The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-20 00:00:00

MARRIAGE ACT.

The Marriage Act, which comes into operation on the Alit of
.March next, begins by providing
,for the continuance of the
'present mode of celebrating marriages by license, and by bans
also on
,the production of the Registrar's certificate, to be ob-
tained in the manner subsequently described. 'Marriages .by
Jews and Quakers may be solemnized as at-Present, on the pro-
duction of. the Registrar's certificate. The Superintendent
Registrar of births and deaths is alsoto be the Superintendent
Registrar of marriages. To him' parties wishing to be married
are to give notice of their intention, It is necessary that they
;should have lived for seven days within the district of the Su-
perintendent Registrar, to whom„lhey give the notice; and if
they live in separate districts, distinct notices inusit be given ,to
the Supexintendent.Registrar of their respective districts.. Ttio
,names, sin and profession pf,the parties, and, the:place
;wherein they meanto,be,marrted,naust,he specified in the. no-
itise„with.the tipae„ of residenee in the'clistrjet. The notice is to,
the,filesl,44 a 4 copy made,in , the marriage notice-beok,pn par-
'me" of At the Superintendent.• Registrar clerk,
,of.the Guardiaos of .the Poor,
'he is thread the notices at, three
Meekly.nieetings,of the Gpardians,, after the eonclesien of other,
ilinsiness; and if the 'Superintendent ,Begistrar is not the Clerk,,
he,is toitrAinsmit,to the Clerk the .natiees to, he read by that of-,
;ficer. After.the expiration of seven days. from , the clay Irben.
the notice,was given marriages bylicerice maybe Solewiz4;:
,and after the 04pmation of tw.entyzone daysy, infarriagea withoht
~license may, talce_placla, the superintendent Registrar issuing a,
,certificate, on payment of a shilling, that ,the.. lbw leas been
complied with by the parties. Persons authoriied by the exist-
ing law to forbid a marriiigerifaylfo-io under the new law, by
writing .the "his;cifher name, and the •
n The Superintendent Registrar is eni-
' pt:wiseoies,,On'paynient 1;3 each above the Ya-
read. to initieitirfe e.riejenic4e.
i,
Jae of the stamps, havaug given a „bond, to the It egistrar,Gene-
, rat for the execution,of.his duties, to tneainount of. £l.ooi. this_,.. }ppyie.r rgivibg .licenses • iloes• not,. however, .exteucl, to ,4)9Ae.
ichurchea and chapels Where marriagesEllitV now, ,tm.solex\inizd
wh
eense.,by clergymen of the .estatilialieit church,.init.enly ,
to
:sac. .district.as, are licensed.fprther,4,et.u_;
nization of niarriagesnncier. the.. new law.., Sine, of the 'parties;
Wishing, to bernerried.by license xn tot., appear. persenally before,
the Superintendent..Rd.Ristrar,.and iwear.tha/ thereis,no,lawful.
impediment to the marriage; that one of the parties,haa,resided;
for fifteen days previous, ,to the . granting of:tho, license,inth.e,
district where, the marriage .is t.ibelwo and tl}at.if
eo,.soler►
.ainnlyizideduw,;
e
be iu
g ii,.eonsent .of ,t hose whose:consent. isi
either of
ne the
years parties
ofn are,o t the
11QW. by law required :has been given to the. marriage. ..Any;
person. on p,avment of 55., may enter a caveat, against,the grapt,
of the. license or certificate ;. and the Superintendent,Registrar,
must, satisfy. .himself that the person:Objecting bee:sr iitocjanat causea
of olajection.before he canissite the license" 0r.,F5 t„ti t 5. Jf
marriage. is not ,solemnized,witbin three.mnnth
waitthteoruttnae
flesh
of the license or certificate, it cannot take place
license or certificate. The Superintendent 'Il ra g s
and
certifi-
cate is to. be given to clergymen of e.Church of England,
to the persona duly authorised to marry Jews and Quakers, at
e i
the time of the .marriage; but the Superintendent Registrar
himself, or a person appointed.by him, is to be present
thatthe
marriages of Dissenters in their own chapels, and in all other
places, not, of the Established Church, or belonging to Jews or
Quakers, registered for the solemnization of marriage under the
act. Marriages, in such registered places,. must be performed
with Open doors, between the hours of eight and twelve, in the
presence of the Registrar and at least two creditable witnesses;
and each of the parties must take the following declaration in
some part of the ceremony: Ido solemnly declare, that I
know not. of, any lawful impediment why I, A B. may not ,be
joined in matrimony to C
,And.each of the parties shall
say to the other, `,(A call upon. these persons here present to
witness,, that I, A B, do take. thee, CD, to bp my lawful-wedded
wife (or husband.") Persons objecting to marry in any such
registered building may appear before the Superintendent. R-
egistrar, the Registrar of the distriet,,or his deputy, and two
credible witnesses, and be married by making the above decla-
rations. In every case, the prescribed notices must be given of
the intention to marry. For every marriage by license, per-
formed before the Superintendent Registrar, las is to be paid;
if by notice, only ss, Provision is..made for appointing new
places for. the solemnization of marriage according to the forms
of the church in populous disti jets, where the parish church may
be inconveniently
situated. Persons entering caveats against
marriages on frivolous grounds are to Oe liable to proceedings
for damages. Parties solemnizing marriages in places not now
legalised, or not registered. under, the act,: to be guilty of felony,
and Superintendent Registrars issuing .licenses ,or certificates
contrary to the act, to he guilty of felony.
~ provision is made
for the periodical transmission of copies of entries of marriages
to the General Register-Officein_London. and for the iegister
inn of places for the solemnization of marriages.

As one of the many symptoms of the prosperity of the present
times, we may mention that one of the la rgest proprirors of
houses in London, and who is the owner of more than fourteen
hundred houses, has, not at this momenta single house unlet—
an event which he has celebrated by friving,a sumptuous dinner
entertainment to all the persons belbcging to his establishment.