ART. 62] LICENSES——BANNS——CERTIFICATES. 1451

1904, art. 62, sec. 11. 1888, art. 62, sec. 11. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7D. 1894, ch. 94.

11. Such license when produced shall be full authority to any min-
ister or other person authorized to marry receiving the same to proceed
with the marriage of the parties named therein; provided, that should
any minister or other person marry persons without such license, he
shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court; and pro-
vided further that any minister or other person so performing such mar-
riage ceremony who shall fail to return within the period of thirty days
from the date of such marriage to the clerk of the court issuing said
license one of the certificates of marriage mentioned in section 4 of this
article shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than ten dollars.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1890, ch. 465, sec. 11 A.

12. In all cases when marriages shall be celebrated after publication
of banns it shall be the duty of the minister celebrating the marriage to
make two certificates in the following form: I hereby certify that on
this ——— day of ———, one thousand ———, at ———, A——— B——— and
C——— D———, were by me united in marriage, the names of said parties
having first been thrice published on three several Sundays in ———, a
house of religious worship, ——— county, State of Maryland, by ———, a
minister resident in said county, which he shall sign, giving his name
and official character, and immediately after he has celebrated the mar-
riage the minister shall give one of the certificates to the persons whom
he has married and he shall transmit one of the certificates to the clerk
of the circuit court for the county where the marriage was celebrated
or to the clerk of the court of common pleas, if the marriage be cele-
brated in Baltimore city, who shall record the same in a book kept for
that purpose, receiving a fee of fifteen cents for recording each certifi-
cate, to be paid by the minister sending the certificate for record; a
copy of such certificate of the minister when recorded in the clerk's
office hereinbefore provided certified to by the clerk under the seal of
his office shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of such marriage.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1890, ch. 465, sec. 11 B.

13. Any minister who shall fail within sixty days to transmit the
certificate to the clerk for record shall be subject on conviction to a fine
of ten dollars for each offense.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1888, art. 62, sec. 12. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 8.

14. The circuit court for the several counties and the superior court
of Baltimore city may, upon petition of either of the parties, inquire
into, hear and determine and the circuit court for the several counties
and the criminal court of Baltimore, on indictment, may inquire into,
hear and determine the validity of any marriage and may declare any
marriage contrary to the table in this article, or any second marriage,
the first subsisting, null and void; and on appeal the depositions and