Milford chronicle., 1911-04-21

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of the peace or justice of the peace,
and field with the clerk OF the peace
of the county in which the license
was issued as a part of the records
Of his office.
No license to marry shall be issued
when eitht rof the contracting parties
at the time of making the applica-
tiOn is under the influence of intoxi-
eating liquor or a narcotic drug.
Nor shall such license be issued to
any person who is or has been an in
mate of any insane asylum unless it
satisfactorily appears that such per-
son has been discharged from such
asylum
ANY clerk of the peace or justice
of the peace, who shall knowingly
or wilfully issue a license to marry
to minor without the personal con-
sent of parent or guardian, or to any
person under the influence of in
toxicating liquor. or a narcotic drug,
or to any person who it or has been
an inmate of any insane asylum,
unless it satisfactorily appears that
such person has been discharged
from such asylum, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and shall
be fined 500 and in default of the
payment of such fine shall be inn
prisoned not exceeding 30 days.
Section 4. Whenever application
is made to any clerk of the peace or
justice of the peace for the issuance
of marriage license, it shall be the
duty Of such clerk or justice of the
peace to examine the applicant in
person upon oath. to ascertain the
full! names of the parties desiring the
license, their places of residence, the
names of their parents and the par
ents' residences, their occupation.
their age, their color, whether mar
ried or single, their relationship. if
any, which facts the said clerk of
the peace shall set down in a mar
riage record book, or in the case of
the justice of the peace, in a loose
leaf duplicate of the marriage record
book, to be provided and keep for
that purpose, and the applicant for
said license shall sign his or her
name thereto.
If any person applying for license
under this act shall knowingly or
wilfullv make false answer to any
of the inquiries asked by the clerk Of
the peace or justice of the peace, he
or she shall be deemed guilty of
perjury and shall upon conviction
thereof be subject to the penalties
for perjury by the laws Of this State.
Section 5. If it shall appear by
the answers given in relation to the
matters inquired into that the parties
may be authorized by law to con-
tract marriage, it shall be the duty
of the clerk of the peace or justice
of the peace upon payment OF the
license fee to issue license and to set
down the date of the issuance there
of in the aforesaid marriage record
book, or loose leaf duplicate.
The Secretary of State shall fur
nish marriage licenses in blank TO
Justices of the peace upon receipt of
81 for each license so furnished.
The fee to the clerk of the peace
shall be 81 80, and to the justice of
the peace So. The justice of the
peace shall return his loose-leaf
duplicate to the clerk of the peace.
A loose leaf, a duplicate of the
page of the marriage record book, |
shall be furnished with each license
furnished by the clerk Of the peace
to a Justice Of the peace and the ans
wers to the examination shall be set
down on this loose leaf and signed
in the same manner as the marriage
record book; when the applicants
apply to a Justice of the peace for
a license and the said loose leaf shall /
be returned to the clerk of the peace
Of the county and by him copied
into the marriage record book and the
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