A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[1300] Code of Md. (1888), II, 977, 978.

[1301] Subject to prosecution and punishment for fornication, or fornication and adultery, for refusal: Code of Ga. (1882), 356, 357. Cf. Acts (1865-66), 239, 240; Acts (1866), 156, 157; and also 61 Georgia Reports, 306, and 40 Georgia Reports, 244.

[1302] Digest of Ark. (1894), 1125; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 507; the same in Rev. Stat. (1838), 553; Rev. Stat. of Mo. (1899), I, 1035: Compiled Laws of N. M. (1897), 405.

But the Oklahoma statute of 1893 adds: "Consent alone will not constitute a marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization, or by a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations."—Statutes (1893), 668. By the act of 1897 for this passage is substituted: "and the marriage relation shall only be entered into, maintained, or abrogated as provided by law."—Session Laws (1897), 208.

[1303] Voorhies and Saunders, Revised Code of La. (1888), 60, 61; cf. the act of 1807, in Digest of Civil Laws Now in Force (1808), 24; or Lislet, Gen. Digest (1828), 4; or Code Civil (1825), 80-82.

[1304] Rev. Stat. and Codes of Porto Rico (1902), 805.

[1305] Code of Ga. (1882), 392. Cf. the law of North Carolina above cited: Code of N. C. (1883), I, 689.

[1306] For both sexes see Code of Ala. (1897), 829; Digest of Ark. (1894), 1125; also Rev. Stat. (1835), 535; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 507; Rev. Stat. of Ariz. (1887), 371; Code of Ga. (1896), II, 222; Kentucky Stat. (1899), 822; Rev. Stat. and Codes of Porto Rico (1902), 807; Rev. Code of La. (1888), 61; Merrick, Rev. Civ. Code of La. (1900), 23; Session Laws of Okla. (1897), 208; Wilson, Stat. of Okla. (1903), I, 857; Comp. Laws of N. M. (1897), 407; Code of N. C. (1883), I, 688; Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex. (1888), I, 878 (law of 1837); Ann. Civil Stat. of Texas (1897), I, 1082; Code of Va. (1887), 560, 561; Acts of W. Va. (1897), chap. 34; Code of W. Va. (1900), 661; Moore, Code of D. C., 265. Cf. Wright, Report, 29.

[1307] By inference from the law below cited.

[1308] For both sexes see Code of Ala. (1897), 828; Rev. Stat. of Ariz. (1887), 371; ibid. (1901), 810; Digest of Ark. (1894), 1129, 874; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 413, 510; Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 679; Stat. of Ky. (1899), 824; Session Laws of Okla. (1897), 208, 209; Rev. Code of La. (1888), 61, and the same in 1807, Lislet's General Digest (1828), II, 5; Maryland Code (1888), I, 976, or in Laws (1886), chap. 497; Ann. Code of Miss. (1892), 677; Rev. Stat. of Mo. (1899), I, 1037; Compiled Laws of N. M. (1897), 405, 406, 407; Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex. (1888), I, 378; Ann. Civil Stat. of Tex. (1897), I, 1082; Code of Va. (1887), 555; Code of W. Va. (1900), 654; Compiled Laws of D. C. (1894), 273; Acts of Tenn. (1899), 36.