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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 11 A. That in all cases when marriages shall be celebrated

after publication of banns, it shall be the duty of the minister

celebrating the marriage to make two certificates in the following

form : I hereby certify that on this —— day of —— , one thou-

sand —— , at —— , A —— B —— and C —— D —— , were by

Marriage
certificate

me united in marriage; the names of said parties having 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 cele-

brated 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 of Baltimore city, if the marriage be celebrated

To record

in Baltimore city, who shall record the same in a book kept for

that purpose, receiving a fee of fifteen cents for recording 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, certified to by the clerk

under the seal of his office shall be prima facie evidence of the

fact of such marriage.

SEC. 11 B. Any minister who shall fail within sixty days to

Fine.

transmit the certificate to the clerk for record shall be subject on

conviction to a fine of ten dollars for each .offense.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And le it enacted, That this .act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 466.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, section two

hundred and fifty-eight, of article three, of the Code of Public

Local Laws, title "Baltimore county," sub-title "Weights and

Measures," and to add new sections thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That section two hundred and fifty-eight, of article three, of the

Repeal

Code of Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore county," sub-title

" Weights and Measures," be and the same is hereby repealed and

re-enacted, to read as follows :

SEC. 258. The keeper of the standards of weights and measures

Fees.

in Baltimore county, State of Maryland, shall receive five cents;

for each weight and measure, and ten cents for each scale-beam