A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[1135] Public Acts (1828), 1157, 1158; Laws of the State of Maine (1831), III, 238-40.

[1136] Revised Statutes of Maine (1884), 516, 517. This provision has long existed: see Acts and Resolves (1876), chap. 110, sec. 2, pp. 78, 79; Revised Stat. (1871), 485; ibid. (1857), 391. Cf. Wright, Report, 53.

[1137] Acts and Resolves (1875), chap. 56, p. 44; Revised Stat. (1884), 517. Cf. 62 Maine Reports, 596.

[1138] Slade, State Papers, 292, 484.

[1139] Laws of the State of Vt. (1798), 330.

[1140] Act of Nov. 7, 1800: Laws of the State of Vt. (1808), I, 268.

[1141] Ibid., 269.

[1142] Ibid., 272, 273.

[1143] Revised Stat. of 1839 (1840), 319.

[1144] Vermont Stat. (1894), 500.