ART. 62.] MARRIAGES—LICENSE. 975

P. G L , (1860,) art. 60, sec. 4. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 3. 1865, ch. 130. 1866,
ch. 102. 1868, ch. 42. 1882, ch. 357. 1886, ch. 497.

4. No person within this State shall be joined in marriage
until a license shall have been obtained from the clerk of the
circuit court for the county in which the marriage is to be per-
formed, or if in Baltimore city, from the clerk of the court of
common pleas, or unless the names of the parties intending to
marry shall be thrice published in some church or house of
religious 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 the said certificate shall,
within sixty days, be recorded either amongst 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 the said
marriage may be accomplished. The license required 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 this State to solemnize
marriage, you are hereby authorized to join together in the holy
state of matrimony, according to the rules and ceremonies of
your church, society or religious sect, and the laws of this State,
A B and C D). Given under my hand and the seal of the circuit
court for ———— county, (or the court of common pleas of
Baltimore city,) at ————, this ———— day of ————, A D., one
thousand.

————————, Clerk.

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 ————, at ————, A———— B———— and C————
D————, were by me united in marriage in accordance with the
license issued by the clerk of the ———— court for ———— county,
(or city,) Maryland; which certificates 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