OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eomrable C. '~.~oodrow Laughlin 

county Attorney 

Jim Wsll.rr County 

Aliae, TexatI 

Opinion No. o-4 

Dear Fir: 

vised civil stitutbs or 

who desire to marry 

p Clerk the lioenm 

uthorieed by law to oelemany, whhiah shall be 

o oelebrate euoh marriage.' 

Jobllson, 61 -.W. 143, the Court 

under the cir s; umstenoes of this 

kssa not authorized to issue this 

the consent of the parent, - 

under the age 0r fourteen - still 

we are or the oplnlon thot the plalntMr la estopped 

ironi recovering, and under the rSOt6 no other jUd& 

ment would have been properly rendered.' 
Iionor8bla C. Woodrew Laughlin, Pa@ 2 

'It la thereron, tha o~lnlon or th14 atrho 

that where the m4le la under airtoea or bhe romale 

i6 undOr fOurt446 that the COUnty Clerk ha6 no authority whatever to lrsua a marrlap lloenae and 

#et in suoh a Olae the County Clerk la oompelled 

by law to r4fuas to issue the a4me.* 

A6 QOmOd out in your letter Article 4603 provide6 

that male6 under airtean and rem6106 under rart46n y44ra o* 

6g4 ah411 not marry. 

It might 41~ b4 noted that Art1016 4607 provIdea 

that it ah411 not be lawful ror any perlron or aauoaal~ 

blood or their desoend4nto to Intermarry with Pfrloana or 

the deaoendenta or Afrlosn~. 

Art1014 4605 read6 44 rollowar 

Vo olerk ah@11 168~4 l lioenae without the 

oona4nt or bho psnnt or Ctuardlsn 4f ths partlea 

applyIn& it there be a guardian. Suoh oonmaf 

may k gIvea In person, or In writ1 

“(s 

algnedaad 

l oknowledged by amid parent or guard an berow 

6n offloer ruthorlzed to takr 4oknowl4dmsnt8, 

unless the psrtier 60 applylog are, In the o6ae 

or the lasle twenty-one yern of age, and in oaae 

or the ibraale alghtoen yearn or a@. xr theru 

be may doubt In tha mind of th4 olsrk, he ahall 

not issue arid lloenae unleaa therm ah411 be preaentrd to bin 6 sworn oertiiloete from th4 parent 

or guardian or 601~ person other than the oontreating psrtiea that the 4oqtraotlng g6rtfo6 

hat4 attained the age6 siar46U.d. Fiothlw h4nln 

ahail b4 oonrtrued to 6rr0ot the lsernanae or 

marrlrge 1104nse In aedu4tlon proaeoutlon. rr 

6 minor has neither peront nor gufmdlan, then 

the olerY shall not issue a lIosn64 without the 

consent of the ooontg judpJ, or the oounty 0r the 

~~idenoe Or euoh minor, auoh consent to b4 in 

writing and elgned and croknowledged by 6uoR 

oounty judge. P.D., 4667; Aota lP11, p. 63.* 

There is no ~rovl~icm in the above ,Artiols for the 

Clerk to 144~4 4 lloense to me146 under 16 or fern6146 under 

14, ~V.LI with tha written oonesnt Of the psr4nt or ~~;A:xI. 

mere 10 only n provision for thr Blerk to i**u@ 6 E 
Bonorable C. ploodrow Laughlin, saga f 

w melea over airteen an& under ,trrnty-one and femalea over 

fourteen end under eighteen, ~4th tha oonaent of the r;arant 

OF gunrdlsn, lr there be a guardian. 

In like mnner there 16 no Frovlalon in the above 

&tl.ole 4605 ror the Clerk to laauo a lloenae to tboae prohibltod rrom marrying a8 set rorth-in Artlole 4607. 

In other words there la ma provlrsion in the atdutoa 

rutborlzing the Clerk to laaw a marrIs(F lioenee to thoaa 

rho me speslrloally prohlbltrd iros entering Into the aurlago 

relation. 

we thsrorore mawor youx puostlon In the negatlw. 

Vsrg truly par*