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For Marriage Papers HereEffect of North Carolina Hygienic Laws Is ReflectedThe effect of-the new North Caro- Una marriage, laws which drive many couples into Virginia where marriage is less difficult, also cheaper, is reflected in the pages of the city's marriage register for the .ftrst half of this year; A large increase in the Issuance of wedding certificates over the same period lasc year is seen.The number of licenses issued from j January i to June 30 was 923 against 681 last year during the same period., an increase of 242.A hasty running over the pages of' • the marriage register shows that fully j ninety per cent of the certificates ls-| sued here so far this year -were to ! couples from North Carolina,) In scores of instances the couples \ elect to be married here and either repair to parsonages far the ceremony or else request one of the deputy . clerks to call a minister to the clerfc's j office where the marriage rite is per-' J formed, usually in a small room away ; from public business, where docu-! merits are filed. The fees accruing .to | the ministers amount to a tidy sum in ' the course of a year.The crop of June brides this year totalled 213.
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Sat, Jul 01, 1939
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