1450 MARRIAGES. [ART. 62

relationship; seventh, if ever divorced; which facts shall be set out in
printed form to be signed by the person making the application.

An indictment for perjury under this section, held good. State v. Floto,
81 Md. 601.

1904, art. 62, sec. 6. 1888, art. 62, sec. 6. 1860, art. 60, sec. 6. 1865, ch. 130.
1866, ch. 102. 1882, ch. 357. 1886, ch. 497.

6. The clerk of each of said courts 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 ascertain 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 applicants for the marriage license as above set forth; and the names
of each of the contracting parties shall be properly indexed; 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 per-
sons by whom the ceremony was performed.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1888, art. 62, sec. 7. 1886, ch. 497.

7. No such license shall issue unless the male be above the age of
twenty-one yeears and the female above the age of sixteen years; pro-
vided, however, that if the parents or guardian 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.
Cited but not construed in State v. Davis, 70 Md, 240.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1888, art. 62, sec. 8. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7 A.

8. If in the course of the examination of any applicant for a mar-
riage 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 in marriage, he shall withhold aaid license unless
ordered by the court of which he is clerk to issue the same.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1888, art 62, sec. 9. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7 B.

9. A certified copy of the record of said marriage license and certifi-
cate under the hand of said clerk and seal of said court shall be received
in all courts of this State as prima facie evidence of said marriage
between the parties named therein.

Ibid. sec. 10. 1888, art. 62, sec. 10. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7c.

10. The clerk of the court shall receive one dollar for every license
issued as aforesaid and for the performance of the other duties required
by this article.

All marriage license fees go to the clerk for his services State v. Davls
70 Md. 241.