The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-02-16
SENATOR WOULD
HARNESS CUPID
WOULD MAKE THOSE ABOUT TO
COMMIT MATRINfONY GIVE
NOTICE TO WORLD
Father, Mother or the Guardian
Would Have to Join Lovelorn in
Application for Marriage License;
After Divorce, Too.

of being opposed to matrimony, YET
he gave notice recently of bill which
will make it most difficult to obtain
a license to wed.
In his proposed bill, however, he
draws the line on lot OF folks
who have been in the habit of rush
ing into matrimony without due con-
sideration of the consequences and
he proposes to take the kick out of
elopements of sappy young things by
requiring them to give notice OF in
tention to obtain a license and then
to bring in pa or ma or the guardian
and convince the clerk before the Ii
cense comes out. The limit, even with
parental consent, is put on youths
at 8 and maidens at 16. They shall
not marry at all.
Under 81 for the groom and IS
years for the bride consent must be
obtained.
Punishment in Sight
Moreover, if any false statements
are made under any circumstances,
no matter what the age of the con-
| tracing parties, to obtain marriage
! license, the jail looms large. In fact
Senator Mains would tighten up the
matrimonial market to quite an ex-
tent as this review of his proposed
bill will show:
Diseased Out of 1t
Paupers, imbeciles, feeble-minded
or persons afflicted with tuberculo-
sis or yenereaI diseases are forbidden
to marry under the section of the
bill which prohibits the issuing of
marriage license to such persons.
That section also regulates marriages
by relatives, prohibiting the issuing
of a license to persons of the degree
of consanguinity of great-uncle and
great-niece or great-aunt and great
nephew.
For the purpose of checking run
away marriages provision is made
that application for marriage Ii
cense must be made by one of the
parties to the marriage at least two
weeks before the license is issued and
10 days before the marriage one or
both of the parties must appear and
make statement under oath regard
ing the date of marriage, names of
the contracting parties, physical and
mental condition, relationship, if any,
names of parents or guardians, and
complete information regarding prior
luton thereof. All marriage licenses
are to be obtained in the county
wherein the woman resides instead of
the county where the marriage is to
take place, as under the existing law
Provision is made, however, that the
marriage may take place in any
county of the state.
Both Must Appear
Licenses may not be issued unless
both of the contracting parties per-
sonally appear before the clerk of
the district court and make a state
ment under oath of the legality of |
the contemplated marriage.
Obtaining of licenses by minors is |
made much harder than under the |
existing laws, provisions being made |
that licenses shall not be issued to
males under 18 years of age or fe-
males under Is years. Consent of |
parents must be obtained and proper
ly verified by affidavit before a not
airy public or other authorized Off
cial, where the prospective groom is
under FL years or the bride has not
attained the age of IS years, and the
affidavit shall be filed of record in
the office of the clerk of the district
court and entered by him on the mar
riage license docket.
An Exception
However, in cases where the wom-
an is about to become mother or a
child has been born or in cases where
there is no competent person having
control and custody of the minors
the judge of the district court may,
after hearing, issue an order permit
ting marriage.
To give an opportunity for persons
to register objections to proposed
provision is made that i'm
pom receipt of an applica-
ton for license the clerk shall enter
the application upon public record
and shall post in his office a notice
giving the names and residences of
the parties applying and the date of
the application. Any person believing
the statements in the application are
false or insufficient or that either
of the applicants are incompetent to
marry, may file with the district court
in the county in which the license is
applied for petition setting forth
his objections. The court will order ;
the applicants to show cause why the {
license should not be refused and
such order will act as stay upon
until further ordered. After
| hearing, the court is given authority
20 order refusal of the license, as
sessing the cost of the action in its
If objections to the mar
'iage are over-ruled the party max
ng them is liable to the costs of all
Jail for Takers
Persons who make any false state
nents in order to secure a license
n who procure another to make such
alse statements, either as to age,
competency or any other material
act are guilty of misdemeanor and
liable to fines of from 500 to $500
nd Imprisonment up to one year.
similar penalties are provided for any
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