ART. 62.] MARRIAGES—LICENSE. 977

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.
Fornshill v. Murray, 1 Bl. 479. LeBrun v. LeBrun, 55 Md. 503.

1886, ch. 497.

9. A certified copy of the record of said marriage license and
certificate, under the hand of said clerk and seal of said court,
shall be received in all courts of this State as prima fade evi-
dence of said marriage between the parties named therein.

Ibid.

10. The clerk of the court shall receive one dollar for every
license issued as aforesaid, and for the performance of the other
duties required by this article.

Ibid.

11. 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; pro-
vided, 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.

Ibid.

12. The circuit court for the several counties, and the superior
court of Baltimore city, may, upon petition of either of the
parties, inquire into, hear and determine, and the circuit court
for the several counties, and the criminal court of Baltimore, on
indictment, may inquire into, hear and determine the validity of
any marriage, and may declare any marriage contrary to the table
in this article, or any second marriage, the first subsisting, null
and void; and on appeal the depositions and evidence given in
the cause shall be transmitted with the record to the court of
appeals, and thereupon such cause shall be heard, determined and
adjudged de novo.

1867, ch. 423

13. All marriages made and celebrated in this State prior to
March 22, 1867, by and between colored people are hereby con-