At A GENERAL COURT Held at Boston, in the Year 〈◇〉  
it is Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof, that the following Order shall be directed and sent by the Clerks of the several Shire Courts, to the Constables of the To was within their Shire, who are enjoined faithfully to Execute the same; and if upon the Return made, it doth appear that the Select men are negligent in ex●cuting the Laws therein mentioned, the Court shall proceed against them by Admonition, or Fine, as the merit of the case may require and shall also dispose of single persons, stubborn Children or Servants to the house of Correction, according to the in●ent of the Law, any Law, custom of Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.  

To the Constable of 〈◇〉  
WHereas the Law published by the Honoured Gen●●al Court Lib. 1. page. 67, Sect. 3. Do require all Towns from time to time, to dispose of all single persons and in-●ates within their Towns to service, or otherwise, and in page. 16. Tit. Children and Youth. 〈◇〉 It is Required of the Select men, that they see that all Children and youth, under Fam●ly Government, be taught to red perfectly the English Tongue, have knowledge in the Gapital laws, and be taught some Orthodox Ca●ec●●ism, and that they be brought up to some honest employment, profitable to themselves and the Common wealth; and in case of neglect on the p●rt of the Family Governours, after Admonition given them, the said Select men are required, w●th the help of two Magistrates, or next Cont of that Shire to take such Children or Apprentices from them, and place them forth, with such as will look more straitly to them.  
The neglect whereof, as by sad experience from Court to Court abundantly appears doth occasion m●ch sin and profaneness to increase among us, to the dishonour of God, and the ensnaring of many Children and Servants, by the dissolute lives and practices of such as do live from under Family Government, and is a great discouragement to those Family Governours, who conscientiously endeavour to bring up their Youth in all Christian nurture, as the Laws of God and this Common wealth doth require:  
THese are therefore in His plaintiffs Name, to require you to acquaint the Select men of your Town, that the Court doth expect and will require, that the said Laws be accordingly attended, the p●evalancy of the former neglect notwithstanding: And you are also required to take a List of the Names of those young persons within the Bounds of your Town, and all adjacent farms, though out of all Town Bounds, who do live from un●er Family Government, viz. do not serve their P●●eats or Masters, as Children, Apprentices, hired Servants, or Journey men ought to do, and usually did in our Native Country, being subject to their Commands and Discipline; and the same you are to return to the next Court to be held at 〈◇〉 on the 〈◇〉 day of 〈◇〉 and hereof you are to make a true Re 〈…〉 under your hand, and not to sail.  
By the Court, Ed●●●d ●●●son 〈◇〉.