[1391] In West Virginia "the registration of births, marriages, and deaths of white and colored shall be kept separate and distinct."—Code (1900), 659. Cf. Ky. Gen. Stat. (1887), 204; Digest of Ark. (1894), 320, 321; Code of Va. (1887), 130, 558.
For the entire discussion of matrimonial administration in these states, as above given in subsec. c), compare Code of Ala. (1897), I, 827 ff.; Rev. Stat. of Ariz. (1887), 371, 372; Digest of Ark. (1894), 1126 ff.; Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 679 ff.; Code of Ga. (1896), II, 221 ff.; Kentucky Stat. (1894), 765, 766; Rev. Civil Code of La. (1888), 60 ff.; Code of Md. (1888), I, 975 ff.; Ann. Code of Miss. (1892), 677, 678; Rev. Stat. of Mo. (1899), I, 1035 ff.; Comp. Laws of N. M. (1897), 403 ff.; Code of N. C. (1883), I, 690-92; Code of Tenn. (1884), 609-11; Gen. Laws of Tex. (1891), 96; Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex. (1888), I, 877, 878; Code of Va. (1887), 555-60; Acts (1900), 283, 284; Code of W. Va. (1900), 654 ff., 934; also Acts of Leg. (1887), chap. 64; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 507 ff.; Session Laws of Oklahoma (1897), 208 ff.; Comp. Stat. of D. C. (1894), 270-75.
[1392] In this section the laws of the following twenty-five districts and states are considered: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
[1393] Act of April 9, 1813: Laws of New York (1813), II, 201, 202.
[1394] Rev. Stat., Passed 1827-28 (Albany, 1829), II, 139, 140.
[1395] A false statement of either person is punishable as perjury: Laws (1873), chap. 25, pp. 19, 20; also in Rev. Stat. (1889), IV, 2597.
[1396] To the leader of the Society for Ethical Culture in the city of New York and the justices and the judges of all courts of record: Laws (1888), chap. 78, pp. 122, 123, superseding an amendment to Rev. Stat. (1829) authorized by Laws (1887), chap. 77, pp. 89, 90, and Laws (1877), chap. 430; Rev. Stat. (1889), "supplement" in IV, 2596, 2597.
[1397] Laws (1887), chap. 77, p. 90; also in Rev. Stat. (1889), IV, 2598.
[1398] Laws of N. Y. (1901), II, 933-35.
[1399] Act of May 18, 1892: Rev. Stat. (supplemental volume, 1892), V, 3742.