1822 - Edocs

taking" bond.
of parties under
age.
Levitical degrees.
Penalty.
Formendon in descender,
&.c. with-
in twenty years.
80
and bis successors for the use of the Territory with condition
that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the marriage
for which the licence is required, and every clerk
failing herein shall forfeit one hundred dollars—if either
of the parties intending to marry be under age, the licence
shall not be issued without the consent of the parent
or guardian made verbally lo the clerk or proof of such
consent by the oath of one credible witness—and thereupon
the clerk shall issue said licence and certify that
the bond is given, and if either of the parties be under
age, he shall also certify the consent of the parent or
guardian, which shall be a lawful licence to any minister
or justice of the peace authorized as aforesaid to solemnize
matrimony.
7. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall marry
within the Levitical degrees, he shall be subject to a
fine of one thousand dollars, one half to the informer the
other half to the Territory, and the said marriage shall
be annulled and set aside by any court of record in this
Territory, and the court may require the parties to give
bond and security that they will not in future cohabit
with each other, and commit them in case of non-compliance,
provided that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to render illegitimate the issue of the marriage
thus annulled.
EDMUND LAW,
President of l he Legislative Council.
[Approved September 13*A, 1822.]
WM. P. DUVAL,
Governor of the Territory of Florida.
TEST,
ROBERT MITCHELL,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.
AN ACT
Concerning Limitation of Actions. v
1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council
of the Territory of Florida, That, all writs of formedon
in decender, remainder or revertor, of any lands,
tenements or hereditaments whatsoever, hereafter to be
brought upon any title or cause heretofore accrued, or
which may hereafter fall or accrue, shall be sued out
within twenty years next after such title or cause of action
accrued, and not afterwards; and that no person or
persons, who now hath or have, or hereafter may have,
any ri?ht or title of entry, into any lands, tenements, or
hereditaments, shall make any entry but within twenty