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reau of Vital Statistics located nearest to their place of residence.

59. The said notice of intention shall have appended thereto certificates of the identity of the parties to he married and their signatures and a declaration that the said parties are voluntarily entering into marriage and that there are no impediments thereto as set forth in Sections 66–69 following.

Note. The identity of the parties to the marriage may be proved by certificates, documents, witnesses, or by any other means which may be determined by the official in charge.

60. The said official, after making an entry of the marriage in the Register of Marriages, shall read the same to the parties to the marriage and shall declare the marriage to have been contracted according to law.

61. Immediately upon recording the marriage, the official shall, upon the request of the parties thereto, issue to them a certificate of marriage.

62. The marriage shall be deemed in effect from the moment the entry thereof is made in the Register of Marriages.

63. In case notice of the existence of legal impediments to a marriage be received prior to the entry thereof in the Register, the official in charge shall suspend said entry until the matter be determined by the local court. Objections to a marriage which are obviously groundless may he dis-

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