1448 MARRIAGES. [ART. 62

His sister,

His son's daughter,

His daughter's daughter,

His son's son's wife,

His daughter's son's wife,

His wife's son's daughter,

His wife's daughter's daughter,

His brother's daughter,

His sister's daughter.

A woman shall not marry:

Her grandfather,
Her grandmother's husband,

Her husband's grandfather,

Her father's brother,

Her mother's brother,

Her father,

Her stepfather,

Her husband's father.

Her son,

Her daughter's son,

Her husband's son,

Her daughter's husband,

Her brother,

Her son's son,

Her son's daughter's husband

Her daughter's daughter's husband,

Her husband's son's son,

Her husband's daughter's son,
Her brother's son,

Her sister's son.
See note to sec. 1.

1904, art. 62, sec. 3. 1888, art. 62, sec. 3. 1860, art. 60, sec. 3.
1860, ch. 271.

3. All marriages made and celebrated in or out of this State prior
to March 9, 1860, by and between persons related within the following
degrees of affinity, to wit: a man and his niece, or a woman and her
nephew, are hereby confirmed and made valid to every intent and pur-
pose from the time of the celebration of such marriages, respectively;
and every such marriage shall be held and taken by all courts of this
State to be good and sufficient in law to all intents and purposes.

Prior to this section, a marriage between a man and his niece was not

ipso facto void, but only voidable. This section is constitutional and wise.

Harrison v. State, 22 Md. 482; Grove v. Todd, 41 Md. 644.

Ibid sec. 4. 1888. art. 62, sec. 4. 1860, art. 60, sec. 4. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 3.

1865, ch. 130. 1866, ch. 102. 1868, ch. 42. 1882, ch. 357.

1886, ch. 497.

4. No person within this State shall be joined in marriage until a
license shall have been obtained from the clerk of the circuit court for