If any county clerk shall issue or sign any marriage license in any manner other than is authorized by this chapter, the county clerk shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding $1,000 to and for the use of the person aggrieved.
[Part 5:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1899, 47; 1919, 382; 1927, 49; 1947, 41; 1949, 91; 1943 NCL § 4053]