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4 - REPEALS—APPRENTICES,

CHAPTER V.

AN ACT BEPEALING CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN OF THE GENERAL LAWS OF 1862-63,

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota : Section 1. That chapter fifty-seven of the general laws of 1862-68, entitled.“ An act providing bounties for wolf scalps,” approved January 8, 1868, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved, January 12, 1864.

APPRENTICES.

CHAPTER VI.

AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICES.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Section 1. Every person bound by indenture of his free will, with the consent of his father, or if the father be dead, of the mother or guardian, and signified by such parent or guardian signing the same, or by the probate court, as herein- after directed, to serve as clerk or apprentice, in any profession, trade, or employment, until the age of twenty-one years, or, if a female, until the age of eightcen years, or for a shorter time, shall be bound to serve the time specified in such indenture.

Sec. 2. Any infant, having no parent or guardian, may, with the approbation of the probate court, endorsed on the indenture, bind himself an apprentice until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, or, if a female, at the age of eighteen years.