ART. 62] LICENSE——BANKS. 1449

the county in which the marriage is to be performed, or if in Baltimore
city, from the clerk of the court of common pleas, or unless the names
of the parties intending to marry shall be thrice published in some
church or house of religious worship in the county where the woman
resides on three several Sundays by some minister residing in said
county; provided, nevertheless, that any person within this State may
marry according to the ceremony used by the society of people called
Quakers, the contracting parties signing a certificate to the effect that
they have agreed to take each other for husband and wife, and said cer-
tificate being attested by at least twelve witnesses; and provided fur-
ther, that the said certificate shall, within sixty days, be recorded either
amongst the records of the society to which either of the contracting
parties may belong, or in some court of record in the city or county in
which the said marriage may be accomplished. The license required
by this article shall be in the following form, to wit: State of Maryland,
and county of ————, to any minister of the Gospel, or other officer
or person authorized by the laws of this State to solemnize marriage,
you are hereby authorized to join together in the holy state of matri-
mony, according to the rules and ceremonies of your church, society or
religious sect, and the laws of this State, A B and C D. Given under
my hand and the seal of the circuit court for ———— county (or the
court of common pleas of Baltimore city), at ————, this ———— day
of ————, A. D., one thousand, nine hundred —————.

—————————, Clerk.

The license shall have appended to it two certificates framed to corre-
spond with said license, which shall be in form as follows:, I hereby
certify that on this ————— day of ————, one thousand ————, at

————, A———— B———— and C———— D————, were by me united
in marriage in accordance with the license issued by the clerk of the

———— court for ———— county (or city), Maryland; which certificates
shall be signed by the minister or other person who performed the cere-
mony, giving his name and official character; one of said certificates
shall be handed to the contracting parties, and the other shall, within
thirty days from the date of the marriage, be returned to the clerk of
the court from which it was issued.

No marriage in this state is valid without some sort of religious ceremony.
Denison v. Denlson. 35 Md. 379; Fornshill v. Murray, 1 Bl. 482.

The act of 1886, ch. 497, repealed the act of 1886, ch. 261, and also repealed
sections 4 to 8 of article 60 of the code of 1860. State v. Dayls, 70 Md. 239;
Musgrove v. B. & O. R. R. Co., 111 Md. 637.

1904, art. 62, sec. 5. 1888, art. 62, sec. 5. 1860, art. 60, sec. 5
1880. ch. 497. 1906, ch. 766.

5. Before the clerk of any of the courts aforesaid shall issue any
license, he stall examine on oath the person making application for
same, to ascertain, first, the full name of the parties; second, their place
of "residence; third, their age; fourth, their color; fifth, whether mar-
ried or single; sixth, whether related or not, if so, in what degree of