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Craft Customs Of The Ancient Stonehewers, Masons, And Carpenters.
otherwise in any manner become known , then shall he who previously knew thereof and did not report it , be , according to thecircumstances , punished equally with the transgressor ; but each fine shall be levied with the knowledge of the Government ; and the youngest master in the towns or in the country shall be bound and obliged , without
making any the least objection , to summon the Craft together whenever required so to do by the sworn masters . 12 . A master ' s son shall pay one half florin when bound to the Craft , and the like sum when declared free ; but a stranger , who wishes to learn the handicraft , shall pay 2 fl . on being bound , and
two on being declared free . 13 . And in future no master shall accept an apprentice other than for two years ; but in cases where an apprentice has already served the Craft one year , and from honestly weighty motives and with a proper certificate has left his master , which often happens , he shall only be required to serve one year under some other honest master . Those who for some years past , both in and out of the town ,
have worked as journeymen or otherwise , and yet did not serve the Craft under honest * masters , as many of these as are within the aforementioned jurisdictions shall be admitted on payment to the box of 1 fl . Those who , in future , after the passing of these ordinances may enter their apprenticeship , shall cede for one whole
year to the master under whom they serve one half bazen of their daily pay on every work day , and such sum shall belong to the master ; and those who will not agree to this shall furnish and pay 10 fl ., which is as much as an apprentice cedes from whom his master deducts from his daily pay : and such 10 fl . shall be paid
when due in two terms or instalments ; and from such time forth shall such a fellow be employed by all masters and honoured by all fellows in all work and carpenters' shops in all ends and places . But he shall first pay into the Craft box one orb of a florin , the same as any other apprentice who has served his time . And no master shall , in the future , have the right to take another apprentice until the first has served his time truly and and honestly . f
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Craft Customs Of The Ancient Stonehewers, Masons, And Carpenters.
otherwise in any manner become known , then shall he who previously knew thereof and did not report it , be , according to thecircumstances , punished equally with the transgressor ; but each fine shall be levied with the knowledge of the Government ; and the youngest master in the towns or in the country shall be bound and obliged , without
making any the least objection , to summon the Craft together whenever required so to do by the sworn masters . 12 . A master ' s son shall pay one half florin when bound to the Craft , and the like sum when declared free ; but a stranger , who wishes to learn the handicraft , shall pay 2 fl . on being bound , and
two on being declared free . 13 . And in future no master shall accept an apprentice other than for two years ; but in cases where an apprentice has already served the Craft one year , and from honestly weighty motives and with a proper certificate has left his master , which often happens , he shall only be required to serve one year under some other honest master . Those who for some years past , both in and out of the town ,
have worked as journeymen or otherwise , and yet did not serve the Craft under honest * masters , as many of these as are within the aforementioned jurisdictions shall be admitted on payment to the box of 1 fl . Those who , in future , after the passing of these ordinances may enter their apprenticeship , shall cede for one whole
year to the master under whom they serve one half bazen of their daily pay on every work day , and such sum shall belong to the master ; and those who will not agree to this shall furnish and pay 10 fl ., which is as much as an apprentice cedes from whom his master deducts from his daily pay : and such 10 fl . shall be paid
when due in two terms or instalments ; and from such time forth shall such a fellow be employed by all masters and honoured by all fellows in all work and carpenters' shops in all ends and places . But he shall first pay into the Craft box one orb of a florin , the same as any other apprentice who has served his time . And no master shall , in the future , have the right to take another apprentice until the first has served his time truly and and honestly . f