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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY WHERE
THE MARRIAGE IS TO BE PERFORMED, THE CLERK, IN LIEU OF A
PERSONAL EXAMINATION UNDER OATH, SHALL ACCEPT A NOTORIZED
NOTARIZED STATEMENT FROM ONE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
TO THE MARRIAGE SWORN TO UNDER OATH BEFORE A CLERK OF
COURT IN THE COUNTY AND STATE OR OTHER COMPARABLE
OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTY, STATE, PROVINCE OR COUNTRY WHERE
THE PARTY RESIDES SPECIFYING THOSE FACTS REQUIRED IN THIS
SECTION. THE CLERK SHALL RECEIVE THE PAYMENT OF $1 AS AN
APPLICATION FEE OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MARRIAGE IS TO
BE PERFORMED SHALL RECEIVE THE PAYMENT OF $2 IN ADDITION
TO ALL OTHER APPLICABLE FEES, AND A LICENSE TO MARRY MAY
NOT BE DELIVERED BY THE CLERK UNTIL AFTER THE EXPIRATION
OF 48 HOURS FROM THE TIME A NOTARIZED APPLICATION
STATEMENT IS RECEIVED BY THE CLERK. 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 good and sufficient cause
shown, may, by an order in writing signed by him,
authorize the clerk to deliver [such] THE license at any
time after the application [therefor] FOR IT, but [such]
THE order [shall] MAY not be signed unless one or both of
the contracting parties are bona fide residents of
Maryland, except where one of the contracting parties is
a member of the armed forces of the United States. It
[shall be] IS unlawful for the clerks of any of the
courts [aforesaid] to make public the fact of an
application for a marriage license until [such] THE
license [shall have] HAS been issued except to the parent
or guardian of either of the contracting parties.
7.
Applications for license to marry may [only] be
made, accepted or received ONLY at the offices of the
clerks of the courts [aforesaid] and only during regular
office hours. Licenses to marry may [only] be issued ONLY
at [said] THOSE offices and only during [said] THOSE
hours and may be mailed or delivered to either of the
contracting parties to the marriage [and to no other
person] OR, IF AUTHORIZED BY ONE OF THE CONTRACTING
PARTIES IN THE APPLICATION, TO ANY MINISTER OF THE
GOSPEL, OR OTHER OFFICER OR PERSON AUTHORIZED BY THE LAWS
OF THIS STATE TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGE. It [shall be] IS
unlawful for the clerks of any of [the] THESE courts
[aforesaid] to predate any application for license to
marry and in case application has been made for a waiver
of the [forty—eight (48)] 48 hour requirement in the
manner provided in § 6, it [shall be] IS unlawful for any
of the clerks [aforesaid] to issue or deliver any license
to marry until the order authorizing the clerk to deliver
[such] THE license has been signed by the judge. Any
clerk who [shall fail] FAILS to comply with the
provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine not exceeding [one hundred dollars
($100) ] $100 for the first offense and in the case of the
second and each subsequent offense shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding [five hundred dollars ($500)] $500 or
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