A favorable report on the so-called civil-marriages bill, which has the backing of several rabbis, including the Rev. Dr. Morris S. Lazaron, of the Madison Avenue Temple, Baltimore, was adopted by the House of Delegates of the Maryland General Assembly.
The measure would permit judges and clerks of any court of record to perform marriages.
As introduced, the bill would have permitted Mayors to perform ceremonies, but a committee amendment eliminated the provision conferring this authority on Mayors.
It was explained that the measure would not compel all marriages to be performed by civil officers, but left the matter discretionary.
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