3629-2023 Authorize the Clerk to Provide Civil Marriage Services
BEING A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK TO PROVIDE CIVIL MARRIAGE SERVICES
Passed by Council March 27, 2023
AMENDED March 11, 2024 by By-Law 3696-2024
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF AUGUSTA
BY-LAW NUMBER 3629-2023
A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK TO PROVIDE CIVIL MARRIAGE SERVICES
WHEREAS the Marriage Act authorizes the Clerk of a local municipality to solemnize
marriages;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Augusta deems it
expedient to provide a civil marriage service to the public;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Augusta hereby
enacts as follows that:
1. That Annette Simonian, Clerk is hereby authorized to provide civil marriage services to
the public.
2. The fee for said service during regular business hours shall be three hundred
dollars ($300.00) payable to the Municipality.
3. The fee for said service outside of regular business hours shall be one hundred
dollars ($100.00) payable to the Municipality and two hundred dollars
($200.00) payable to the Officiant for time spent.
4. A fee for attendance at the ceremony rehearsal outside of regular business
hours (if required) shall be seventy five dollars ($75.00) payable to the Officiant for time
spent.
5. Officiant may claim mileage expenses calculated at the current rates
established by the municipality.
6. Payment of the Township’s portion of applicable fees is mandatory and shall
not be waived. The Marriage Officiant may, at their sole discretion, waive the
portion of the fees which would otherwise be payable to them.
7. The above fee does not include the fee for a marriage licence.
8. That the fee for the issuance of a marriage licence shall be $125.00
9. That By-Law 3250-2023 is hereby repealed.
10. This By-Law shall come into force and effect on the date of passing.
Read a first, second, and third time and finally passed this 27 day of March, 2023.
Signed by Mayor Jeff Shaver and Clerk Annette Simonian
