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St. Joseph Pastors Fight Clerk's Sale of License FramesSOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 14— (UP)—A oommittefi of the St. Joseph Community Ministerial Association today threatened legal action, to prevent County Clerk FrankJ. Bfuggncr from profiteering inthe marriage license business.A regular license, required by grate law, costs $2. But Bruggner, following the general practice among Indiana county clerkB, offers to the prospective wedding couple a-highly decorated certificate which costa more- The clerk pockets thg difference, the committee charged-It claimed that blushing bridegrooms were coerced into buying the expensive certificates and that exorbitant prices were charged* Action was threatened on an opinion that county clerks are prohibited from selling merchandise.Bruggnor refused to stop selling the certificates so iong. as the State Association of County Clerks approves the sales- Ho flatly denied. all charges of coercion.
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Logansport Pharos Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 14, 1939
Page 15
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