FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. 1393 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 -. .. . · By —-L ——+, Clerk. By —- ———~—, Assistant Clerk. Said return shall be made in person or by mail, on a coupon issued Return .¢°¤ ¤ *0 with said license and bearing a corresponding number therewith, within be med with clgm ten days from the time of said marriage, and shall be in the following · form: " Number ... _ , I, _______...____.. , who have been duly authorized to celebrate ··f°'m °‘· the rites of marriage in the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that, by authority of a license of corresponding number herewith, 1 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 attached to and issued with said license, to be given by the minister or other person celebrating the marriage 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. 1294. DUTY or MINISTER OR OTHER PERSON GELEBRATING MAR- —pe¤a1ty. R1AGE.—Any minister or other person, having solemnized the rites of marriage under the authority of a license issued as aforesaid, who shall fail to make return as therein required, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars upon conviction of said failure upon information in the police court of said district. _ Sec. 1295. REooRD.—The clerk of the said court shall provide a R"°°“’ °*“°°“‘°“· record book in his office, consisting of applications and licenses in blank, to be filled up by him with the names and residences of the parties for whose marriage any license may have been issued, said applications and licenses to be numbered consecutively from one upward; and also a record book in which shall be recorded, in the order of their ‘°‘ °°”i6°&°€S· °*°· numbers, the certificates of the minister or other persons authorized, upon their return to said office, corresponding to said record book of licenses issued, and a copy of any license and certificate of marriage so kept and recorded, certified by the clerk under his hand and seal, shall be competent evidence of the marriage. . SEo. 1296. SLAVE BIARRIAGES.——All colored persons in the District dslavg uighrriases who, previous to their actual emancipation, had undertaken and agreed mug va 1 ` to occupy the relation to each other of husband and wife, and were cohabiting together as such or in any way recognizing the relation as existing on the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, whether the rites of marriage have been celebrated between them or not, are deemed husband and wife, and are entitled toall the rights ' and privileges and subject to the duties and obligations of that relation in like manner as if they had been duly married according to law. All ·°mld*°¤l€8mm¤°¤- the children of such persons shall be deemed legitimate, whether born before or after the date mentioned. When such parties have ceased to cohabit before such date, in consequence of the death of the woman ' von xxx1—— -88
