signatures and seals.]

CHAPTER II.

FORMS FOR USE IN MATTERS TO BE DONE IN PETTY
SESSIONS, OR BY ONE JUSTICE.

Where the matter is within Jervis's Act (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43), such of the General Forms in Chap. I. of Part I. (pp. 23-64) as are required are referred to or adapted; where otherwise, new ones are given as the occasion may demand.

ALEHOUSES.

Vide Temporary Authority to sell, Form No. 15, ante, p. 359. Vide tit. "Riots," post, for orders to close houses in case of riot or tumult.

APPRENTICES.

I. As to Parish Apprentices.
II. As to Apprentices in general.

I. AS TO PARISH APPRENTICES.

1. Order of two Justices for binding out Apprentice.

Leicestershire, parish of A. in the county of Leicester, have this day

Whereas J. N. and J. S., overseers of the poor of the

to wit.
brought before us, J. P. and N. P., Esquires (two of her Majesty's
justices of the peace in and for the said county), one C. D., a poor
male [or female] child of the age of years, having a settlement
in the said parish, whose parents are not able to keep and maintain
him, and the said J. N. and J. S., as such overseers as aforesaid, now
propose to us the said justices that they shall bind the said C. D. ap-
prentice to one E. F., of the parish of in the county of
shoemaker, and residing within the distance of forty miles from the
parish or place to which the said C. D. belongs,

[or residing, or having an establishment in trade, at which it is
intended that the said C. D. shall be employed, out of the
said county, and at a greater distance than forty miles from
the parish of A., to which the said C. D. belongs, and the
said parish of A. being more than forty miles from the city
of London],

with him the said E. F. to dwell and with him to serve, until the said
C. D. shall attain the age of twenty-one years [adding, if the ap-
prentice be a female, "or until the time of her marriage, which shall
first happen"], according to the statutes in such case made and pro-
vided and whereas we the said justices have made the necessary ex-
amination and inquiries directed and required by the statute in such

56 Geo. 3,

c. 139, s. 1.

56 Geo. 3, c. 139.

7 & 8 Vict.

c. 101, s. 12.

56 Geo. 3, c. 139, s. 1.

case made and provided, and upon such examination and inquiries think it proper that such child shall be bound apprentice to the said E. F. [adding, if he live out of the county and above forty miles from the child's parish, "because we find that”—and then specifying their reasons for apprenticing the child out of the county, &c.]: we, therefore, do hereby declare that the said E. F. is a fit person to whom the said C. D. may be properly bound an apprentice, and hereupon we order that the overseers of the said parish of A. shall be at liberty to bind the said C. D. apprentice accordingly.

Given under our hands and seals, at this day of the year of our Lord in the county aforesaid. [Justices' signatures and seals.]

at

in

2. The like Form, held good in Reg. v. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey,

18 J. P. 22.

day of

Surrey, Whereas S. W., acting for and on behalf of the church-
to wit. wardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of St. Mary,
N., in the county of S., have on this
A.D. 1856,
brought before me, whose hand and seal is hereunto subscribed and
set, being one of the magistrates of the police courts of the metropolis,
sitting at the police court L., within the Metropolitan Police District,
and in the county of S., J. S., a poor child of the age of fourteen
years or thereabouts, who is now chargeable to the said parish, and
have requested me to make an order declaring that they, the said
churchwardens and overseers of the poor, shall be at liberty to bind
the said J. S. apprentice to H. J. L. of No. -,
street, in the
parish of St. M., N., in the county of S., whose residence and place
of business are within a reasonable distance, namely, not more than
thirty miles from the said parish of St. M., N.: And whereas I, the said
magistrate, have now here inquired into the propriety of binding the
said J. S. apprentice to the said H. J. L., and have particularly in-
quired and considered whether the said H. J. L. hath his residence or
place of business within a reasonable distance from the said parish of
St. M., N., having regard to the means of communication between
the said places, and have also inquired into the circumstances and cha-
racter of the said H. J. L., and made such further inquiries as I see
fit; I, the said magistrate, upon such examination and inquiry do
think it proper that the said J. S. should be bound an apprentice to the
said H. J. L.: Now, therefore, I, the said magistrate, do declare that
the said H. J. L. is a fit person to whom the said J. S. may be properly
bound as an apprentice: And I do, therefore, hereby order that the
churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of St. M.,
N., shall be at liberty to bind the said J. S. apprentice accordingly.
Given under my hand and seal, at the police court aforesaid, this
day of
A.D. 1856.

G. P. E. (L.S.)

3. Indenture of Apprenticeship by Guardians without Premium, and without Justices' consent.]-This form being very long is not inserted, but one is published by Shaw & Sons, as drawn by Mr. Lumley.

4. Allowance of Indenture by two Justices where the binding

Parish is.

We, whose names are hereunder written and seals affixed, justices of the peace in and for the county of aforesaid, whereof one is

of the quorum, do consent to the binding of A. B. to be an apprentice

according to the intent and meaning of this indenture, and we sign
and seal this our allowance of such indenture of apprenticeship before
the same hath been executed by any of the other parties thereto.
Given under our hands and seals, this
of our Lord

day of

-

at in the county aforesaid.

in the year

[Justices' signatures and seals.]

5. The like, before Justices where the Child is to serve. This will be the same as Form No. 4, except as notice is required to be given by section 2 to the overseers of the parish where the child is to serve [insert at the asterisk,* "it having been proved upon oath before us, or admitted before us by the overseers of the said parish of B.], that due notice in writing has been given by the overseers of the poor of the said parish of A. to the overseers of the poor of the said parish of B. of such binding being intended."

56 Geo. 3,

c. 139.

Id. s. 1.

6. Order of Justices, on Master removing, for continuing, assigning, Id. s. 8. or discharging Apprentice.

Whereas C. D., the master of the apprentice in the to wit. within indenture mentioned, is about to remove his residence [or establishment of business] out of the said county of [or more than forty miles from the parish of wherein the same

was when J. Y., the said apprentice, was so bound as within mentioned,] and the said C. D. hath given due notice thereof to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of where the

us,

-

said J. Y., the said apprentice, now resides: And whereas the said
C. D., the said J. Y., and the overseers of the poor of the said parish
of
now appear before the undersigned, two of her Majesty's
justices of the peace for the county of wherein the said J. Y.
is now serving; and we the said justices, having made due inquiry
whether it may be fit and proper that the said J. Y. should continue
in the service of the said C. D., or be discharged therefrom, or bound
or assigned over to any other person, do find that it is fit and proper
that the said J. Y. should [&c.]; and we do hereby order [&c.]; [and
if the order be to discharge the apprentice, or assign or bind him to
another master, the justices may add: "and we do hereby order and
require the said C. D. to pay to the sum of, being such
part of the premium by him received with the said apprentice as to us
seems meet and reasonable, for the purpose of binding [or assigning]
him the said J. Y. to another master."]

Given under our hands and seals, this
of our Lord
at -, in the county of

day of ——, in the year
aforesaid.

[Justices' signatures and seals.]

7. Order on Master dying for Apprentice continuing with Widow, &c. 32 Geo. 3, c. 57,

County of

(Form given by the Statute.)

Whereas F. M. [the master], within named, late of the parish of in the said county, died on the

day of being within three calendar months now last past: we, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county aforesaid, whose names are hereunto subscribed, on the application and at the request of* A. M., widow [or as the case may be of the said F. M., living with and being part of the family of the said F. M. at the time of his death, do hereby order and direct that A. P., the apprentice within named, who was in the service and actual employment of the said F. M. at the time of his death, shall serve the said A. M. as such apprentice for

s. 2.

32 Geo. 3, c. 57. the residue of the term of such apprenticeship within mentioned, 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 better Regulation of Parish Apprentices." Witness our hands this

day of

[Justices' signatures.]

8. Widow's Acceptance of Apprentice.]-I, the above-named A. M., do hereby declare that the above order is made at my request, and that I do accept the said A. P. as my apprentice, according to the terms and covenants contained in the said indenture, and according to the provisions of the said act.

Witness my hand the day and

County of

year above written.

9. The like Order by a separate Instrument.

A. M.

Whereas it appears unto us, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, that A. P. [the apprentice] was bound an apprentice by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of in the said county, to F. M. [the master], late of the said parish, and that the said F. M. died on the day being within three calendar months now last past: Now we the said two justices, on the application and at the request of [&c. proceed from the asterisk* in Form No. 7, supra, to the end.]

of

10. Assignment of an Apprentice by Indorsement on the Indenture or Counterpart. (Given in Act.)

County of Be it remembered, that the within-named F. M. [the master], by and with the consent and approbation of J. P. and K. P., two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, whose names are subscribed to the consent hereunder written, doth hereby assign A. P., the apprentice within named, unto N. M. [the new master], to serve him during the residue of the term within inentioned; and that he the said N. M. doth hereby agree to accept and take the said A. P. as an apprentice for the residue of the said term, and doth hereby acknowledge himself, his executors and administrators, to be bound by the agreements and covenants within mentioned on the part of the said F. M. to be done and performed, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and pursuant 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." In witness whereof, we the said F. M. and N. M. have hereunto set our hands, this day of

We, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace above mentioned, do consent thereto. Witness our hands this

day of

Id.

J. P.
K. P.

11. The like, by a separate Instrument. (See R. v. Exminster,

County of

6 Ad. & El. 598.)

Whereas it appears unto us, J. P. and K. P., two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, whose names are subscribed to the consent hereunder written, that A. P. was bound an apprentice by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of to F. M. of the same parish, by indenture bearing day of ——, until the said A. P. should

date on or about the