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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 820

or such deputy clerks as the resident judge of the circuit
court for the county, or the senior judge of the circuit
court resident in the county, as the case may be, may
designate[, and any of the clerks or deputy clerks of any of
the courts comprising the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City as
the chief judge of the Supreme Bench may designate].

(b) The resident judge, or senior judge, as provided
above [and the chief judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City] shall designate the times during which and the places
where the clerks of the judicial circuits [or of the Supreme
Bench], or such deputies or other clerks as may be
designated, may perform marriage ceremonies. The resident
judge or senior judge[, and the chief judge of the Supreme
Bench] shall also designate the form of marriage ceremony
which shall be recited by the clerks and parties to the
marriage.

4.

No person within this State shall be joined in marriage
until a license shall have been obtained from the clerk of
the circuit court for the county in which the marriage is to
be performed[, or if in Baltimore City, from the clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas].

The license required by this article shall be in the
following form, to wit: _. State of Maryland and County of

........... To any minister of the Gospel, or other officer

or person authorized by the laws of the State to solemnize
marriage. You are hereby authorized to join together in
the holy state 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 ...........; and who is (state here whether single,

widower, or divorced, as the case may be), and C.D., whose

place of residence is ...................; 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 Circuit Court for.............

County [(or the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City)]

(OR THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR 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 C.D. 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