976 MARRIAGES—LICENSE. [ART. 62,

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 was issued.

Boone v. Purnell, 28 Md. 607. Denison v. Denison, 35 Md. 361. Redgraves
t. Redgrave, 38 Md. 97.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 60, sec. 5. 1886, ch. 497.

5. Before the clerk of any of said courts shall issue any
such license, he shall examine, on oath, the person making
application for the same, to ascertain first, the full names of the
parties; second, their places of residence; third, their ages; fourth
their color; fifth, whether married or single; sixth, whether
related or not, and if so, in what degree of relationship; which,
facts shall be set out in a printed form, to be signed by the per-
son making the application.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1865, ch 130. 1866, ch. 102. 1882, ch 357. 1886, ch. 497.

6. The clerk of each of said courts shall procure and keep a.
suitable and well-bound book in his office and among his records,
to be called "The Marriage License Book," in which he shall
make a complete record of the issuing of said license, and all the
matters which he shall be required to ascertain, relative to the
rights of said parties to obtain said license, in which record shall
appear in regular order the items testified to by the applicants
for the marriage license as above set forth; and the names of
each of the contracting parties shall be properly indexed; and
upon the return of the certificate aforesaid, it shall appear in said
record when the same was filed, and the name of the minister, or
other person or persons by whom the ceremony was performed.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1886, ch. 497.

7. No such license shall issue unless the male be above the age
of twenty-one years, and the female above the age of sixteen,
years; provided, however, that if the parents or guardian assent
thereto in person, or by writing, attested by two witnesses, such
license may issue, and the fact of such assent shall be made part
of the record aforesaid.

1886, ch. 497.

8. 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