Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-02

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common law marriage made under .
contract deciding Il wa binding up9a
both parties Just what the courts
would hold. were the marriage con-
summated without the new physical
tests, is hard to say. but ! would not
hesitate to marry = couple who came 70
me with license. even II no ccrtin.
cate Of health had been Med with the
clerk. If the clerk saw 1T 70 issue the
license, would marry them. and I
think any Official would: and. too, the
ceremony. ] am sure. would hold good
In law.
"Of the four hundred ana odd II
censes issued by mo annually" said
Cupid" OfferdAhl. more than half come
OF having half . dozen IN . day. Some
they spend portion Of their honey
moon in Hudson to the great advantage
Of our tradeSmen and everybody In
general. KS
"cupid" Says Many Ar oeared.
II do not think much OF tho enact
ment as q law. shall require q Ger
tificate from each applicant, whether
the person applying be male. Or female.
women come hero in q day and take out
the license under the old law. and
expect twill be the same under this
new so called eugenic measure. AL
ready l can see how many peculiar
complications will arise, and until the
higher courts have passed upon the
law, I, as county clerk, will be guided
by the opinion Of the county attorney,
who is my legal advisor. Naturally,
Judge Arnquist and myself thought
quite few would come in today, and
take out license under the old law.
but so much has been printed about the
new law 1t has scared them all away.
Test Takes 30 0ayss Costs.
II am informed by local physicians
that the Wasserman test, which alone
will conform to the law, can not be
completed in less than forty to sixty
days. The marriage license in this
state is good but for thirty days after
issuance The usual charge for this
test is $40. The new law allows but 50,
and Hudson medical men say there are
not more than twenty-five physicians
in the state with the laboratory equip
ment to make it. Many will refuse
certificates for this reason.
y can see." gloomily prophecied the
county clerk ycleped cupid" before. he
has assisted in SO many marriages.
that henceforth much dust will gather
on my marriage register and many
happy and blithesome little parties we
have been accustomed to hold next door
in the judges chambers, and which lent
much to our general gaiety, will be lack
ing"
The merchants Of Hudson also look
with saddened eyes upon the new law.
for in the past the happy bridegroom
has been q liberal patron OF their
wares. Hudson jewellers have great
piles Of wedding rings. ready for bar
ter, ana they say they will now have
to trade them off, or melt them up into
something else.
So much a business has the wedding
guest become that even the clerks
In the Hudson. hotels are young women,
the proprieors having found woman
is moro tactful. sympathetic and less
inclined to levity when dealing with
the newlyweds than a man, who usual
ly smokers and regards the whole affair
as a Joke and the man as foolish.
Many Of the Wisconsin medical So
cieties have decidesd its members must
refuse to furnish certificates. notably
the Milwaukee association. the leading
organization Of the statA Many COM
plicatfons from many viewpoints are
expected by both officials and the med
ical fraternity, and It will likely be
some time before the law gets down
to a working basis.