It is Contracted agreed and Ended betwixt the parties following viz. John Hay Selator in Milnthort on the one part and
David Chalmers son to Francis Chalmers Taylor in Lochgelly and Alexander Adam in Keltie as Cautioner and Suerty for the
said David Chalmers on the other part in manner following; That is to say the said David Chalmers hereby becomes bound
an apprentice to the said John Hay in his art and business as slater for the space of seven years from and after the
first day of July one thousand eight hundred and five which notwithstanding the date hereof is hereby declared to have
been the period of his entry to his apprenticeship during which space and time David Chalmers Binds and Obliges himself
to serve the said John Hay as a faithful and honest apprentice and shall not at any time hear or see any thing said or
done to his Masters disadvantage without timeously acquainting him thereof and preventing as far as in his power lyes
That he shall not reveale his Masters secrits nor absent himself from his service without leave asked and obtained
otherwise to serve two days for each days absence after the expiry of these Indentures and for the said David Chalmers
his performance of the above obligations shall come under by turn the above Alexander Adam hereby Binds and Obliges
him and his heirs the Exexcutors as Cautioner and Surety for the said David Chalmers For the which Casuses and on the
other part the said John Hay Binds and Obliges him and his heirs and Executors whatsoever to teach learn and instruct
the said David Chalmers in his art and business of a Selator and that he shall not conceal any part thereof from his
said apprentice and shall do his utmost endeavour to cause him to learn and understand the same so far as he the said
John Hay knows and practices and the said John Hay Binds and Obliges him and his forwards to maintain his said
apprentice in Bed Board Cloathing and washing during the period of his apprenticeship and also to uphold him in all
necessary working tools And both parties Bind and Oblige themselves and their fowards to implement their respective
parts of the promises to each other under the penalty of Ten pounds Stg. to be paid by the party failing to the party
observing or willing thereto and that over and above performance and they Consent to the Registration hereof in the
Books of Council and Session or others competent that Letters of Lerning and six days charge and all other execution
witness and pass herein in form as officers and thereto they Constitute Their Peers & In Witness whereof these presents
and the marginal note wrote on stamped paper by Robert Marshall Writer of Kinross are subscribed by the said parties
as follows viz. by said John Hay and David Chalmers at Kinross the twelfth day of January one thousand eight hundred
and eight before these witnesses the said Robert Marshall and Robert Low his Clerk.