HERBERT R. O'CONOR,, GOVERNOR. 19

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Sections 14 and 15
of Article 62 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Marriages", be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 18 of
Article 62 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition),
title "Marriages", be and the same is hereby repealed and a
new section enacted in lieu thereof to be known as Section 18
and to follow immediately after Section 17 of the aforesaid
Article, said new section to read as follows:

18. It shall be the duty of the several Clerks of Court to
transmit monthly to the Comptroller of the State, upon forms
to be supplied by said Comptroller, a report showing the num-
ber of marriage licenses applied for, the number of such
licenses issued, the number of such licenses cancelled, the num-
ber of marriage certificates recorded, the number of such
certificates issued and unreturned, and such other information
concerning marriage licenses as said Comptroller may require.
Said report shall be made for the calendar month and shall be
forwarded to the Comptroller on or before the fifteenth day of
the month next succeeding that for which said report is made.
A copy of said report shall at the same time be sent to the
Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Department of Health.

It shall be the duty of the several Clerks of Court to trans-
mit monthly to the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State
Department of Health, a report of the names and residences
of the parties to suits for divorce entered in their respective
Courts. In case a decree of divorce is entered, said Clerks
shall further forward a copy of any such decree to said
Bureau. The report shall be made for the calendar month and
shall be forwarded to said Bureau, together with copies of all
such decrees entered in said calendar month, on or before the
fifteenth day of the month next succeeding that for which said
report is made.

For transmitting said reports and copies of said decrees in
accordance with the provisions of this Section the Clerks of
Court shall receive no compensation.

Any clerk who shall fail to comply with the provisions of
this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of ten
($10) dollars for each offense.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1941.

Approved April 15, 1941.