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MarriimajrrAt t«let| n rnent.atPaysrlothm In both»lpa —--excel Icnal ( KOWN POINT €1.1 KU M \KKS espccii ties it |\ VKAK KAts (illKF abundi rne l IDSKI-I! l ia i NliM Cl gardeithat (’KOWN POINT. Auk 11 Indt-rtlv ana's marriage mill at (’rawa Pointt he e Misscamenen i la worth at least $75 000 a year to ,,anmn orce county clerk George W. Sweigart. It jo n was charged Tuesday by Police Chief Joseph Erlenbauch of Crown Point .her dlt;nnf. He said the golden harvest flows on . ; , classiff,ul from the pockets «»r C.iieagn couples .|lun,shern anlt;l others who flee to the nearbvhasty marriage haven to circumvent 11Illinois laws requiring medical certi- etcficates. I whichIf licenses are Issued at the cur elass.rent rate until December 31, more arranjthan 20,000 nonresident couples will »PP‘*ahave passed through the miU,” Kr doubt'e t)wassaidlitedy of Chl-mds lenbauch said. He added: divislcasedEvery one pays a minimum of The $2.50 for a certificate in addition to the slt; the regular $2 license fee. The certl-i and t ficates are not provided for by law. Tin but represent a private business for j |n j;tin*gjao, 1 the clerk. imssris of [ passt)lans cl 11—At the minimum rate of 20 000 j, would net him $50,000, but after 5 s|mll p. in., when the other county offices | jK, close. I understand Sweigart getsThlt;. $5 50 for the certificates, and be-nlted! of frtween midnight and dawn the price che«. , variegoes up to $*.’ IPointing (tut mat KWlgarf’s fee* A her** i #ri»if they aggregate $75,000, will have J 1,1thehim an income comparable with that w* 11 of the president of the United States,. an,l Erlenbauch went on: jjars lt;We have a city ordinance here 1 hlt; prohibiting justices from performing jars {marriages after 9 p m. Hut they and appear to get around it by taking main couples into their homes. Their fee Th is said to he $5 minimum. quireClerk Sweigart is a retired Ham- necte mond dentist. Deputy Clerk Walter wp), K. M^beck says the doctor has to I j spend only two days a week in Crown)t her ovietf re-?ed!y |raid ulateic oflilies*;' Point Saturday and Sunday. In re 1cent weekends an average of 250 lie Kai- , , tlie a( enses have been issue*!Hitter criticism of the marriageby tisentativc Joe Klien ot Gary, who ad. It- .. of tlsaid:’’ 1 Out of these hasty marriages will In l,ion!’ Come tin* countless tragediea of di- ‘Ired*‘in * vorce and broken lives, of dlsorgan* hisized homes ami neglected and dis- firstf'ccI carded children. Iiulianii is a party thirdlV' t.» a conspiracy to nullify the laws of andt uUI I . • i*a slater state.
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Greencastle Daily Banner
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Wed, Aug 11, 1937
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