Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — RUSH TO MARRY IN FRANCE. [ARTICLE]

RUSH TO MARRY IN FRANCE.

Many Take Advantage of a New Law Making It Eaaier to Wed. Since the promulgation of tho French marriage law of 1907 there have been more weddings in France than at any period since the beginning of the last century with tfie exception of the years 1813 and 1872, in the former of which men married hoping to escape service in the army, while In the latter many weddings took place which had been delayed by the war with Germany. One way in which it helps persons intending to marry is that it has freed those who are over 30 from the necessity of procuring the whole series of documents and certificates upon which the civil code insisted, the New York Sun’s London correspondent says. Neither is it necessary now to obtain the consent of the parents; indeed after the age of 21 it may be dispensed with provided it is shown that due notice has been sent them.

The result is that many people of the lower classes are now married who might formerly have been tempted to do without the cerembny because it was impossible to collect the needed papers or because of the caprice of parents who refused their consent for no valid reason. What the relief thus obtained means may be understood when it is explained that in the caBQ of persons who had lost their parents and were engaged to be married 19 documents were required by the civil code of 1804, Including two birth certificates, two certificates of residence, two of nonopposition, the usual military record book; four certificates of the death of the parents and eight of the grandparents, for the entire set of which sl9 had to be paid. It is in the large towns that the beneficial results of the new law have been most conspicuous.