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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 906

(6)   In Garrett County the fee is $10. Of this
fee $3 shall be retained by the clerks and $5 shall be paid
to the general funds of the county. The remaining $2 shall
be paid to the Garrett County Historical Society for its
general use.

(7)   In Montgomery County the fee is $15. Of
this fee, $6 shall be retained by the clerks; $3 shall be
retained by them generally and $3 shall be retained in a
special fund for which the funds shall be devoted to the
enhancement and beautification of the Montgomery County
courthouse and facilities. The remaining $9 shall be
apportioned so that $7 goes to the general funds of the
county and $2 goes to the Montgomery County Historical
Society, Incorporated.

(8)   In Prince George's County the fee is $15.
Of this fee, $3 shall be retained by the clerks; $9 shall be
retained generally and $3 shall be retained in a special
fund for the Prince George's County Committee of the
Maryland Historical Trust.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland read(s) as follows:

Article 62 - Marriages

6.

(a) Before the clerk of any of the courts issues 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 license. The clerk
shall ascertain the following: (1) the full name of each
party; (2) the place of residence of each party; (3) the age
of each party; (4) the marital status of each party, whether
previously married or single; (5) whether related or not, if
so, in which degree of relationship; (6) 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the 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 notarized statement
from one of the contracting parties to the marriage sworn to
under oath before a clerk of court or other comparable
official in the county, state, province or country where the
party resides specifying those facts required in this
section. [The clerk of the county in which the marriage is