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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sues. HJ CH. 19. 1926. 929 (e) The clerk shall belpaid a fee of $2 upon _the issuaneehof a F°°°·’°°°"’·°‘°· license to marry, and sha keep a rocordof all licenses issued and of all applications for licenses, together with any written consent of parents or a parent or guardian accompanying the same. Such fee shall be disposed of in the same manner as other fees received bysuch clerk, . .; T ° Sm; 14. (a) A marriage may be celebrated in the Canal Zone mg°':“““°° °‘ ‘““' Oni y___ I . . 1 A="judicial·oiiicer of the Canal Zone. - _ _ cw z°°°· 2 A minister in good standi1§)in anyreligious society or denomi- nation who resides in the Canal ne. . _ L . — (_ (3) A minister ingood standing in any religous society or denomi- mm P““°‘“‘ R°"°‘* nation who resides in»`theciiiy¤;o Colon or eocity of Panama, in the Republic of Panama,»if· has procured from the clerk ot the district court for the Canal Zone a hcmm authorizing such minister to celebrate marriagplin the Canal Zone. ` —. · (b) The clerk s issue the license provided for in paragraph u,I§g'?.E,,F° me S?) of subdivision (a) to any such minister if such. clerk issatisfied t at such minister is qgiealified to celebrate marriages in the Canal Zone. The clerkshall paid at fee of $2for and recording anysuch license; Such fee shallbe disposed of in e same manner as other fees received by such. clerk. e A `· . · ··

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s — c . » * » · · i ‘ (1) Certify upon the marriage license that he celebrated such C°'°*”°°‘°· "°· marriage, giving his oliicial tit e and the time when and place where such marriage was celebrated; · : » · ‘ (2) Cause two persons who witnessed the marriage to sign their wgL£g¤¤·· •°°·· °’ naxnles- on the marriage license as witnesses, each giving; his place of ` resi ence; ‘ . 4 . · s (3) At the time of the marriage, fill out and sign the marriage 1**** °'°°“'“°°‘°· certificate accompanying the license and deliver it to one of e parties to the marriage; and (4) Within thirty da(ys after the date of the marria ,· return Imfjeum °' °°'“°°° such license, so certifie and witnessed, to the clerk wliao issued ` on return 0 » a license as r ui in su ivision a t e wml ° wu suczlliolicgnse. f ~ )· 1 h Cmmm clerk shalll file the same after makingqregistry thereof in a (bocik to iiiiamuiuziimivvyiry be kept in his oilice for- that purpose only, such registr to contain the Christian and surnames of t epplarties, the time of their mar- riage, and the name and title of t e person who celebrated the '““§“°gfé» ()Ani -.1- -1 s es wi. · A e e;»—··=·¤·»¤··¤»·» ·sc. .a uiciaocerormmir o—1sua ·o m°,;,_ celebrate marriagegiii the Canal Zone and who violatesqany df the gigigtlhziiocl biifiuiixciin provisions of section 14, 15, or 16 of this Act shall be deemed guilt mm&,°°°" ° m°°°" of a misdemeanor and shall, u5pon conviction thereof, be punished *"°"•¥’·‘°“°· by a fine of not more than $2 , `or by imprisonment’for;‘not·“1rtiore P°°“"‘°"· than thirty days, orboth. · » ‘ 1 ‘ ‘ “ “ 2 ‘ >(b) Any person who knowingly makes or causes to be made any p,P*{,,§,,"}’{§,{§'_: °°"’ °° false oath as to any material matter for the purpose of procuring or aiding another to procure a marriage license shallbe deemed guilty of perjury and sha l, upon conviction thereof, be punished by impris- "“"’*‘“‘°“‘ ‘°'· onment for not less than one nor more than ten years; ‘ 3 — (c) Any person who knowingly fzilesor causes to be iiledwith the ,,§°',;‘}{§,§*{Y°“ °°°‘ clerk aa written consent any signature to which isha for ery shall be deemed Qiilty of utteriigg a forged instrument and shai upon—con— viction t ereof, be puni ed by imprisonment "for not less than one P“’“"‘”‘°““°’· nor more than fourteen years. r ‘ ( ` · ’ P H nt mom (d) Any person who is not qualified to celebrate marriages in the umm; marriage in Canal Zone under this Act and who celebratm in the Canal Zone $.§°§’u,,izi’¤'§f" "°”°“ 43892°—27—-59