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ceremony pursuant to publication, or of the witnesses at a Quaker cere-
mony, to demand the assent and statement required by the preceding sec-
tion and thereafter to make said assent and statement, if written, or the
fact thereof, if made in person, a part of the record required hereunder;
provided, however, that the certificate of a licensed physician referred to
in the preceding section shall not be made a part of such record.

1939, ch. 728, sec. 7B.

9. Any person violating the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $25.00 and not more than $250.00. Any person who
shall knowingly make any false statement to procure any license or mar-
riage ceremony in violation of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of and
punished for perjury.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 8. 1912, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, sec. 8. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7A.

10. If in the course of the examination of any applicant for a marriage
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 said license unless ordered by the court of
which he is clerk to issue the same.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 9. 1912, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, sec. 9. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7B.

11. 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 10. 1912, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1888, sec. 10. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7C.

1920, ch. 500.

12. The Clerk of the Court shall receive two dollars 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. Davis, 70 Md. 241.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 11. 1912, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1888, sec. 11. 1886, ch. 497, sec. 7D.

1894, ch. 94.

13. Such license when produced shall be full authority to any minister
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 provided further
that any minister or other person so performing such marriage 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.
See notes to sec. 4.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 12. 1912, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 12. 1890, ch. 465, sec. 11A.

14. In all cases when marriages shall be celebrated after publication
of banns it shall be the duty of the minister celebrating the marriage to