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0891 adopted No. 62. D.F. Kenner, Chairman Joint Committee Senate. Reported by the Select Joint Committee of both Houses of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana An Act [[strikethrough]]Providing for the apprenticing of [[??]][[/strikethrough]] Relative to apprentices and indentured servants Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate 2 and House of Representatives of the State of 3 Louisiana in General Assembly convened, 4 That it shall be the duty of Sheriffs, 5 Justices of the Peace, and other civil 6 officers of this State, to report to the 7 Clerks of the District Courts of their 8 respective Parishes, and in the Parish of 9 Orleans, left bank, to the Mayor of the 10 city of New Orleans, and, on the right 11 bank, to the President of the Police Jury, 12 on the first Monday of each month, for 13 each and every year, all persons under 14 the age of eighteen years, if females, and 15 twenty-one, if males, who are orphans, or 16 whose parent, parents, or tutor have not 17 the means, or who refuse to provide for 18 and maintain said minors; and, 19 thereupon, it shall be the duty of the Clerks 20 of District Courts, Mayor, and President 21 of the Police Jury aforesaid, to examine 22 whether the party or parties, so reported 23 from time to time, come within the 24 preview and meaning of this Act, and, if 25 so, to apprentice said minor or minors, 26 in manner and form as prescribed by the 27 Civil Code of the State of Louisiana;
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