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      evidence ol Damages by means of entries made in par ? s ^ registers under the care and supeiintendence of the parochial clergy , has been found by experience to be productive of yery great convenience and public benefit , and has been further secured and , provided for by an Act of Parliament passed in the 52 d year of his late Majesty ' s reign , intituled " An Act

      for the better regulating and preserving parish and other registers of births , baptisms , marriages and burials in England : " And it is expedient to subject the marriages to be solemnized under the authority of this Act to the same or the like provisions , in respect of registration , as marriages solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England :

      Be it there / ore enacted , &c , That in any case in which a marriage shall be intended to be solemnized under the provisions of this Act , and in which the banns of marriage shall have been duly published and certified , as hereinbefore directed

      or a licence shall have been duly obtained for such solemnization , it shall and may be lawful to and for either of the parties intending to be married , to give notice thereof in writing , twelve hours at least before the intended solemnization , to the

      officiating minister of the parish or chapelry within which the place of intended solemnization shall be situated ; or , if it be situated in an extra-parochial place , then to the officiating minister of the parish church or chapel nearest thereto ; or , in the absence of such minister , then to the parish-clerk or chapel-clerk ; and such minister or clerk respectively is

      hereby authorized and required immediately on the receipt of such notice , or as shortly thereafter as may be , to appoint a convenient time and place for registering the said marriage , within [ four ] hours after its solemnization , iii the usual register book of marriages for the said parish or chapelry ; at which time and place the said officiating minister , or iu his stead some other minister

      of the Church of England by him deputed for that purpose , shall attend with the said register book ; and the married parties , after the solemnization shall have taken place , shall appear before the said minister , and shall produce their certificate or certificates of banns , or their licence , as the case may be , and also the certificate of registration for the purposes c ^ — * ¦ *

      ^ ° r this Act , of the place of worship where their marriage has be £ n solemnized ; and cither or both of them dissenting from the Church of England shall declare such disfient : And if either or both of them , » eing married by licence , and not being a widower or widow , shall be under age , lhey shall bpth declare whether their m arriage has bje ^ fkd witft the . consent

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      of parents or guardians required by law ;* and two credible witnesses at the Jeast * who shall have been present at the solfenirf nization of the marriage , shall declare that they were so present ; and thereupon an entry shall be made in tfre Register ;

      book , and shall be signed by the parties married , and by such two witnesses as aforesaid , and likewise by the said minister with his proper addition ; which , entry shall be made in the form or to the effect foliowiug , with such variations as circumstances may require : that is to say ,

      c < A . B . of the [ this ] parish , and C . D . of the [ this ] parish , were married in this parish [ or chapelry ] by banns [ or licence ] with consent of [ parents or guardians ] , this day of in the year , according to the provisions of the statute 3 d Geo . IVth . cm ..

      Acknowledged before me , " I I ** [ Rector , vicar , curate , or minister , deputed by K . K . ] c < This marriage was solemnized between us [ A B , C D , ] in the presence of [ E F , G H ] . "

      And the said minister in every such case is hereby directed , empowered , and required to make such alterations in the printed forms required by law for the registers of marriages as are specified and

      authorized by this Act ; and to number every entry of a marriage under the provisions of this Act progressively , in like manner a . s if such marriage had been solemnized according to the rights of the

      Church of England . Provided also , and be it further enacted That upon every marriage solemnized and registered under the provisions of this Act , it shall and may be lawful to and for the parson , vicar , minister , or curate , and clerk respectively , of the parish or chapelry within which the same shall be registered , to demand and receive such and no other fees , duties , and

      emoluments , as they would have been entitled by law or custom to demand and receive , if the said marriage had been solemnized in the parish church or chapel of the said parish or chapelry . Provided also , and be it further enacted * That in every case of wilful neglect , delay ,

      or unavoidable accident , by which any marriage duly solemnized according to the provisions of this Act shall be prevented from being registered on the day on which it is solemnized , It » Uall and may be lawful for the Courj of King s Bench , on application of either of the

      married parties , their parents or guardians , and on due proof of the ^ acXs within six ; months after the solemnization , to order

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      Intelligence . ?— Unitarian , Association : Marriage ^/ lct . 44 &

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      vol . xvxi . " 3 l

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1822, page 441, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2514/page/49/