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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 177. 1896. 119 plflthe court, not less than fifty nor more than two hundred and fifty 0 ars. Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the clerk to examine and ascertain A1>p11<>¤ti·>¤ for liunder oath the full names, ages, color, whether married previously or °°”°°‘ single, whether related or not, and, if so, in what degrees, of the parties desiring to marry, which facts shall appear on the face of the application, and shall be in the following form: Number. Application for license. Date, ; names of parties, requirements of the laws regulating marriage in the country of which he or she is a citizen have been complied with,. 7 Licenses shall be in the following form: I·i¤¤¤¤¤· Number. n. s. D. c., im. vm, To any minister or other person authorized to celebrate marriages in P- "· *'¤°'“*°*· the District of Columbia, greeting: You are hereby authorized to solemnize the rites of marriage between, of , and , of , and, having done so, you are commanded to make return of the same to the clerk’s office of the supreme court of the said District within ten days, as the law directs. Witness my hand and seal of said court this day of , anno Domini . , Clerk. By , Assistant Clerk. Said return shall be made in person or by mail on a coupon attached B°*“'“°*°°"‘m°“**· to and is ued with said license and bearing a corresponding number therewith, within ten days from the time of said ceremony, and shall be in the ibllowing form: Number _ R. S. D. C., sec.722, I,, who have been duly authorized to celebrate the rites of mar- p` S6' ”“”°°d°d‘ riage in the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that, by authority of license of corresponding number herewith, I solemnized the marriage of and, named therein, on the day of , at , in said District. A second coupon of corresponding number with the license shall be r,f;;'**“°°“ °" ¤*" attached to and issued with said license, to be given by the officiating ` minister or other person authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage in said District to the contracting parties, and shall be in the following form: Number. I hereby certify that on this day of, at , and were by me united in marriage in accordance with the license issued by the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. Name,. Residence,. Sec. 9. That the clerk shall provide a record book of his office, con- &*g_°g}‘;ggfg;i sistin g of applications for and of licenses in the forms prescribed in the p.sé, mmiéu. ' preveding section, printed in blank, to  iilled by him in accordance with said forms, and said blank applications, licenses, and certificates of the officiating minister or other person authorized to celebrate the rite of marriage shall be numbered correspondingly and consecutively irom one upward. _ And the said license when produced shall be full authority to any Fmt ¤f1¤¤¤¤¤¤· minister or other person authorized to marry receiving the same to proceed with the marriage of the parties named therein.
 * age, ; color, ; relationship, ; number of marriage,
 * whether he or she is a citizen of the United States or of a toreign country, ; if a citizen of a foreign country, whether all the