1500 MARRIAGES. [ART. 62

brating the marriage to make two certificates in the following
form : I hereby certify that on this ——— day of ———, one
thousand ——, at ——, A—— B—— and C——— D——,
were by me united in marriage, the names of said parties hav-
ing first been thrice published on three several Sundays in ——,
a house of religious worship, —— county, State of Maryland,
by ——, a minister resident in said county, which he shall
sign, giving his name and official character, and immediately
after he has celebrated the marriage the, minister shall give one
of the certificates to the persons whom he has married and he
shall transmit one of the certificates to the clerk of the circuit
court for the county where the marriage was celebrated or to
the clerk of the court of common pleas, if the marriage be cele-
brated in Baltimore city, who shall record the same in a book
kept for that purpose, receiving a fee of fifteen cents for record-
ing each certificate, to be paid by the minister sending the
certificate for record; a copy of such certificate of the minister
when recorded in the clerk's office hereinbefore provided cer-
tified to by the clerk under the seal of his office shall be prima
facie evidence of the fact of such marriage.

1890, ch 465, sec 11 B

13. Any minister who shall fail within sixty days to transmit
the certificate to the clerk for record shall be subject on con-
viction to a fine of ten dollars for each offense.

1888, art. 62, sec 12 1886, ch. 497, sec. 8.

14. 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 con-
trary 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.
Ridgely v. Ridgely, 79 Md. 298.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1867, ch. 423.

15. All marriages made and celebrated in this State prior
to March 22, 1867, by and between colored people are hereby
confirmed and made valid to every intent and purpose from the