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vision for the Marriage of the Members of certain Congregations of Protestent Dis * senters , usually assembling for Divine Worship in certain Chapels or Places duly entered and registered according to Law , who deny the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity , as it is declared in the Articles of Religion mentioned in the Statute made m
the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Queen the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth , and who therefore scruple to be married according to the Office of Matrimony in the Book of Common Prayer : Be it therefore enacted by the King ' s most excellent Majesty , by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , in this present Parliament assembled , * and
by the Authority of the same , That at any Time after the passing of this Act , whenever the Banns of Marriage shall have been duly published Three several Sundays in the proper Parish Church or Churches , Chapel or Chapels , as required by Law , between any Two Persons being * Members of any such Congregation as aforesaid , who shall be desirous of
having the Benefit of this Act , without just Cause or Impediment having been declared against such Marriage , it shall be lawful for the Rector , Vicar j Curate , or Officiating Minister of each and every Parish or Chapelry in which such Banns of Marriage shall have been published , and he is hereby directed and required , to give a Certificate in Writing under his
Hand , certifying the due Publication of such Banns , and that no Cause or just Impediment had been declared why the Parties should not be joined together in Matrimony , such Certificate being in the Form specified in the Schedule to this Act marked ( B . ) , with such Variations as Circumstances shall require : Provided nevertheless , that both the Parties shall
tuled ' An Act to relieve Persons who impugn the Doctrine of the Trinity from certain Penalties : ' Aud whereas several of His Majesty ' s Subjects , being Protestant Dissenters from the Church of England , entertaining conscientious scruples with respect to Belief in the Doctrine of the Trinity , and commonly called Unitarians , regard the Necessity of
solemnizing Matrimony according to the Office of Matrimony in the Book of Common Prayer as a Grievance repugnant to their Religious feelings , and have at various Times petitioned Parliament to be relieved therefrom : And whereas it is expedient to grant some Eaie to scrupulous Consciences in this respect , without infringing on the general Policy of the Law relative to Marriages .
* Protestant Dissenters of the Unitarian Persuasion ,
previously sign a Declaration in Writing * in the Form specified in the Schedule to this Act marked ( A . ) , with such Variations as Circumstances may require ; and such Declaration shall be also certified and attested ' , in the Form specified in the said Schedule , by the Officiating Minister of such Congregation , if any such there be ; and also by Two Elders of the same Con-
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gregation , being Housekeepers ; and in case there be no Officiating Minister , then by Three Elders of the same Congregations , being Housekeepers ; and in which Declaration and Certificate the Place of Abode , and also the State , Profession , or Trade of every Person signing the same , or therein mentioned , shall be truly set forth : Provided also , that previously to giving such Certificate as aforesaid , the Rector ,
Vicar , Curate , or Officiating Minister aiid Clerk of the Parish or Chapelry in which the Woman intending to be married shall be resident , shall be entitled to and sliall receive from the Party applying for such Certificate , such and the same Fees , Duties , and Emoluments as might by Law or Custom be demanded for publishing such Banns and solemnizing such Marriage in the Parish Church or Chapel of such Parish or Chapelry .
And be it further euacted , That it shall and may be lawful to and for such Persons so proposing to intermarry as aforesaid , or any Person on their Behalf , to carry such Certificate or Certificates of the Publication of Banus , or their Licence , in case the Marriage shall be had by Licence , and to leave the same ,
together with the said Declaration , and Certificate thereto subscribed , or another Declaration and Certificate , in the same Form , aud signed as aforesaid , with auy Justice of the Peace , Mayor , Alderman , or Magistrate , authorized by Law to act as a Justice of the Peace within the Division , City , Borough , or Corporate Town or Place wherein the said Parties or either
of them reside ; and such Justice , Mayor , Alderman , or Magistrate , not being a Clerk in Holy Orders , shall and is hereby required thereupon to name and appoint a Time , within the Hours appointed by Law for the Celebration of Marriages , and not at a less Distance than the
Second Day thereafter , nor a greater Distance than Four Days from the Receipt of such Certificate or Licence and Declaration , and Certificate thereto subscribed , at which Time , and at some suitable and convenient Place to be also appointed by such Justice , Mayor , Alderman , or Magistrate , the Parties ao proposing to intermarry shall and may appear ; and such Justice , Mayor , Alderman , or Ma-• County ,
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Intelligence . —UhttaHan Marriage Bill . 699
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1827, page 699, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1800/page/67/
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