[1352] Code of Ga. (1882), 391; ibid. (1896), II, 221.
[1353] For the act of 1748, see Acts of the Assem. (1769), 246-48.
[1354] Act of May, 1780, in Hening, Statutes, N, 361-63. Compare the acts of 1783 and 1784, where the system of banns or license is retained, ibid., XI, 281, 282, 503-6. Later the fee was fixed at $1: Tate, Digest (1823), 417.
[1355] Act of Dec. 22, 1792: Acts of the Gen. Assem. (1794), 204, 205.
[1356] Compare the law of 1794: Acts of Gen. Assem. (1794), 331, 332; Rev. Code (1819), 393-403. But in 1803 the justice is no longer required to sign and direct the license: Acts of Gen. Assem., 372 (act to take effect May 1, 1797). In 1832 the consent of the mother is declared sufficient to authorize license to minors when there is no father or guardian: Acts (1831-32), 27; and in 1848 so much of the law of 1832 was repealed "as requires the consent of the mother of any infant desiring a marriage license to be certified under seal;" and henceforth in all cases the written consent of parents may be attested by one witness. When for any reason the clerk's office is vacant license may be issued by the "senior justice of the peace."—Acts of the Assem. (1847-48), 165.
[1357] Ibid.
[1358] Iredell-Martin, Public Acts, 1715-1803 (1804), act of 1778, chap. 7, I, 253. Compare Laws of N. C. (1821), I, 129; Rev. Stat. (1837), I, 386; and Laws (1871-72), 328-43. The register of deeds takes the place of the clerk of the county court as issuer of license in 1872. By the act of 1778 the bond necessary for license had been fixed at 500 pounds "lawful money."
[1359] Scott, Laws of Tenn. (1821), Index at "Marriage": Stat. Laws of Tenn. (1831), 219, 220. But oral banns do not appear in Code of Tenn. (1858), 480-82.
[1360] Littell, Stat. Law of Ky. II (1810), 64-69.
[1361] See act of April 24, 1805: Acts of a Pub. and Gen. Nature (1842), I, 66.