The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-12

fldGe ~ any county OF THIS STATE pro,
xlaed, however, tnaf II snail be lawful
for<Ine clerk or registrar, II such Clerk
snssll not DE the registrar Of VITA ska
llstlcs, or any city, or the clerk OF
county 10 issue licenses to marry where
both the pdrIles to any proposed marriage
are reSiuefS out or TINS state, but tie
llcense therefor shall authorize the per-
rormance OF sucn marriage only N the
city OF which ne snail ne the clerk or
registrar OF vital statistics, or county OF
winch ne IS tne CLERK.
Tine second, third and fourth sections
prescribe the form OF the license.
D., Before any city or county clerk o.
ne snail demand OF the party applying
therefor, unuer oaIn or affirmation, re-
specIlng the Legality OF the same, anG
ne SHAH issue the sad license only II Il
shall DE made to appear Derore MIN mat
no legal inapedlmenI 70 such proposed
marriage exists; Tor suea license ne sh2L
dollar.
8. 1t shall be the duty of the Attorney
General OF this State to cause to be
clerks and registrars OF vital statistics
OF the State the form and substance OF
the several inquiries to be made Of such
applicant, in order that such clerks and
registrars shall be enabled to obtain the
herein required, and ascer-
tain whether any legal impeachment TO
any proposed marriage exists; n such
inquiries snail be uniform throughout the
State, and shall include inquiries concern
ing the name, age, parentage, birthplace,
occupation and evidence of each of the
persons to be married, n the condition
of each of them, whether single. widowed
or divorced.
Z. The several city and county clerks
and registrars aforesaid within this State
shall provide themselves, at the cost of
their respective cities and counties, with
a book, to be entitled marriage license
record" in which shall be entered the
full names, residences, ages and sex Of
the parties to such marriage, and the
name. sex and residence of the person
Identifying either or both the applicants
for such license and a copy of such Ii
cense; he shall enter therein the answers
to such inquiries as he is by the several
sections of this act required to make:
ne shan also, upon proper return of any
place in pursuance Of a license by him
issued. record the same in such record
s. It shall be the duty Of every city
transmit to the State Bureau of Vital
STATISTICS Of this State. at Trenton, be-
a ansse eve srs m nps1 ane eve seHt Ada apHe o1 s eera
tifcate Of marriage filed with him during
the preceding months. together with a
Of all records made in the "marriaga
license record during the preceding
month relating to the marriage set forth
duplicate certificates and copies Of rec
ords received by said bureau shall be
alphabetically fndexed and filed and pre-
served in the archives of said bureau in
the same manner that marriage certif-
Gates have heretofore by law been re-
CURED to be indexec, filed and preserved:
neglect or refuse to comply with the
provisions of this section shall for every
such offence forfeit and pay the sum OF
n hundred dollars. to be suee for and
recovered by the prosecutor of the pleas.
for the use of the county in or for which
such clerk acts as an officer.
marry shall be a minor under the age
OF tWenty-one years, or any female appli-
cant under the age of eighteen years.
such license shall not be issued unless
the parents or guardian of the said
minor, IT there be any, shall first certify
under their hands and seals, in the pres
ence OF two reputable witnesses, their
consent thereto. and no license shall be
issued where the parties to such pro-
posed marriage shall at the time of ap-
plying for such license be under the in
nuence OF liquors, opiates or other stupe
fylng drugs. any consent given in ac-
cordance with this section shall be de-
livered to the clerk or registrar issuing
riage license record" and transmitted tc
the State Bureau of Vital Statistics with
the papers and copy of records required
to be transmitted to said bureau by the
next preceding section.
10. If n city clerk or registrar or
e s9Int clerk ! shall violate any Of the pro
ply. Herewith. he shall pay a fine of ten
dollars for each and every offense, to
be recovered by. the city Or county of
"stASAidiC 10 S@CAA Vi l6NlStFdr.
II. If any person applying for license
under this act shall make willfnl and
false answer to any of the inquiries re-
CURED to be asked by any city or county
clerk or registrar, he or she shall be
deemed guilty of perjury. and shall lie
subject to the penalties imposed therefor
by the laws of this State.
II. II any minister. justice or other
person shall perform any marriage cere-
mony where a marriage license therefor
shall not have been previously issued ir
accordance with the provisions OF this
act, they shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor; and shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to Imprisonment not ex-
ceeding six months or to pay a fine nor
exceeding five hundred dollars. or both.
at the discretion of the court.
IL. The records herein provide shnlf.
De pubic records and open to the ~
spection of the public at all reasonable
hours.
H. Nothing in this act contained shall
pc deemed or taken to render any mar
rage. otherwise lawful, invalid by reason
OF the failure to take out a license as
is herein provided.
10. The return REQUIRED to be made hY
tne pafties performing any marriage or
the clerk or keeper Of the minutes of anv
eral sections of this act, shall be in lie,
of all other returns as now reollired Nv
law. doHeo ny
Y Al acts or parts of acts ~inconsist-
ent with the several provisions Of this
act are hereby repealed.
NO FREIGHT BY TROLLEY.
Asse m biy SkSuucvss Fill pasvoS