2532 ARTICLE 62

the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, or unless the names of the par-
ties intending to marry shall be thrice published in some church or house
of public 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 certificate being attested by at least twelve
witnesses; and provided, further, that said certificate shall within sixty
days be recorded either among 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 said marriage may be accomplished. The license re-
quired 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 the State to solemnize
marriage: You are hereby authorized to join together in the holy estate of
matrimony according to the rules and ceremonies of your church, society
or religious sect and the laws of this State, or according to the laws of this
State, A. B., whose place of residence is........; whose age is........;

color................; and who is (state here whether single, widower, or

divorced, as the case may be), and C. D., whose place of residence is
............... color............ and who is (state here whether single,

widow or divorced, as the case may be), and who are........... (state

here also whether the contracting parties are in any way related). Given
under my hand and 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

and ............. The license shall have appended to it two certificates

framed to correspond with said license, which shall be in form as follows:

I hereby certify that on this ............. day of............... one

thousand nine hundred and ............. at ............. A. B., and

C. T), were by me united in marriage in accordance with the license issued
by the Clerk of the .............. Court for ............. County (or

City), Maryland, which certificate shall be signed by the minister, or
other person who performed the ceremony, 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 issued.

While there must be "some religious ceremony" in order that a, marriage may be
valid, the failure to secure a license does not render a marriage void. Purpose of re-
quiring a license. Feehley v. Feehley, 129 Md. 569.

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

Act of 1886, ch. 497, repealed act of 1886, ch. 261, and also repealed secs. 4 to 8 of
art. 60 of Code of 1860. State v. Davis, 70 Md. 239; Musgrove v. B. & O. R. R. Co.,

11 Md. 637.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 5. 1912, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1888, sec. 5. 1886, ch. 497. 1906, ch. 766.
1920, ch. 549, sec. 5. 1937, ch. 91.

5. Before the Clerk of any of the Courts aforesaid shall issue any
license he shall examine one of the contracting parties to the marriage,
under oath, who shall appear personally before the Clerk and make appli-
cation for the same, and the Clerk shall ascertain: first, the full name of
the parties; second, their place of residence; third, their age; fourth, their
color; fifth, whether married or single; sixth, whether related or not, if