Sec. 24. The  order  to  be  made  for  the  maintenance  of  a  bas-
tard child,  shall  be  in  substance  of  the  following  form,  to  wit :  —

Whereas  due  proof  has  been  made  before  us  and

esquires,  inhabiting  in  the  town  of  in  the

county  of  upon  the  oath  of  of

mother  of  a  bastard  child,  born  the  day  of

in  the  town  aforesaid,  that  of  did  beget  the  said

bastard  child,  which  child  is  likely  to  become  chargeable  to  the
said  town  of. We  the  said  upon  the  exami-

nation of  the  said  and  the  cause  and  circumstances  of

the  premises,  do  adjudge  the  said  to   be  the  putative

father  of  said  bastard  child ;  and  thereupon  do  order,  as  well  for
the  relief  of  said  town  of  as  for  keeping  and  maintain-

ing of  said  child,  that  the  said  shall  forthwith,  upon

sight  of  this  our  order,  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  the  overseers  of
the  poor  of  said  town  for  the  time  being,  the  sum  of  for

the  first  four  weeks  from  the  birth  of  said  child,  for  defraying  the
charge  of  the  lying  in  of  the  said  ;  and  after  the  expi-

ration of  the  said  four  weeks,  the  said  shall  likewise

pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  the  overseers  of  the  poor  of  the  town
aforesaid,  weekly  and  every  week,  the  sum  of  for  and

towards  the  maintenance  of  said  bastard  child,  for  so  long  time
as  the  said  child  shall  be  chargeable  to  the  said  town ;  and  further,
we  do  hereby  order,  that  the  said  shall,  every  week,  for  so

long  time  as  the  said  child  shall  be  chaurgeable  as  aforesaid,  she
not  keeping  the  same,  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  the  overseers
of  the  poor  of  the  town  of  aforesaid  for  the  time  being,

the  sura  of  for  and  towards  the  maintenance  of  said

child ;  lastly  we  order  that  the  said  do  upon  notice  of

this  our  order  give  sufficient  security  to  the  overseers  of  the  poor


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of  the  town  of  aforesaid,  for  the  performance  of  this

our  order. In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands
and  seals  this  day  of

Sec. 25. 