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    An Act For Granting Relief To His Majest...

    form or to the effect following , with such quire I ; A * ( t B hat is to say ) , Registrar [ Archdeacon ! of ofthe < € do Bishop house or or > tenementsituatein street , within the dioCese [ in the parish of and which hath been the day of duly registered in the as * place duly registered one thousand above-mentioned court _> time after the of marriages , at any time after the day of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three , under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Fourth Year of his present Majesty ' s Reign , intituled [ here set forth the title of this Act ] . As witness my hand , this day of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three . variations aa the ease ifiay re-Courtofthe Archbishop that a certain » and herebycerdfy , the townof in or Archdeaconry ] of of religious worship , was , on eight as a ; day ; hundred and twenty-three , place for the solemnization of one thousand

    " A . B . Begistrar . _" And be it further enacted , that from and after the expiration of tw _^ fa _^ calendar months , computed from the date of such registration , marriages shall or lawfully may be solemnized in every such place so to be registered ,, itt suck form , and with such rites and ceremonies , as shall accord with the

    religious feelings of the parties to be married , provided that every such marriage shall be solemnized with open doors , in the presence of two or more credible witnesses , between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon , and likewise subject to the further provisions herein-after expressed or referred to .

    And be it further enacted , that at any time after the expiration of twelve calendar months from the passing of this Act , whenever the banns of marriage shall hav _6 been duly published three several Sundays in the _proper Parish Church or Churches , or Chapel or Chapels , as * required by law , without any declaration of just cause or impediment to such marriage

    between any two persons who shall be Nonconformists , or one of whom shall be a Nonconformist to the Church of England as by law established , ani _^ _f who shall be desirous of _beipg married in some place of religious worship _registered under the provision _^ of this Act , it shall be lawful for either of such persons , upon presenting a declaration in Writing to that _effect specifyiflg the place at which such ' marriage is intended to be solemnized , ( which declaration ahall be deemed and accepted as conclusive evidence of sUcU Nonconformity _») to demand from the rector , vicar , curate , or officiating ; minister of each and every parish , chapelry , or ecclesiastical district in which

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 12, 1823, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_12061823/page/23/