Lehrlings Kontrakt between me,

John Oberbillig,

Master stonemason

resident of St. Medard

and the widow Weis

of St. Matthias.

 

Today on the seventh  of March 1847 the following contract was well agreed upon and drawn up.

 

1.      I pledge myself to teach your son Joseph Weis the trade of stonemason, and to furnish him with the necessary tools.

 

2.      The apprentice to learn this trade must spend three years in the apprenticeship which will begin with March 1847 and end with the  8th of March 1850.

 

3.      The apprentice will receive for the first year a wage of three silver groschen per day, the second year four silver groschen, the third year six silver groschen per day.

 

4.      The Mother is to be responsible for the physical needs of the apprentice during the period of apprenticeship.

 

5.      The apprentice in the case of unexcused absence must remain later as much longer as he has missed work for the master.

 

6.      If the apprentice during his apprenticeship leaves the master without just cause, or runs away, then the Mother must pay the master for her son 30 Talers as compensation, and moreover without deduction and without any court procedure.

 

Drawn up in duplicate at Medard on the above named day, and after the contracting parties have examined the contract in all particulars, and have found the contract correct in all particulars, and have signed it.

 

                                                             Oberbillig

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