132 LAWS OF MARYLAND—1777.
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hereof, he shall forfeit and pay for every offence five hundred
pounds current money.
See 33d article of the bill of rights. |
Penally for
marrying
persons re-
lated, &c. |
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any minister within tins
state, shall knowingly celebrate the rites of marriage between any
persons related within the degrees of kindred or affinity in the
said table expressed, (to avoid which offence he is to make dili-
gent inquiry,) he shall forfeit and pay for every offence five
hundred pounds current money. |
No person
to marry
without
license, &c. |
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no person within this state
shall marry without such license as by this act is directed, or
before the names of the parties intending to marry shall be
thrice published in some parish church or chapel, meeting
house, Romish chapel, or other house of religious worship, in
the county where the woman shall have her usual residence,
on three several Sundays, by some minister residing within the
same county where the woman to be married usually lives, (or
if a Quaker, before publication of his marriage shall be made
in such manner as hath been heretofore used and practised in
this state by the people of his society,) under the penalty of five
hundred pounds current money; and if any minister shall
marry any person without such license or publication as afore-
said, he shall forfeit five hundred pounds current money; and
if any minister shall go out of the county where he resides,
and there join together in matrimony any persons belonging to
this state, and if any minister shall go out of this state and
there celebrate the rites of marriage between any persons
belonging to this state, without such license or publication as
above prescribed, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred pounds
current money. |
Penalty on
marrying
out of the
state, &c. |
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if any person belonging to this
state shall go out of this state, and there marry with any person
belonging to this slate, contrary to this act, each of the said
parties shall he liable to the same punishment or penalty as if
the offence had been committed within this state. |
Churches,
&c. to be
recorded. |
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That every parish church or clia-
pel belonging to the church of England, and every meeting-
house, Romish chapel, or other house of religious worship,
belonging to and used by any sect or denomination of chris-
tians, shall be recorded in the records of the county court of
the county wherein such church, chapel, or house of worship
shall be, and none shall be esteemed as such for the publica-
tion of marriage agreeable to this act, unless recorded as afore-
said. |
Lists to be
returned. |
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That every minister celebrating a
marriage by license aforesaid, shall annually, in the month of
November, return on oath a list of the names of the persons, |
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