A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[1145] Acts and Laws (1784), 130.

[1146] Pub. Stat. Laws (1821), 316; the same provision, ibid. (1835), 370.

[1147] Pub. Acts (1847), 39.

[1148] Gen. Stat. (1866), 301, note, giving a summary of changes in the law since 1640. Cf. Gen. Stat. (1874), 186; ibid. (1887), 609; ibid. (1902), 1086. See 1 Root, 381; 4 Conn. Reports, 134, 209.

[1149] Gen. Stat. (1887), 609.

[1150] Pub. Stat. of Mass. (1882), 811; Pub. Stat. of N. H. (1891), 494; Gen. Stat. of N. H. (1867), 331; Gen. Laws of R. I. (1896), 622; Vermont Stat. (1894), 500; Revised Stat. of Maine (1884), 516.

[1151] Two witnesses, besides the person solemnizing the marriage, must attend: Gen. Laws of R. I. (1896), 624; Acts and Resolves (1899), 50, 51.

[1152] Pub. Stat. (1900), 590; Gen. Stat. (1867), 332.

[1153] In Massachusetts the penalty is a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment in jail or in the house of correction for a term not exceeding one year, or both: Act of April 22, 1896: Acts and Resolves (1896), 257; in Maine it is $1,000, or not less than five years' imprisonment: Rev. Stat. (1884), 517; in New Hampshire it is not exceeding $300, one-half to the complainant: Pub. Stat. (1891), 494; Gen. Laws (1878), 429; in Vermont, not less than six months' imprisonment or a fine of from $100 to $300; in Connecticut, not to exceed $500, or six months' imprisonment: Gen. Stat. (1887), 348; in Rhode Island the fine is $500: Gen. Laws (1896), 625.

[1154] Pub. Stat. of Mass. (1882), 811; Revised Stat. of Maine (1884), 517; Pub. Stat. of N. H. (1891), 494; Vermont Stat. (1894), 502; Gen. Laws of R. I. (1896), 625.