for the present, promise every weaver of
woollen or linen a proportionable premium
for every person whom they shall prove to
have been duly taught the art of spinning
and weaving, but also that, if any of those
persons, who (according to the plan by us
laid out in the year 1 7 8 O, for our kingdom
of Denmark) have been taught in the manufactories
established in these kingdoms,
shall be disposed to establish themselves in
Iceland, for the purpose of their following
the profession that they have learned; the
first twelve th^t may so offer themselves,
shall, besides, be entitled to a premium of
twenty rix-doliars annually for the first
twenty years; but in such case it will be
required, that they are provided with a certificate,
duly attested by the master of the factory,
of their being thoroughly capacitated,
and also declaring that they shall continue
their profession for that space of time, and
continually keep one boy in their employ,
who shall be fully instructed in their business
in the course of five years. And besides
which, a magistrate, or some other
civil officer, shall, together with aclergymam
be able to attest that he has actually and
continually been employed in the profession
taught him, and that bis master has fulfilled
his obligation of having at least one
apprentice, who shall have been fully intrusted
in the course of five years. And
every person, either woollen or linen weavers,
who shall demand a premium for
haying brought up apprentices to his business,
must produce an attest, as beforesaid,
from some magisterial person, proving that
the object is thoroughly instructed in his
art, and likewise produce in court a sample,
given in to the proper magistrate, of the
ability of the apprentice, I-p case of any
foreign master tradesman, or journeyman,
who hag thoroughly learned his business,
applying to the magistracy in any of our
sea-port towns, for a passage over to Iceland,
with intent there to settle, he may im-
ed lately, m giving sufficient proofs of his
ability, expect likewise to enjoy all the advantages
held out, and also to participate
in the freedoms allowed to foreigners iq
general in Iceland, by the placard of the
eighteenth August, and the ordinance of
the seventeenth November of last vear.