{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/orphans-london-act-1694/section-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/orphans-london-act-1694/section-V.json",
  "legislation": "aep/WillandMar/5-6/10",
  "legislation_title": "Orphans, London Act 1694",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/orphans-london-act-1694",
  "path": "section/V",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "Tax upon binding Apprentices.",
  "text": "Books to be kept by Companies;; may be inspected without Fee.; Warden, &c. not transmitting Monies received to Chamberlain;; Penalty £5.\nAnd for the further and greater increase of the said Fond Be it enacted That from and after the said Foure and twentieth day of June One thousand six hundred ninety foure every person being free of any of the respective Companys within the said City of London and the Liberties thereof who shall take or receive any Apprentice shall bind his Apprentice before the Master or Wardens of such Company whereof the Master is a Member or one of them or their sufficient Deputy in that behalfe which said Apprentice att the time of his binding shall pay to the said Master or Wardens or one of them or their sufficient Deputy the su[m]m of Two shillings and six pence All and every which said su[m]m and su[m]ms of Two shillings and six pence the said Master and Wardens or their Deputy shall transmitt and pay to the Chamberlain of the said City of London twice in the yeare (vizt:) on the Fifteenth day of December and Eighteenth day of June to be employed for the uses aforesaid And all and every Master Warden or Wardens of the said respective Companies shall from time to time provide and keep in their Co[m]mon Halls one or more Book or Books of Vellom or Parchment in which every such sum of Two shillings and six pence shall be sett downe and entred by the said Master or Wardens or their respective Deputie or Deputies and the name of the Apprentice who paid the same And it shall and may be lawfull to and for every person and persons to have free accesse unto and view the said Books att all times between the houres of nine and twelve in the forenoon without any fee or reward to be taken for the view or inspection thereof And for every sum of money which such Master Warden or Wardens or their Deputies shall receive and shall not be transmitted to the said Chamberlaine att the times herein before appointed such Master Warden or Wardens shall forfeit the sum of Five pounds the said respective Forfeitures to be recovered in the name of the Chamberlaine of the said City for the time being in any Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Informac[i]on to be co[m]menced in any of their Majesties Courts of Record wherein noe Essoign Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed and shall be applied towards raiseing the Fond aforesaid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/5-6/10/section/V",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:24:01.739031+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}