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 office of the Register of Wills in the county where the testator lived, be held to have the same force and effect to pass and convey the estate that was in the testator at the time of his death, and intended to be conveyed by the deed, as if such will had been duly proved and letters testamentary thereon granted within this Commonwealth, etc.

Another permits the judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in all counties in which there are two or more Courts of Common Pleas, at the request of any of the other Courts of Common Pleas in the same county, to perform judicial duties in such other courts, but without extra compensation.

An act against gift enterprises, provides that any merchant, manufacturer, importer, retailer, or dealer, doing business within the Commonwealth, who shall offer, give, or sell to any purchaser or customer any ticket or tickets, check or checks, or other token or memoranda, entitling such purchaser or customer to demand or receive money, or any other article of value, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to fine or imprisonment, or both.

Another, on the subject of marriage, is entitled to high commendation. It provides, that after the 1st of October, 1885, no person shall be joined in marriage within the Commonwealth until a license shall have been obtained from the clerk of the Orphan's Court of the county in which the marriage is to be performed, the fee for which is fifty cents, and the license shall have appended to it two certificates—one an original certificate of the marriage by the minister of the Gospel, or other officer authorized by law to solemnize marriages, which, marked "original," shall be given to the person married; the other, in copy marked "duplicate," shall be returned to the clerk of the Orphan's Court of the proper county: Provided, that in all cases in which the parties intend solemnizing the marriage themselves, no such marriage shall take place, until the clerk of the Orphan's Court of the proper county shall certify their right to do so in the manner and form prescribed in said act. Any and all persons who, in the absence of such license,