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and the time when married, to the treasurer of his shore, under
the penalty of two hundred pounds current money. |
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That if any minister shall join in
marriage any male under the age of twenty-one years, or any
female under the age of sixteen years, and not before married,
without the consent of the parent or guardian of every such
person, personally given, or signified under the hand and seal
of the said parent or guardian, and attested by two witnesses,
he shall forfeit and pay five hundred pounds current money. |
Penally for
marrying
persons
under age,
&c. |
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That where any parish or pa-
rishes have not a minister officiating therein, it shall and may
be lawful for the reader or the clerk of such parish or congre-
gation to publish the bands of matrimony. |
Reader
may pub-
lish bands. |
SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That if any minister shall wil-
fully publish the bands of matrimony between any servants, or
between a free person and a servant, or if he shall wittingly
celebrate the rites of matrimony between any such, without
leave of the master or mistress of such servant, he shall forfeit
and pay for every offence fifty pounds current money. |
Ministers
not to marry
servants. |
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That all licenses for marriage
shall be issued by the clerk of the court of that county where
the woman shall have her usual residence, under the seal of
his county, in the following form, to wit: 'Whereas application
hath been made to me by A. B. of county, and G. D. of
county, for license to be joined in holy matrimony: These
are therefore to authorize and license you to solemnize the rites
of marriage between the said persons, according to law, there
appearing to you no lawful cause or just impediment, by reason
of any consanguinity or affinity, to hinder the same. Given
under my hand and the seal of my office this day of,
in the year seventeen hundred and . To the reverend
Mr. , or any other person qualified by law to celebrate
the marriage in the state of Maryland.' |
Clerks to
issue
licenses. |
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the
clerk granting such license the sum of thirty shillings current
money, and he shall annually in the month of November,
return on oath a list of licenses by him granted, the date, and
the persons to whom granted, to the treasurer of his shore, and
shall at such time pay to such treasurer twenty-five shillings
current money for each license by him granted, for the use of
this state, under the penalty of one hundred pounds current
money, and may retain five shillings on each license for his
trouble.
By 1797, ch. 38, blank licenses are to be delivered by the governor and
council to the treasurers, to be applied for by, and delivered to, the respec-
tive county clerks for each year, and to be accounted for by them; and 80
much of this act as directs a different mode of granting and accounting for |
Thirty
shillings to
be paid,
&c. |
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