New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-13

Brown Marriage License Bill
Signed by Governor.
BAN PLACED ON EL0PERS
Heavy Penalties for Ministers
Tying Knot Without Pre-
scribed Authority.
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Trenton. n J.. April 12.-Governcr Fort
s,gpad the Brown marriage license LII to-
dav and after July / New Jersey will no
LONGER he the Gretna Green for the love-
sick couples who were wont to come over
from Manhattan and. with the aid OF a
friendly justice of the peace. be made man
and wife Many of these clandestine mar
riages have been the result of intoXicat'd
youths becoming infatuated with chorus
girls and others along the Great White
Way" and the morning after usually found
the new made husband remorseful and
sorry for his escapade.
The new law which goes into effect on
July l. makes a clergyman or Official VINO
performs a marriage ceremony where no
license has been issued liable to not more
than six months Imprisonment or a nne
not exceeding 500, or both. The license is
TO be obtained from the clerk of the mu-
nicipality. and on the back of it is printed
marriage certificate (which must lie filled
In by the person performing the ceremony
and returned 20 the clerk within five days
after the ceremony has been performed
This. in turn. is sent to the State Board
of Health, where the records are kept.
charge of 81 is made for each license, when
the clerk is allowed to retain.
Residents as well as non-residents are
affected by the new act. and the Attorney
General is now preparing set of questions
which the applicants for a license must
answer. They must also be accompanied
by at least one identifying witness. Where
both parties TO the ceremony are residents
the license shall be secured in the district
where the woman resides. and also if the
man is nonresident. II the woman Is
nonresident. the license shall be secured
where the man resides. II both are nom
residents, the license shall be secured in
the district where the ceremony is to Be
performed. No license shall be granted
when either Of the applicants is intoxicated,
under the influence OF drugs or of unsound
mind. or when either applicant has been
an inmate of an insane asylum or aims
house. unless il shall appear that such
person has been satisfactorily discharged
from such institution.
Male applicants for a marriage license
under twenty-one or female applicants I'M
der eighteen years must be accompanied
by their parents or guardians. who, in the
presence of two witnesses, must certify
under their hands and seals their consent
thereto.
Among the bills vetoed by Governor Fort
to-day was the Terhune bill. which
the place of probation officer. In vetoing
this measure the Governor said ne saw no
reason why a woman should not be eligi-
bic for the place. At the same time he
paid a high tribue 10 Mrs. Caroline 3. AL
exander for her services as probation Off
Ger in Hudson County, and to the late Mrs.
Emily Williamson. whose work in the same
field in Union County we'll known
There was a slight furry around the
Governors office today when il dis
covered that the dwell child labor bill had
not yet reached the Governor. Search was
at once made in the office OF Clerk Parker
of the House and Supervisor of Bills Berry
man. and after a time the bill turned up.
Mr. Parker said that the bill had been
20 the printers to be reprinted. The bill
provides that no child under fifteen years
shall be employed in a factory or workshop
at night until July of next year, after
which date the age limit is raised to six
teen years. 1t was signed by the Governor
this afternoon
Senator Bloomfield Mnch. Of Cumberland
County. was formally sworn in to-day
member Of the State Board for the Equali-
cation of Taxes. He succeeds Frank X.
Jess. who has been elevated to the presi-
dency Of the board.
Governor Fort said to-day that he did
not expect to call the Legislature in spe-
cial session. There has been some talk
that the Senate might be called back to
Trenton again to confirm the nominations
of John Rotterdam and Clarence Van
Deren as members of the Hudson County
Tax Board. Senator Fielder succeeded in
having these nominations held up on the
last night Of the Legislature. with the aid
of a number Of South Jersey Senators.
David Baird called on the Governor to-day,
and. il is understood. urged that the Sen
ators be brought back to Trenton again to
confirm the nominations. the necessary
votes having been attained Senator Wake
lee. however. opposed calling a special ses-
sion, unless something OF importance came
UP which demanded it.