ART. 62] LICENSE——BANNS——CERTIFICATES. 1497

1888, art. 62, sec. 3. 1860, art. 60, sec. 3. 1860, ch. 271

3. All marriages made and celebrated in or out of this
State prior to March 9, 1860, by and between persons related
within the following degrees of affinity, to wit: a man and
his niece, or a woman and her nephew, are hereby confirmed
and made valid to every intent and purpose from the time of
the celebration of such marriages, respectively; and every such
marriage shall be held and taken by all courts of this State to
be good and sufficient in law to all intents and purposes.
Harrison v. Harrison, 22 Md. 468. Denison v. Denison 35 Md. 361.

Ibid. sec. 4. 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 G 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, nine hundred ———

—————————, Clerk.
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