Pest & Kolesnik Marriage License

Klein,. P. J., and Lefever, J.,

Before us are the petitions of Magdalena Pest and Josef Kolesnik to adjudicate their respective spouses presumed decedents, and to direct the issuance of a marriage license to petitioners.

These petitions are filed pursuant to the Marriage Law of August 22, 1953, P. L. 1344, 48 PS §1 et seq. Section 8 thereof provides:

“(a) Finding of Death. When the spouse of an applicant for marriage license has disappeared, or is *13absent from his place of residence without being heard of after diligent inquiry, an orphans’ court judge, aided by the report of a master if…