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gistrate is hereby required and authorized thereupon to attend and take the Declaration of the contracting of Marriage , and to permit such Parties to intermarry before him in the Presence of such Witnesses as are required by Law for the
Celebratiou of Marriages ; winch Marriage , as the Form thereof , shall be had and declared in Manner and according to the Form following ; the Man to be married , taking the Woman to be married by the Hand , shall plainly and distinctly pronounce these Words , —
" I , A . B ., do take and acknowledge thee C . D . for my wedded Wife * before these Witnesses / 'f And then the Woman , taking the Man by the Hand , shall plainly and distinctly pronounce these Words , — " I , C . D ., do take and acknowledge thee A . B . for my wedded Husband J before these Witnesses . §
Which said Words and Acknowledgment of Marriage shall be fairly written or printed at the Foot of or indorsed upon the Certificate of the Publication of Banns or Licence , < ts the Case may be , and shall be signed by the Parties marriedf and attested by the Justice and other Witnesses present thereat , according to the Form following : " Parish of the Day of in the Year
" We , L . M ., One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the County , Division , or other Place , and usually acting in the said Parish as such Justice , do hereby attest that the before-mentioned Words were pronounced and signed by the said A . B . and CD . in our Presence , at the Time and Place before-mentioned . " N . O . of " P . Q . of
And such Marriage , so to be had and declared , shall thereupon be as valid and effectual in the Law to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been solemnized in the usual Manner in a Church or Chapel by a Minister of the Church of England , and according to the Office of
Matrimony in the Book of Common Prayer , and no further or otherwise ; and it shall not be necessary thereafter to give in Evidence the Delivery of such written Declaration or Declarations , Certificate or Certificates , or Attestation , or to prove that the Parties were Protestant Dissenters of the Persuasion aforesaid , in
sup-* and do here , in the presence of God , and f promise to be unto thee a loving and faithful Husband . X and do heye , in the Presence of God , and § promise to be unto thee a loving , faithful , and obedient Wife .
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port of the Validity of the said Marriage upon any Occasion whatever , nor shall any Evidence be received to prove the contrary in any Suit touching the Validity of the said Marriage : Provided always , that no such Justice , Mayor , Alderman ,
or Magistrate shall proceed upon Certificate of Banns to the Marriage of any Two Persons , both or one of whom shall be under the Age of Twenty-one Years , not being a Widower or Widow , when and in case he shall have Notice of the Dissent of the Parents or Guardians of
the Party under Age ; neither shall such Justice , Mayor , Alderman or Magistrate , in any Case where a Marriage shall not be had within Three Months after the complete Publication of Banns , proceed to the Marriage of the Parties , until the Banns shall have been republished on
Three several Sundays , in due Course 01 Law , or unless by Licence duly obtained . And be it further enacted , That Two other Copies of the said Acknowledgment of Marriage ana * Attestation shall be made and signed immediately after such Marriage , One whereof shall be delivered to each of the said married Parties .
And be it further enacted , That no Licencefor a Marriage to be had according to this Act shall be granted without the Production of such Declaration and Certificate thereto subscribed as are herein required to be delivered to the Person granting a Certificate of the Publication of Banns , and that a Copy thereof shall be indorsed on such Licence , and certified to be a true Copy by the Person granting such Licence .
And be tt further enacted , That a Fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence shall be paid to the Justice before whom such Marriage shall be had , or his Clerk , And whereas it is expedient to provide for the regular Registration of such Marriages , and for facilitating the Means of Proof thereof ; be it therefore further enacted , That the Justice or other Person as aforesaid , before whom any such Marriage shall be so had , shall immediately thereafter return the Acknowledge
• make out , sign , and deliver to such Parties a Certificate of such Marriage being had , for which a Fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence and no more shall be paid , and which shall be subscribed by the said Parties , and by at least Two of the Witnesses present thereat , and shall
be in the Form specified in Schedule ( C . ) to this Act , with such Alterations as Circumstances may require , in which Cerficate shall be expressed that the Marriage was celebrated by Banns or Licence , and in case of the Marriage being by Licence , if both or either of the Parties so married by Licence be under Age , ( not
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fQO Intelligence . — Unitarian Marriage Bill .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1827, page 700, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1800/page/68/
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