18 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 14

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be
added to Article 62 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Marriages", to be known as Section 4A and to
follow immediately after Section 4, said new section to read
as follows:

4A. In the case of marriages according to the ceremony
used by the society of people called Quakers, the license re-
quired by Section 4 shall be first obtained. In lieu of the
certificates required by the above section to be executed, the
parties shall sign the following certificates: We hereby certify
that on this.............. day of.............. one thousand

nine hundred and.............. at............ we, A. B.

and C. D. were united in marriage in accordance with the
ceremony of the society of people called Quakers, and in
accordance with the license issued by the Clerk of the........

........ Court for.............. County (or City), Maryland,,

which certificate shall be attested by the two overseers of said
ceremony and returned by the parties within five days from
the date of the marriage to the Clerk of the Court from which
it was issued.

Any person who shall fail to comply with the provisions of
this Section, shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not
less than Ten ($10) Dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 13 of
Article 62 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition),,
title "Marriages", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

13. 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; provided, 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; and
provided further that any minister or other person so per-
forming such marriage ceremony who shall fail to return
within the period of five days from the date of such marriage
to the clerk of the court issuing said license one of the cer-
tificates of marriage mentioned in Section 4 of this Article
shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than ten dollars.

In case no such certificate is returned within a period of
thirty days from the date of issuance of the marriage license
to which it was affixed, the Clerk of the Court issuing said
license shall take such steps as may be necessary to ascertain
whether or not a marriage ceremony has been performed, and
if so, the name of the minister or other official performing;
said ceremony.