HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

5. That before the Clerk of any of the Courts
aforesaid shall issue any such license, he shall
examine on oath, the person making applica-
tion, for the same, to ascertain: first, the full

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names of the parties; second, their places of
residence; third, their ages; fourth, their color;
fifth, whether married or single; sixth, whether
related or not, and if so, in what degree of re-
lationship; which facts shall be set out in a
printed form to be signed by the person mak-
ing the application.

6. That the Clerk of each of the Courts
aforesaid shall, procure and keep a suitable
and well-bound book in his office and among
his records, to be called The Marriage License
Book, in which he shall make a complete
record of the issuing of said license, and all
the matters which he shall be required to as-

Clerk to ex-
amine under
oath.

certain, relative to the rights of said parties
to obtain said license, in which record shall
appear in regular order the items testified to
by the applicant for the marriage license as
above set forth, and the names of each of the
contracting parties, to be indexed after the
Campbell System; and upon the return of the
certificate aforesaid, it shall appear in said
record when the same was filed, and the name
of the Minister, or other person or persons by
whom the ceremony was performed.

7. That no such license shall issue unless
the male be above the age of twenty-one years,
and the female above the age of sixteen years;

Keep record.

provided, however, that if the parents or guar-
dian assent thereto in person, or by writing,
attested by two witnesses, such license may
issue, and the fact of such assent shall be
made part of the record aforesaid.

7 A. If in the course of the examination of

Age.

any applicant for a marriage license, it shall
appear to the Clerk of the Court that any
legal impediment exists under the laws of this
State, why the said parties shall not be joined

Withhold li-
cense.