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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 795

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                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                                            C 291 L 87

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Meyers, Padden and Lewis

Read first time 2/9/87 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to marriages; and amending RCW 26.04.050.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, page 404, Laws of 1854 as last amended by section 95, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 26.04.050 are each amended to read as follows:

          The following named officers and persons, active or retired, are hereby authorized to solemnize marriages, to wit:  Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the superior courts, superior court commissioners, any regularly licensed or ordained minister or any priest of any church or religious denomination, and judges of courts of limited jurisdiction as defined in RCW 3.02.010.

                                                                                                                           Passed the House April 21, 1987.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

                                                                                                                             Passed the Senate April 1, 1987.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.