Chapter 1490. To amend sections twelve hundred and eighty-eight, twelve hundred and ninety-three, and twelve hundred and ninety-four of the Code of the District of Columbia, relating to marriage, so as to authorize marriages according to the custom of the Society of Friends or Quakers
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CHAP. 1490.— An Act To amend sections twelve hundred and eighty-eight, twelve hundred and ninety-three, and twelve hundred and ninety-four of the Code of the District of Columbia, relating to marriage, so as to authorize marriages according to the custom of the Society of Friends or Quakers. April 23, 1904. [[S. 4130](/us/bill/58/s/4130).] [[Public, No. 154](/us/pl/58/154).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section twelve hundred District of Columbia.
Code amendments. and eighty-eight of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be amended by adding thereto the following: " “*Provided, however*, That marriages of members of any church or Marriages solemnized without a minister. Vol. 31, p. 1392, amended. religious society which does not by its custom require the intervention of a minister for the celebration of marriages maybe solemnized in the manner prescribed and practiced in any such society, the license in such case to be issued to, and returns to be made by, a person appointed by such church or religious society for that purpose.
” " Sec. 2. That section twelve hundred and ninety-three of said Act as amended by an Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, be amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 1293. Form of license.— Licenses to perform the marriage Licenses to be addressed to certain authorized persons. Vol. 32, p. 543, amended. ceremony shall be addressed to some particular minister, magistrate, or other person authorized by section twelve hundred and eighty-eight 298 hereof to perform or witness the marriage ceremony and shall be in the following form:
“Number —————. “To ————— ————— authorized to celebrate (or witness) marriages in the District of Columbia, greeting: “You are hereby authorized to celebrate (or witness) 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 said District within ten days under a penalty of fifty dollars for default therein. “Witness my hand and seal of said court this ————— day of —————, anno Domini —————.
“————— —————, Clerk. “By ————— —————, Assistant Clerk.” Return of coupon to clerk of court. Said return shall be made in person or by mail on a coupon issued with said license and bearing a corresponding number therewith within ten days from the time of said marriage, and shall be in the following form: “Number —————. “I ————— —————, who have been duly authorized to celebrate (or witness) the rites of marriage in the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that, by authority of a license of corresponding number herewith, I solemnized (or witnessed) the marriage of ————— ————— and ————— —————, named therein, on the ————— day of —————, at —————, in said District.
” Second coupon to contracting parties. A second coupon, of corresponding number with the license, shall be attached to and issued with said license, to be given to the contracting parties by the minister or other person to whom such license was addressed, and shall be in the following form: “Number —————. “I hereby certify that on this ————— day of —————, at —————, ————— ————— and ————— ————— were by (or before) 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. 3. Witness. Vol. 31, p. 1393, amended. That section twelve hundred and ninety-four of said Act be amended by inserting after the word “solemnized,” in the second line, the words “or witnessed.” Approved, April 23, 1904.