[1115] Ibid., X, 26, 42, 104, 105.
[1116] Ibid., 40, 53, 54, 55, 104, 105.
[1117] Laws of the Com. of Mass., 1780-1816, I, 321.
[1118] Act of Feb. 12, 1821: Laws of the Com. of Mass. (1821), 507. This somewhat extends the provisions of the act of Feb. 20, 1818: ibid. (1818), 550.
[1119] Act of April 1, 1834: Laws of the Com. of Mass. (1834), 252-57.
[1120] Pub. Stat. (1882), 811. The law has remained substantially the same since 1835: see Rev. Stat. (1836), 477; Supp. to Gen. Stat., 1860-1872, I, 540.
[1121] Acts and Resolves of Mass. (1899), 379.
[1122] Act of April 22, 1896: Acts and Resolves, 257. This statute further declares that "no rabbi of the Israelitish faith shall solemnize marriage until he has filed with the clerk or registrar of the town or city where he resides a certificate of the establishment of the synagogue of which he is rabbi, and of the date of his appointment thereto, and of the term of his engagement."—Ibid., 257. Cf. Rev. Laws (1902), II, 1349-50, with somewhat different wording.
[1123] Also the wardens of the town of New Shoreham: Pub. Statutes (1882), 416; Gen. Laws (1896), 621. The justice has power in any town of the state.
[1124] Pub. Laws of R. I. (1798), 481-83; ibid. (1844), 267. By this date the justice of the peace had ceased to act.