APPRENTICESHIP. Apothecary, &c. No. CXIV. *Articles of Apprenticeship (1) with an Apothecary (2) and Surgeon. Apprentice binds himself. ARTICLES of agreement indented, made, and entered into the 35 Geo. III. c. 194. 6 Geo. IV. c. 133. (1) See notes, &c. to No. CXIII. ante, p. 399. (2) It is enacted by stat. 55 Geo. 3. c. 194. that no person shall be admitted to any examination for a certificate of his qualification to act or practise as an apothecary, unless he shall (among other things by the said act required) produce proof to the court of examiners of his having served an apprenticeship of not less than five years to an apothecary: and by the 6 Geo. 4. c. 133. after reciting the last mentioned act, and that many persons who had served an apprenticeship for the like period to surgeons, and had received a full and competent medical education to enable them to practise as apothecaries, but that the court of examiners had not any power to examine such persons; it is enacted, that the said court of examiners might from thenceforth examine such persons as to their fitness for, or qualification to act as apothecaries, who shall produce proof of having served an apprenticeship of not less than five years to a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, or to a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, or to a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, or to a surgeon in his Majesty's army or navy, in like manner as by the said act is provided with regard to persons who shall have served an apprenticeship of not less than five years to an apothecary. APPRENTICESHIP. Covenant by geon, apothecary and man-midwife, from the day of the date hereof, for and during and until the full end and term of five years to be Apothecary, &c. thence next ensuing, and doth hereby promise and engage that he Will be faithful. the said (apprentice), during the whole of the said term, shall and will well and truly serve the said (master), his executors, administrators, and assigns, in all things relative to his arts, businesses, or professions aforesaid, and shall not nor will do any damage, hurt, or injury to him or them therein, or otherwise, nor knowingly suffer the same to be done by any other person or persons whatsoever, without giving speedy notice thereof, and shall and will at all times and in all respects and things act and conduct himself as an honest and faithful apprentice ought to do. AND in consideration of the said ap- master to teach, prenticeship, and of the covenants and agreements aforesaid, and &c. also of the sum of £ of lawful current money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to him in hand well and truly paid by the said (father or guardian) at or before the signing or sealing of these presents, the receipt whereof the said (master) doth hereby acknowledge, HE the said (master) DoтH hereby, for himself, his executors and administrators, covenant, promise, and agree to and with the said (apprentice) and (father or guardian) respectively, and their respective executors, administrators, and assigns, by these presents, in the manner as follows, (that is to say) that he the said (master), according to the best of his skill and knowledge, shall and will during the said term, teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, him the said (apprentice), in the arts, mysteries, businesses, or professions of a surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur or man-midwife, and in all things whatsoever incident or belonging to the same, or to any or either of them, as now or hereafter practised or to be practised by him the said (master). AND also provide and allow to and for him the said (apprentice) And find lodging and good and sufficient meat and drink at the table of him the said board. (master), and lodging fit for an apprentice or pupil of the said (master); AND also, in case of sickness or accident, will provide As to sickness. and procure proper physic, medicine, diet, and attendance for him the said (apprentice), without charge or expence to him the said (apprentice), or the said (father or guardian), save only and except as hereinafter is mentioned. AND further, that he the said Apprentice to (master) shall and will permit and allow the said (apprentice), &c. during the last two years of the said term to walk, resort to, and attend days in every week, or oftener if requisite, the hospital or any other hospital or hospitals, or place of at or places of lectures upon or for physic, surgery, medicine, or attend lectures, dian covenants him with clothes, &c. And fees to physicians. APPRENTICESHIP. chemistry, in or for his further and better instruction and improveApothecary, &c. ment in the said arts, businesses, or professions, or any or either of Father or guar- them. AND the said (father or guardian) doth hereby, for himfor fidelity, &c. self, his executors and administrators, covenant, declare, and engage, to and with the said (master), his executors, administrators, and assigns, in the manner following, (that is to say) that he the said (apprentice) shall and will honestly and faithfully serve his said apprenticeship during the term aforesaid, unto and with him the said (master), in the manner aforesaid, in case the said (master) and And to provide (apprentice) shall both so long live: AND that he the said (father or guardian), his executors or administrators, shall and will during the said term, at his and their own cost and charge, find and provide him the said (apprentice) with all manner of clothing, apparel, and linen fit for an apprentice or pupil of him the said (master), and cause the same, at his and their own expence, to be from time to time washed, cleaned, and repaired, as occasion may require: AND likewise, in case of the sickness, hurt, or accident of him the said (apprentice) shall and will pay and discharge all fees to physicians or surgeons for advice or attendance, and also reasonable charges for medicines exceeding at any one or more time or times during the continuance of any such sickness the sum of £ : AND further, that in case the said (apprentice) shall at any time during his said apprenticeship wilfully embezzle, spoil, or destroy any of the drugs, medicine, goods, money, or other property of him the said (master), he the said (father or guardian), his executors or administrators, shall and will, within one calendar month after the same shall have been made known, and satisfactorily proved to him or them, pay, satisfy, and make good unto him the said (master), his executors, administrators, and assigns, all such drugs, medicines, goods, monies, and property, in and for the full value and amount thereof. AND it is hereby mutually agreed and declared by and death of master. between the parties to these presents, that in case the said (master) shall happen to depart this life before the expiration of the said term of five years, the executors or administrators of him the said (master) shall and will, within the space of one calendar month next thereafter, find and provide another skilful and proper master practising in the same or like businesses or professions, and assign or turn over him the said (apprentice) to such new or other master for the residue of the said term which shall be then to come, upon and subject to the same or like terms and conditions in all things, as are hereinbefore provided or expressed in relation to the said apprenticeship, and in default thereof, the executors or administrators of him the Make good embezzlements, &c. Provision for APPRENTICESHIP. said (master) shall and will repay, or cause to be repaid, at the end of the said space of one calendar month, unto him the said (ap- Apothecary, &c. prentice), his executors, administrators, or assigns, or unto him the said (father or guardian) such sum of money, or the said premium as shall bear a just and equal proportion to the or sum of L time which shall be then to come of the said term of his said apprenticeship. AND LASTLY, for the true performance and ob- Penal sum. servance of the several covenants and agreements hereinbefore contained or expressed by or on the part of them the said (master and father or guardian) respectively, to be performed or observed, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respectively, each of them the said parties doth bind himself, his executors and administrators, unto the other of them, his executors, administrators, and assigns, in the sum of £ of such lawful and current money as aforesaid, firmly by these presents, as or by way of liquidated and ascertained damages (1). IN WITNESS, &c. (1) See ante, p. 65, n. 3. and p. 70. Penal sum. APPRENTICESHIP. Architect, &c. No. CXV. *Articles of Apprenticeship (1) with an Architect and Surveyor, the apprentice binding himself (2). THIS INDENTURE, made the day of in the year of our himself. Lord 18. BETWEEN (the apprentice) of, &c. of the one part, and (the master) of, &c. of architect, of the other part, Apprentice binds WITNESSETH, that the said (apprentice) of his own free will and accord, testified by his sealing and delivering these presents, hath put and bound himself apprentice or pupil to the said (architect) to be taught and instructed in the several trades, businesses, or employments of an architect and a surveyor, from the day of the date of these presents, unto the full end and term of four years from thence next ensuing. AND in consideration of the sum of £ of good and lawful money of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to him in hand well and truly paid, by the said (apprentice) at or before the sealing and delivering of these presents, the receipt whereof the said (architect) doth hereby acknowledge, and of and from the same, and every part thereof, doth acquit and discharge the said (apprentice), his executors, administrators and assigns, by these presents he the said (architect) HATH agreed to take and accept, and by these presents DоTH agree to accept and take the said (apprentice) as his apprentice, during the said term. AND the said (apprentice) doth hereby covenant, promise, and agree to and with the said (architect), his executors and administrators, that he, the said (apprentice) shall and will, during all the said term of four years, well and truly serve the said (architect) as an apprentice in the said trades or businesses of an architect and a surveyor, diligently attending to his business and concerns from the hour of nine o'clock in the morning, until the hour of seven o'clock in the evening, save and except an interval of two hours, which is to be allowed the said (apprentice) to dine; doing no damage or injury to his said Covenant by apprentice to serve. (1) See notes and variations, to No. CXIII. ante, p. 399. (2) If the apprentice is bound by or with the consent of his father or guardian, see ante, ubi supra, and No. CXIV. p. 406. |