Per Curiam.
The relator, by this action in mandamus originating in this court, seeks to require the respondent, probate judge, to issue to relator, under authority of Section 8001-10, General Code, a license authorizing him to solemnize marriages.
It is alleged in the petition that relator is "an active duly ordained minister of the gospel, officiating as one of Jehovah's Witnesses under the direction of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Incorporated...
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