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A Supplement to the act entitled An act regulating marriage 1833 203 (1833)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsde0145 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. CHAPTER CLXLIV. A Supplement to the Act, entitled An Act regulating marriage. Dig. 400. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That the provisions requiting a license or the publication of bans, contained in the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall not hereafter be extended to negroes and mulattoes; but that it shall and Negroes and may be lawful, for a preacher of the gospel, ordained and ap. mnulattoesmay pointed according :o the rules of the church to which he belongs, to be married without Ii- solemnize all marriages where the parties are negroes or mulattoes, censeorpubli- without any license or publication of bans. cation ofbane. Section 2. Be itjfurther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That The parties hereafter, before any marriage shall be solemnized between such per- shall procure sons, each of the parties (being free) shall produce the certificate of a certificateof some Justice of the Peace of the County, in which he or she may re. am om side respectively, of his or her freedom, which certificate may be ac- Peace of the cording to the following form, viz : I do hereby certify that - countywhere - - has this day personally adduced satisfactory testimony, before they reside. me, of (his) oi (her) freedom and legal ability to contract marriage, Form of cer. as witness my hand this -- day of - , A. D. 18-, for which certificate, said Justice shall receive from the person applying there. Fee for the for, the sum of twenty-five cents: or (being a servant or slave) shall same. produce the written consent of (his) or (her) master or mistiess to Ifaservantor (his) or (her) marriage : and if any preacher of the gospel, shall' so. slave,tewrit. ten consent of' lemnize any marriage, contrary to the provisions of this act, he shall the master or forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to he recoveied in like mistress. manner, as debts of the same amount, are recovered before Justices Penalty. of the Peace in this State; one half to be paid to the person suing for the same, and the other half to the Schooi fund of this State. Passed at Dover, January 16th, 1833. CHAPTER C 1,XLV1 An act to repeal the act, entitled An act to amend the act entitled Repeal Chap. An act directing the election of Assessors and Inspectors. 129: 8th vol. p. 127. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That the act entitled An act to amend the act, entitled An act directing the election

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