1130 72d C ONGRESS . SESS . II. CH. 128 . FEBRUARY 27, 1933. Consent of parents, (b) A male seventeen years of age or over and under twenty-one etc . years of age, or a female fourteen years of age or over and under eighteen years of age, may enter into a marriage with the written consent of his or her natural or adopted parents, or of the parent having custody of such male or female if such parents are divorced, or of one of such parents if the other is dead, or has deserted his or Vol. 44, p. 928. her family, or has been adj udged insane or a lunatic, or of a legally appointed guardian if there is no parent qualified to give such consent. (Act Cong. Dec. 29, 1926, c . 19, † 12, 44 Stat. 928 .) License. SEC . 47. APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSE ; FEE .-(a) No marriag e shall be celeb rated in the Can al Zone unless a license to marry has first been -secured from the clerk of the division of the Provisos .
district court in which the marriage is to be celebrated : Provided, Ci tiz ens hip re qui re- ment.
however, That no marriage license shall be granted unless one of the parties thereto is an American citizen, or a resident of the Canal Lepers . Zone : And provided further, That no marriage license shall be issued to a leper except upon a certificate of approval by the Chief Health Officer of the Canal Zone . Such license when issued shall be accom- panied bya marriage certificate to be filled in by the person celebrating the marriage. Issue by clerk . (b) Such cl erk shal l, upon app lic atio n th ere for in acco rdan ce with subdivision (c ), accompanied by the written consent when required by subdivision (b) of section 46, issue a license to marry if it appears Statement re qui red . to the satisfaction of such clerk from the sworn statement of the persons desiring to marry, or, if required by such clerk, from the sworn statement of anot her, that no legal impediment to the marriage is known to exist . (c) The applicat ion for a licens e to marry shall stat e- (1 The name, address, age, color, and race of each of the persons to be married ; (2) The relationship, if any, of such persons, by consanguinity or affinity ; If eithe r of suc h person s has be en previo usly mar ried, th en the date and place of each previous marriage, the name of each per- son to whom previously married, and the manner in which each such marriage has been terminated. (d) The governor shall prescribe the form of the application for a licens e to marry, of the license to ma rry, and of the marri age certificate . Fee . (e) The clerk shall be paid a fee of $2 upon the issuance of a license to marry, and shall keep a record of all ° licenses issued and of all applications for licenses, together with any written consent of parents or a parent or guardian or the chief health officer accom- Vol . 44, pp . 928, 1023. panying the same . Such fee shall be disposed of in the same manner as other fees received by such clerk . (Acts Cong. Dec. 29, 1926, c. 19, † 13, 44 Stat. 928 ; Jan. 22, 1927, c. 52, 44 Stat. 1023.)_ Cel ebr ati on of mar - SEC . 48. WHO MAY CELEBRATE MARRIAGES ; LICENSE TO CELEBR ATE ri Whoauthorized .
MARRIA GES .- (a) A marri age m ay be celeb rated in the Canal Zone only by- (1) A magistrate of the Canal Zone . (2 A minister in good stand ing in any religious so ciety or denomination who resides in the Canal Zone . Republic of Panama. (3) A minister in good standing in any religious society or denomination who resides in the city of Colon or the city of Panama, in the Republic of Panama, if he has procured from the clerk of the district court f or the Canal Zon e a license auth orizing such mini ster to celebrate marriages in the Canal Zone .
