Solemnization of marriage of parties under age of consent or within prohibited degrees, etc.

Any person solemnizing the rites of matrimony with the knowledge that either party is under the age of legal consent, or within the degrees prohibited by law, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $1,000.

(Code 1852, §1956; Code 1867, §2345; Code 1876, §4430; Code 1886, §4173; Code 1896, §5593; Code 1907, §7391; Code 1923, §4943; Code 1940, T. 34, §5.)