[1345] In Georgia and Florida a person of color is one who has one-eighth negro or African blood in his veins: Code of Ga. (1882), 356; cf. ibid. (1896), II, 4, 224; Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 681, 111.
[1346] In North Carolina, furthermore, a negro may not marry a Croatan Indian: Wright, Report, 42.
The code of this state is almost vindictive in its temper. The marriages between whites and negroes or Indians "shall be absolutely void to all intents and purposes, and shall be so held and declared by every court at all times, whether during the lives or after the deaths of the parties thereto; and it shall not be lawful for the issue of any such marriage to be legitimated to the supposed father."—Code of N. C. (1883), I, 514.
[1347] But see Ann. Code of Miss. (1892), 677: The marriage of a white person "with a negro, mulatto, or Mongolian or person who shall have one-eighth or more negro or Mongolian blood" is declared "unlawful and void."
[1348] Rev. Stat. of Ariz. (1887), 371; ibid. (1901), 809; Ann. Code of Miss. (1892), 677. In general, for the provisions regarding miscegenation, see also Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 681; Digest of Ark. (1894), 1126; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 507; Kentucky Stat. (1894), 763; Louisiana Acts (1894), 105; Rev. Stat. of Mo. (1889), I, 908; ibid. (1899), I, 610; Code of Va. (1887), 560; Code of W. Va. (1900), 660, 661, 972 (void from decree); Maryland Code (1888), I, 523; Code of N. C. (1883), I, 514; Rev. Stat. of S. C. (1894), I, 753; Gen. Laws of Tex. (1891), I, 878; the same in 1837: Laws of Republic of Tex. (1838), 234, 235; Sess. Laws of Okla. (1897), 212.
[1349] Illegitimate children are legitimized by the marriage of parents and acknowledgment of the father in Alabama, Code (1887), 530; ibid. (1897), sec. 364; Arizona, Rev. Stat. (1887), 371, 372; Florida, Rev. Stat. (1892), 686; Georgia, Code (1896), II, 254; Kentucky, Stat. (1894), 545; Maryland, Code (1888), II, 813; Mississippi, Ann. Code (1892), 172; Missouri, Rev. Stat. (1899), I, 740; Virginia, Code (1887), 620; West Virginia, Code (1891), 666.
Penalty or prosecution for seduction is suspended by marriage of parents in Arizona, Rev. Stat., as cited; Kentucky, Stat., as cited; Missouri, Rev. Stat. (1899), I, 548; New Mexico, Comp. Laws (1897), 344; Texas, Act of March 25, 1899: Gen. Laws, 66: and Virginia, Code, as cited. Cf. Wright, Report, 27.
Prosecution for seduction is also suspended on marrying the woman in Arkansas; but it is specially provided that if at any time thereafter the accused shall wilfully and without such cause as now constitutes a legal ground of divorce desert and abandon the female, then the prosecution shall be continued and proceed as though no marriage had taken place. In such cases the female may be a witness: Acts (1899), 23, 24.
[1350] Laws of N. M. (1897), sec. 1346, pp. 391, 392, Cf. the law of Arizona, Rev. Stat. (1887), 371, 372.
[1351] Code of W. Va. (1891), 612; ibid. (1900), 661.