Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1900 — MANY ILLEG[?]LLY MARRIED. [ARTICLE]

MANY ILLEG[?]LLY MARRIED.

Tlie New License Law in Poutb Dakota Leads to Com Petitions. Because of an apparently innocent newspaper item, the matrimonial qjfairs of a large number of newly wedded South Dakota couples have been badly mixed. To straighten out matters many couples have been remarried. Others are to-day unaware of the fact that the ceremonies which were supposed to have tied them together for life are, in fact, illegal. This unfortunate condition is due to the publication by many of the -South Dakota newspapers of an item to the effect that nnder the new marriage license law eou pies who obtained licenses in one county could proceed to another county and be married there. The desire of many couples contemplating matrimony to couceal their approaching marriages from their friends and other residents of their immediate localities contributed to complicate the situation, as many of them quietly obtained their licenses in one county and proceeded to another county, whore they were not so well known, for the purpose of having the ceremony performed. A short time ago, however, it was discovered that licenses obtained in one county were void iu other Counties,, and then there was consternation iu the ranks of the newly married.