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    § 17.  Clergyman  or  officer  violating  article;  penalty.  If  any
  clergyman or other person authorized  by  the  laws  of  this  state  to
  perform  marriage ceremonies shall solemnize or presume to solemnize any
  marriage between any parties without a license being presented to him or
  them as herein provided or with knowledge that either party  is  legally
  incompetent  to contract matrimony as is provided for in this article he
  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be
  punished  by  a  fine  not  less  than  fifty dollars nor more than five
  hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

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