for lives were determined. See E. INDIA and SOUTH-SEA COM PANY. ANNUITIES of 10l. per ann. for 99 years, from 25 Dec. 1705, purchased of the government for 150l. Other eftates for lives, purchased at 9 years purchase. ANNUITIES for 99 years, purchased at 16 years purchase, or 10l. per ann. for 1601. from the year 1707. ANNUITIES for 99 years, for 16 years purchase, or 10l. per ann. for every 1601. from the year 1708. ANNUITIES of 9 per cent. for 32 years, purchased 8 Ann. Many other Annuities were granted afterwards, in the reigns of Geo. I. and Geo. II. ANVIL-SMITH. He makes anvils and all manner of hammers, the faces whereof are cafe-hardened with steel. It requires ftrength, but no great genius. They give from 5 1. to 10l. with an apprentice, and a journeyman earns from 10s. to 15 s. a week. They are incorporated in the company of blacksmiths. APOTHECARY. His proper bufinefs is to make up medicines, according to the phyfician's prefcription, but he frequently acts as a phyfician himfelf, where the patient cannot afford a doctor's fee. If a doctor has ever been called in, the apothecaries of London dare not give the patient any thing without his direction. The Apothecaries profits are very confiderable, and about 200 1. will fet him up. He takes from 50l. to zool. with an appren tice. APOTHECARIES. Apothecaries are exempted from serving on any juries, executing the office of conftable, or any other parish office, for fo long time as they exercise their art. APOTHECARIES to the army, &c. make up their chefts of medicines at Apothecaries hall,which are to be openly viewed, under the penalty of 401. Cenfors appointed by the college of physicians, with affistance of the wardens of the Apothecaries company in London, may enter houses or shops of Apothecaries, &c. and examine medicines, and burn or deftroy those that are defective; subject to an appeal to the college. This company was incorporated by K. James the Ift, in the year 1617. They are governed by a mafter, two wardens, and 22 affiftants, with a livery of 144 members, whofe fine is 161. They are exempt from all ward and parish duties. Their hall is in Black-Friars. Sir Hans Sloane, has granted to the company for ever the fine phyfic garden at Chelsea. APPLEBY, Weftmoreland, 276 miles from London. Market on Saturday. Fairs, Whitfun Monday, May 30, and June 10. Carrier, the Caftle in Wood-street, Monday and Friday. APPRAISERS. Appraifers of goods are to be fworn, and where they appraise goods too high, they are obliged to take them at the price. See DISTRESSES. AP APPRENTICE. From apprendre, to learn, fignifies one bound by indenture, by his own confent and his friends, to ferve a tradefman for a term of years, on condition that the master inftruct him in his art and trade; and the children of poor people may be bound to ferve by the officers of a parish, without their confent. The juftices of peace in their feffions, may discharge an Apprentice, on the complaint either of the master or Apprentice. An Apprentice, on the death of his mafter, muft be taken care of, or turned over to another master of the fame trade, by the executor, if there be affets. A bond, that an Apprentice fhall not use a trade to which he ferves is void; but a bond not to use a trade in a particular parish is good. Perfons to whom parish children are bound, must take care and provide for them, on pain of rol. Boys of ten years of age may be bound to the fea fervice, and shall not be lifted or impreffed into the King's fervice till eighteen years of age. Two juftices in any port town may determine the complaints of fuch Apprentices. Apprentices under 15 years of age fhall have the benefit of their clergy, though they fteal more than 40 fhillings out of their mafter's houfe. Soldiers difbanded may fet up trades in any place, though they have not served apprenticeships. All perfons, to whom poor Apprentice-boys have, or shall be bound, according to 43 Eliz. cap. 2. may, by the confent of two juftices of the peace of the neighbourhood, or of the mayor or chief officer, where, &c. at the request of the master or miftrefs of fuch Apprentice, their executors, administrators, or af figns, by indenture, affign, and turn over fuch poor Apprenticeboy to the mafter or owner of any ship or veffel, as aforefaid, during the remainder of his Apprenticeship. All fuch Apprentices are exempted from paying fix-pence a month to Greenwich hofpital, till they attain the age of eighteen years. Every mafter, or owner of a fhip or veffel, of the burthen of thirty tons to fifty, fhall be obliged to take one fuch Apprentice, and one more for the next fifty ton, and one more for every hundred ton; fuch fhip or veffel, fhall exceed one hundred ton, and any mafter refufing, fhall forfeit ten pounds to the poor of the parish, to which fuch poor boy belongs. Every fuch mafter, at his arrival at any port, fhall give an account in writing, under his hand, to the collector of fuch port, before he clears out, of the name and numbers of such Apprentices as he retains. And the custom-house officer in every port fhall infert, at the bottom of their cocquets, the number of men and boys on board the refpective fhips and veffels going out of fuch port, particularly defcribing the Apprentices, their ages, and the dates of their indentures. All fuch as fhall voluntarily bind themselves Apprentices to the fea fervice, fhall not be impreffed into the king's fervice for three years, and the indentures fhall be registered, certificates thereef 1 thereof given, and protections obtained in manner aforefaid, without fee or reward. Where fuch parish boys, or perfons, who fhall voluntarily bind themselves to the fea fervice, shall be impreffed, or lifted in the king's fervice, after eighteen years of age, or three years service, as aforefaid; their masters and their executors, administrators and affigns, fhall be entitled to able feamens wages, for such of them as fhall be found qualified for the fame. The duty or fum of fix-pence in the pound, shall be paid for every fum not exceeding fifty pounds, and one fhilling in the pound for every fum amounting to more than fifty pounds, which fhall after the firft of May, 1710, be given, paid, contracted, or agreed for, with, or in relation to every Clerk, Apprentice, or Servant, which fhall be put or placed to or with any mafter or mistress, to learn any profeffion, trade, or employment, to be paid by the master or mistress. Stat. 8 Annæ, cap. 9. The full fum of money, received or contracted for, fhall be truly inferted in words at length, in the indentures or articles, which fhall bear date the day of the executing the fame, upon pain, that the mafter or mistress, to whofe ufe any fum shall be given or contracted for, fhall forfeit double the fum, if it be not inferted; the one moiety to the crown and the other to the profecutor, with full cofts, to be recovered in any of the courts at Westminster, at any time within one year after the service of fuch Clerk or Apprentice fhall be expired. The money fhall be paid, and indentures ftamped within a month, within the weekly bills of mortality, and within two months out of the weekly bills, and within three months, if 50 miles diftant from London, and if at greater distances, within fix months. Where the faid rules are not obferved, the indentures shall be void, indentures for poor children excepted, (the duties are made perpetual) and if the duty be not paid, the mafter forfeits 501. When indentures of Apprenticeship are executed, the Apprentice goes with his mafter to the hall of the company to which his mafter belongs, and the mafter presenting the indentures, and the inftrument of his own freedom to the board, defires that his Apprentice may be entered in the hall: the mafter of the company afks the mafter, if he is willing to take that Apprentice, and the youth if he is willing to ferve that mafter; and the parent, or other relation, if this is done with his confent: which queftions being answered in the affirmative, the indentures are entered, upon paying fix and eight-pence. Then they go to Guild-hall before the chamberlain, who puts the fame questions to the master and lad, and upon their declaring their confent, the indentures are enrolled. When the Apprentice has ferved seven years, and there is no objection to his behaviour, the mafter goes with him to the hall of the company again, and he is entered free of the company; then going before the chamberlain again, he is entered and declared free of the city, taking the oaths to the government, and another to promote, promote the intereft and welfare of the city, and thereby be comes intitled to the privileges of a citizen. ARBITRATION. Arbitrament is an award or determination of two or more perfons, chofen by parties at variance, for ending a controverfy or difference without public authority, and fuch perfons are called Arbitrators. They cannot affign their authority to others, though they may take the advice of others in their determinations. Their award cannot be reverfed in chancery, unless for corruption. On a reference, a ftay of proceedings at law is implied; where feveral things are fubmitted, an award of part is void: Where the parties die, their executors fhall perform the award. See UMPIRE. A condition to ftand to the award of Arbitrators, The condition of this obligation is fuch, that if the above bounden Benjamin Bidfare of London merchant, his heirs, executors and adminiftrators, and every of them, do and fhall, in all things well and truly stand to, obey, and abide by, perform, fulfil, and keep the award, order, arbitrament, final end and determination of Arbitrators indifferently named, elected, and chofen, as well on the part and behalf of the above bounden of the above named and as to arbitrate, award, order, judge and determine, of and concerning all manner of Sealed and delivered, &c. N. B. Both the parties are, in this cafe to be mutually bound, mutatis mutandis; and if there be no umpire admitted of, the latter part of the condition beginning (But if the faid Arbitrators) is to be omitted. N. B. 1 N. B. Thus any condition may be drawn to ferve any purpose. The form of an umpirage of award. To all people to whom this prefent writing fhall come, umpire, indifferently chofen between having Now know ye, that I the faid deliberately heard, confidered, and understood the griefs, allegations, and proofs of both the faid parties; and being willing, as much as in me lieth, to fet the parties at unity and good accord, do, by these prefents, arbitrate, award, order, deem, decree, and judge, that the faid his executors, truly pay, or adminiftrators, or affigns, do and fhall well and caufe to be paid unto the faid his execuof law. next and that, upon payment fhall, at their own pro tors, adminiftrators, or affigns, the full fum of ful money of Great Britain, on the enfuing the date of these prefents; thereof, the faid per costs and charges, feal, fubscribe, and, as their feveral acts and deeds, deliver each to the other a general release in writing, of all matters, actions, fuits, caufes of actions, bonds, bills, controverfies and demands whatfoever, from the beginning of the world to the and in the of our Sovereign, &c. year In witnefs whereof I have hereunto fet my hand and feal, the day of It shall be lawful for all perfons, after the 11th of May, 1698, who are defirous to end any controverfy, fuit or quarrel, for which there is no remedy, but by perfonal action or fuit in equity, by arbitration, to agree, that their fubmiffion of the fuit to the award or umpirage of any perfon or perfons, fhall be made a rule of any of his Majefty's courts of record, the parties fhall chufe and infert fuch their agreement in the condition of the arbitration-bond; which agreement being fo inferted, fhall, upon producing an affidavit thereof, made by any one of the witneffes thereto in the court, of which the fame is agreed to be made a rule, be entered on record; and a rule fhall be made by the faid court, that the parties fhall fubmit to, and finally be concluded by the arbitration or umpirage which fhall be made concerning them, by the arbitrators or umpire, pursuant to fuch fubmiffion: and in cafe of disobedience in any of the parties, they shall be fubject to all the penalties of contemning a rule of court; and the court, on motion, fhall iffue procefs accordingly; which process fhall not be stopt or delay'd by any order, rule, or command, or procefs, of any other court of law or equity, unless it appear upon oath, that the award was obtained by corruption, or any other undue means. Any arbitration or umpirage, procured by corruption or undue means, fhall be deemed void, and fet afide by any court of law, or equity, so as complaint thereof be made in the court where the -C rule |