Does a ward need a Marshal to be present to be cast. The marshal notes in a cabin listing who is in the cabin, are they notes for a Marshal, or notes filled out by a marshal?
A ward doesn't need a Marshal to be cast if it's within regular guidelines for your site. Example: If your site uses the same cabins, and your chapter categorizes those cabins as one Game Room, you don't need a Marshal to check your ward before you cast it. But if you're on a unique mod in a unique building, or maybe even at a new site? You should have a Marshal check that, absolutely.
Marshal notes are for a marshal, in the event your cabin is entered IG without the residents present (getting rogued). You don't need them to be filled out by a Marshal...