834

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sides on three several Sundays by some Min-
ister residing in said county; provided, never-
theless, that any person within this State may
marry according to the ceremony used by the
Society of people called Quakers, the contract-

Form.

ing parties signing a certificate to the effect
that they have agreed to take each other for
husband and wife, and said certificate attested
by at least twelve witnesses; and provided, fur-
ther, that the said certificate shall within sixty
days be recorded either, amongst the records
of the Society to which either of the contract-
ing parties may belong, or in same Court of
Record in the city or county in which the said
marriage may be accomplished; the license re-
quired by this act 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 this
State to solemnize marriage, you are hereby
authorized to join together in the holy state of
matrimony, according to the rules and cere-
monies of your church, society or religious sect,
and the laws of this State, A B and C D; given
under my hand and the seal of county,
or city of , at , this day of ,
Anno Domini one thousand

——————— ——————— , Clerk

The license shall have appended to it two cer-
tificates rendered to correspond with said li-
cense, which shall be in form as follows: I
hereby certify, that on this day of , one
thousand , at , A B and C

Certificate.

D were by me united in marriage in
accordance with the license issued by the
Clerk of the Court of county, (or city),
Maryland; which certificates shall be signed
by the Minister or other person who per-
formed the ceremony, giving his name and
official character; one of said certificates shall
be handed to the contracting parties, and the
other shall, within thirty days from the date
of the marriage, be returned to the Clerk of
the Court from which it was issued.