Show DEPUTIES WANT TO KNOW Clerks Office Puzzled Over Marriage License Problem Of late the deputies In the county c clerks office have been discussing ways wa s sand and means of oC preventing persons under the age provided by b the statutes statute from swearing falsely when they apply for licenses to marry mam Fhe Five such cases ces have occurred during the past year yea the th lat latest latest est eat during the present week When licenses are issued to persons persona swearing falsely as to their age the dep den deputy deputy uty clerk cerk Issuing the license is usually selected as a mark upon which the irate parents prents heap their wrath when as a matter of fact the clerks clerk believe beleve they the have hae to perform their duty dut when they administer the oath to the parties partes making the he application Recently Judge Howell Howel was called cled up upon upon upon on to marry mam a couple where the bride was as under the required age The license was Issued in regular form after aCer the couple had taken the oath according according to th t law aw A short time later however the parents of or the girl gir called caled upon Judge Howell Howel to ask how he obtained the right to marry mar the couple without their con consent consent consent sent The whole matter was wa referred to the he clerks office of ce from which the license was issued but as a far as a can be learned nothing came of or the matter |