622 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

Marrying Unlawfully,

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 124. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 2. 1785, ch. 35.

191. If any person shall marry with any person within the
three degrees of direct lineal consanguinity, or within the first
degree of collateral consanguinity, each of the parties so marry-
ing, on conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay fifteen hundred
dollars, or be banished the State forever.

Ibid. sec. 125. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 2. 1790, ch. 20.

192. If any person shall marry with any person related with-
in any other of the degrees of kindred or affinity prohibited by,
the laws of this State, each of the parties so marrying shall, on
conviction thereof, forfeit and pay five hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 126. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 4.

193. If any minister shall knowingly celebrate the rites of"
marriage between any persons related in the degrees of kindred
and affinity prohibited by law, he shall, on conviction, pay five
hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 127. 1715, ch. 44, sec 24

194. If any minister, pastor or other person who, according
to the laws of this State do usually join people in marriage, shall
upon any pretence join in marriage any negro with any white-
person, he shall, on conviction, be fined one hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 129. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 3.

195. If any person shall celebrate the rites of marriage be-
tween any persons except the persons authorized by the laws,
of this State to celebrate the rites of marriage, such person,
on conviction thereof, shall be fined five hundred dollars.

Ibid, sec 180 1777, ch 12, sec. 5.

196. If any person in this State shall marry without such,
license, or without such publication as the law requires, on con-
viction, he shall be fined one hundred dollars. This section shall
not apply to Quakers, who marry according to the usages of their
society.