Marvin Mandel, Governor                         705

together in the holystate of matrimony according to the rules and
ceremonies of your church, society or religious sect and the laws
of this State, or according to the laws of this State. A. B., whose

place of residence is.................; whose age is.................; [color] skin

complexion_____; and who is (state here whether single, widower,

or divorced, as the case may be), and C. D., whose place of resi-
dence is..................; [color] skin complexion_____; and who is (state

here whether single, widow, or divorced, as the case may be), and

who are .................. (state here also whether the contracting parties

are in any way related). Given under my hand and seal of the Cir-
cuit Court for .................. County (or the Court of Common Pleas of

Baltimore City) at .................. this ................ day of .............. A.D., one

thousand nine hundred and...................The license shall have appended

to it two certificates framed to correspond with said license, which

shall be in form as follows: I hereby certify that on this..................day

of .................. one thousand nine hundred and ........... at.................., A.B.

and CD. were by me united in marriage in accordance with the

license issued by the Clerk of the..................Court for.................County

(or City) of Maryland which certificates shall be signed by the
minister, or other person who performed the ceremony, giving his
name and official character; one of said certificates shall be handed
to the contracting parties and the other shall within five days from
the date of the marriage be returned to the clerk of the court from
which it was issued, either by the minister or other person who
performed the ceremony, or, in the event of his death or resigna-
tion by any qualified officer of the church or other person in a
position so to return the same.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering in any
way with the right of any particular religious denomination to join
persons in marriage according to the rules and customs of said
denomination, it being the intent of this section merely to require
the issuance of the aforesaid license prior to the performance of
any marriage ceremony and to requiring [require] REQUIRE a
signing and return of the aforesaid certificates by the minister or
other official of a religious body or order performing said ceremony.

6.

(a) Before the clerk of any of the courts aforesaid shall issue
any license he shall examine one of the contracting parties to the
marriage, under oath, who shall appear personally before the clerk
and make application for the same, and the clerk shall ascertain;
first, the full name of each party; second, the place of residence of
each party; third, the age of each party; fourth, the [color] skin
complexion of each party; fifth, the marital status of each party,
whether previously married or single; sixth, FIFTH, whether re-
lated or not, if so, in which degree of relationship; seventh, SIXTH,
if one or both of the parties has been previously married, the date
and place of all deaths and judicial determinations terminating all
former marriages of each party; which facts upon the payment of
one dollar ($1.00) as an application fee shall be set out in printed
form to be signed by the person making the application, and no
such license to marry shall be delivered by the clerk until after
the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours from the time application
is made therefor; provided, however, that any judge of the circuit
court of the county in which the application is made or, if made
in Baltimore City, any judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for