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LAWS ON MARRIAGEThe Preliminar es Necessary Before Entering Upon Wedded Life.LICENSES IN THE VARIOUS STATESThose Authorized to Issue Them and to Join Loving Couples.THE REGULATION OF FEESPersons who contemplate entering the holy state of wedlock may find It to their Int. rest to consult a publication recently Issued under the superintendence of Mr. Carroll D. Wright on the subject of •■Marriage. From this work It Is learned ihat In nearly all the states anil territories a license—termed by the laws of some slates a certificate—Is required to be procured by parties intending marriage prior to the consummation thereof, for the Issuance of which fees are exacted.Probably the most unique regulations on the subject exist In Delaware, where the fees appear to vary according to the locality and the officer of whom the license i3 obtained. The law provides In the first place that the state shall receive a revenue of 12 for each marriage license issued. In addition to this the clerk of the peace is entitled to a fee of XI cents. It is also made the duty of the latter official to designate at least six Justices of the peace in his county to dispense marrlag. licenses, and the justice dispensing sueli license is entitled to a fee of Mi cents. in the city of Wilmington it is eierk of the peace to appointtableOf all kinds, for which service tlm person so appointed shall receive a fee of 25 cents In each case in addition to the fee to the clerk.In the District of Columbia the license to marry Is issued by He clerk ofe probat* I the fe corder.In Ala-judge is the issuing offi-fl .50; in Arizona, the fee. S2.MI; In Arkansas, mnty court, fee. $2.Ml; in mnty clerk, fee. *2;fticut.i-lerkCalifornia, th* ______orr.do, county clerk, fee. $l; in register of births, marriages ami mams, fee. 50 cents: In Florida, dork of circuit court, fee. $2: in C.-orgia. ordinary or clerk' to ordinary, fee. J2; in Illinois, county clerk, fee. $1.50; In Indiana, clerk of circuit court, fee. $2; in lnwa, clerk of circuit court, fee. $1: in Kansas, probate judge, fee. $2; In Kentucky, county clerk, fee, $1.50; In l.ouls-lana, clerk of district court, fee. *2; In Maine, the town clerk. fee. Mi cents: in Maryland, clerk of circuit court, fee. ji: In Massachusetts, town clerk or registrar, fee. 50 cents; in Michigan, county ch rk. fee. 50 cents; In Minnesota, clerk of district court, foe. $2: In Mississippi, clerk of circuit court, fe**, $a, in Missouri, the county recorder, fee. $1: in Montana, the probate judge, fee. $2: in Nebraska, th.- county Judge, fee. *1.50: In Nevada, the county Clerk, foe. $1: in N-w Hampshire, town clerk, fee. JI: in North Carolina, the register of deeds, fee. Sl.M*: in Ohio, probate judge, fee. 75 cents: in Oreg' clerk, fee. orphans' c*land, townDr. Humphreys.After fifty year* Dr. Humphrey*' Sp.v IC.-a aajg the en-ateat popularity and largest sale to Ibeti htsn.ry. due to burlnst, merit THEY ft:BE T11Vlo DVsra-st *i*lt rVlNKVl. PKKI*ll*SS MT t:ill:i M fj-r-ti-la, I • HUM 1AT1SM Kheuraalh-MAI.AKIA. « bill- Peter an27 KIDNEY IC-TI'U 111 Mnphreye* M.-dl. lor tv. Oar. W tllh.mlegal fees for performing the rite ofrtage. Those provisions extend, as a otity to tin- civil officers authorizedid.-d f.u (hargtog » greater fee 'th.u provided by law The statutes of ii.is I tic person Officiating at Hilled to a f-e ,.f JI th.-re-a marring for. and a shall forf.- parly aggrl. v-.l $Mi. lt;West Virginia, it is pr shall llt;e at least II ai f.-e shall 1arily gii tin- parties to sueh marriage.In sixteen states and territories vision Is mad. f,,r the giving -.f .-erti of marrlag.- to the contra* ting pusually i; |... 11 their r.ques- !'.Dakota. Idaho. Iowa. Mat Mont am -- 'Tallft Michigan. Minn.Nevada. X, WashingtoiWIs*ork. -pm. Pen; and W *■t a marriage license. i 11 v sighaying been • x.-etiled, and after th. has been recorded, such license Is re by the clerk to the party, certified a ing been recorded.......msvlvanla. eierk of. fee. Ml cents; ill Khode Is-city cl- rk. fee,inly*irin Virginia, clerk of cou ti:n Washingtoi West Virginii fee. Ji. and in Wcounty auditor, fee. £i: clerk of county court. flt; omlng. the county clerk, feeAuthorised to Perform Ceremony.The statutes of all the states and territories except Pennsylvania and South Carolina expressly stipulate the classes of persons authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. In Pennsylvania no legal provisions are found directly authorizing or restricting the right to solemnize marriage to any particular classes of persons or officers. except in the laws of 1SS5. which provide that the parties may solemnize their own marriage. In an act passed in 17ul it was stipulated that an act previously in force which provided for publication. parental consent, form of solemnization. etc.. and specified penalties for Its violation, shall not extend to any who shall marry or be remarried in the religious society to which they belong, so as notice shall be given by either of tin- parties, to the parents, masters, mistresses or guardians. one full month at least before any such marriage be solemnized. This provision seems to authorize religious societies to celebrate marriage according to theirolemnized is found in the general statutes of 1SS2. which provide a penalty for the solemnization of marriage between white and colored persons by any clergyman, minister of the gospel, magistrate or other person authorized by law to perform the marriage ceremony.The persons most commonly authorized by statute to perform marriage ceremonies are the following: Ministers, priests or preachers of the gospel in all the states and territories; Judges of one or more classes of courts, in all the states, except Delaware. District of Columbia. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan. New Hampshire. North Carolina. Ohio. Vermont. Virginia and West Virginia: justices of theall •‘opt D-laiDii: ofColumbia. Maryland. Rhode Island. Virginia and West Virginia; Quakers or oilier religious societies having as such any peculiar mode of celebrating marriage in .-ill except Arizona, California. Colorado. Connecticut. Dakota. District of Columbia. Florida. Idaho. Louisiana, Tennessee. Texas and Ftah.In those states and territories whose statutes provide for solemnization of marriage by Quakers or other religious societies. having as such any peculiar mode of celebrating marriage. It Is generally provided that the ceremony or other act of marriage may lie In accordance with their customs; and where not so specially stated It is. of course. Implied.Other Requirements.In California and Idaho the person performing the marriage ceremony must have personal knowledge of. or ascertain prior to solemnization, the Identity, names and residence of the parties, their legal right to marry, and that parental consent has been given, if necessary. In Dakota he must ascertain to his satisfaction the Identity. names and residence of the parties, and that they are of sufficient age, together with the name and residence of the witness or witnesses to the marriage. Also In the following states, the person performing a marriage ceremony must first ascertain (if unknown to him) whether the parties are legally entitled to marry: Min-minor. without the authority of i _________the person solemnizing is required to ascertain that the intention of marriage between the parties has been duly published, and that parental consent has been ob-The presence of one witness at the ceremony Is required in Dakota and New York. Two witnesses are required to be present In Idaho, Michigan. Minnesota. Montana. Nebraska, Nevada. Oregon. Rhode Island. Washington. Wisconsin and Wyoming. In Louisiana three witnesses are required. In Pennsylvania the original statutory requirement of twelve witnesses lias not been in terms repealed, but the requirement Is longer enforced. Two witnesses must be present when any marriage ts solemnized by the parties themselves. Marriage arithoi * —;----|H SB — • • -and New York.When the marriage rites have been performed by a person professing to be authorized, but not authorized by law. for that purpose, it Is provided in twenty-one states and territories, below specified,' that *he validity of the marriage is not affected such lack of authority, if It Is in other spects valid and consummated with the belief by the parties, or either of them, that they have been lawfully married.Michigan. Minnesota. Montana, Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire. Oregon, l'tah. Vermont. Virginia. Washington (state). West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Legal Fees for Marrying.The statutes of many of the states and territories contain provisions relative
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