Milford chronicle., 1911-04-21
MARRIAGE REGULATIONS.

Governor Pennewill. while. at the
State House for a short time Monday
afternoon of last week, signed the
new marriage law passed by the
recent Legislature, which is as fol-
lows
That chapter IA of the revised
code of the State of Delaware, as
published in 1898, be and the same
is hereby amended by striking out
all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Z
Of said chapters and inserting in lieu
thereof the following
Section /. A man shall not marry
his mother, grandmother, sister,
daughter, granddaughter, fathers
sister, mothers sister, brothers.
daughter or sisters daughter
A woman shall not marry her
father, grandfather. brother, son,
grandson, fathers brother. mothers
brother, brothers. son or sister son.
Marriage between a white person
and negro or mulatto, between
paupers or between a person of sound
mind and an insane or idiotic person
shall be unlawful.
If marriage prohibited by this
section be solemnized it shall be void
and the parties thereto shall each be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined S100, and in de-
fault of the payment of such fine
shall be imprisoned not exceeding
30 days, and if any person author
lied to issue a marriage license shall
knowingly or wilfully issue licen-
Sc, for such marriage, and if any
person authorized to solemnize mar
riage shall knowingly or wilfully
solemnized such marriage. or if any
person shall knowingly or wilfully
assist in the contracting or sOlemniz-
ing of such marriage, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined S100 and in de-
fault of the payment of such fine,
shall be imprisoned not exceeding
80 days.
If marriage prohibited by this
section shall be contracted or s0lem-
nized outside Of the State and the
parties thereto shall afterwards live
and cohabit as husband and wife
within the State, they shall each be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and shall be punished iii the same
manner as though the marriage had
been contracted within this State.
Section 2. Marriages may be solem-
nized by any ordained minister of
the gospel, or by a minister in
charge Of a recognized church, or by
the mayor of the city of Whining
ton. Marriage may also be solem-
nized or contracted according to the
forms and usages Of any religious
society, where either of the parties
belongs to such religious society, but
no marriage shall be solemnized or
contracted without the production
of a license regularly issued by the
clerk OF the peace OF one OF Ile
counties of this State, or justice OF
this State, as herinafter provided au-
thorizing such marriage.
If any person not authorized by /
this section shall falsely solemnize a !
marriage, he shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined |
500. and in default of the payment
of such fine shall be imprisoned not
exceeding 50 days, and such mar
riage shall be void unless it be IN
other respects lawful and be con-
summated with the full belief OF
either of the parties in its validity.
Section 8. No marriage license
shall be issued if the male be under
81 years of age or if the female be
under 1S years of age without the
personal consent of the parent or
guardian of the party under age,
which Consent shall be reduced to
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