[1479] California does not directly prohibit the intermarriage of whites and Chinese; but the county clerk is commanded not to "issue a license authorizing the marriage of a white person with a negro, mulatto, or Mongolian": Deering, Codes and Stat. (1886), II, 25, sec. 69.
[1480] Until Laws of Ore. (1893), 41, "Kanaka" blood was included in the prohibition. Cf. Codes and Stat. (1902), II, 1681, 1682; I, 274.
[1481] Laws (1883), 16; also in Howell, Gen. Stat. (1883), II, 1619; and retained in the act of June 15: Pub. Acts (1899), 387.
[1482] Pub. Acts of Mich. (1899), 387, 388 (June 15). The law applies to "syphilis and gonorrhœa."
[1483] "No woman under the age of forty-five (45) years or man of any age, except he marry a woman over the age of forty-five (45) years, either of whom is epileptic, imbecile, feeble minded, or afflicted with insanity, shall hereafter intermarry, or marry any other person within this state."—Gen. Laws of Minn. (1901), 334, 335.
[1484] Session Laws of Kan. (1903), 373, 374.
[1485] Except that in Delaware, if the parties to any marriage prohibited for consanguinity or affinity, or for miscegenation, "although the same may have been solemnized in another state, shall cohabit as husband and wife in this state, they shall each be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined $100."—Rev. Stat. (1893), 593.
[1486] Deering, Codes and Statutes (1886), II, sec. 1676, p. 311.
[1487] Ibid., sec. 710, p. 171; according to the amendment of March 30, 1874: Amendments to Codes (1873-74), 218. This provision "leaves no doubt but that the limitation of an estate to a widow so long as she remains unmarried is good;" and the "rules which govern a devise in restraint of a widow's marriage, apply to like devise in restraint of a widower's marriage: Bostwick v. Blades, 4 Am. Law Rec., 729 (Md. Ct. of App.)." See Editor Deering's valuable note in Codes and Stat., II, 171, where cases are cited.
[1488] The history of the various topics treated in this section b) for the several states may be traced as follows: (1) California: Stat. (1850), 424, 425; Comp. Laws (1853), 175-77; Acts Amendatory of the Codes (1873-74), 181 ff.; Stat. (1880), 121 ff.; Deering, Codes and Stat. (1886), II, 18-37; Amendments to Codes (1895), 121; (2) Colorado: Sess. Laws (1861), 313; ibid. (1864), 108 ff.; Gen. Laws (1887), 611-13; Gen. Stat. (1883), 690-94; Mills, Ann. Stat. (1891), II, 1675 ff.; (3) Delaware: Rev. Stat. (1893), 593, 594; (4) Idaho: Laws (1863-64), 613 ff.; ibid. (1864), 397; ibid. (1867), 71-73; Comp. and Rev. Laws (1875), 642-45; Gen. Laws (1889), 40, 278-80; Rev. Stat. (1887), 301-3; (5) Illinois: Hurd, Rev. Stat. (1898), 630, 577, 1067-69; (6) Indiana: Laws of the State (1897), 129; Indiana Stat. (1896), II, secs. 5324 ff.; (7) Iowa: Code (1860), 747; ibid. (1873), 628; ibid. (1897), 1123-25, 1940; (8) Kansas: Stat. (1855), 488, 489; Laws (1857-58), 326; Gen. Laws (1859), 563, 564; Laws (1870), 157, 158; Webb, Gen. Stat. (1897), II, 637 ff., 301, 339; (9) Michigan: Laws of the Ter. (1871-84), I, 30-32, 202, 203, 646-49; II, 412-14; III, 1191, 1192; Howell, Gen. Stat. (1882-90), II, 1618-20; Comp. Laws of Mich. (1899), III, 2645-52; (10) Minnesota: Rev. Stat. (1851), 270-72; Gen. Stat. (1866), 406-8; Wenzell and Lane, Gen. Stat. (1894), I, 1264-66; (11) Montana: Comp. Codes and Stat. (1895), 474-78; (12) Nebraska: Laws (1855), 209-11; ibid. (1856), 150-52; Stat. (1867), 254-57; Comp. Stat. (1899), 756-58; (13) Nevada: Laws (1861), 93-96; ibid. (1867), 88, 89; ibid. (1881), 107, 108; Comp. Laws (1900), 112-15; (14) New Jersey: Laws of the State (1800), 158-60; Gen. Stat. (1896), II, 2003-6; I, 1064, 1066; (15) New York: Rev. Stat. (1829), II, 138-41; ibid. (1889), IV, 2596-98; Stover, Code of Civil Proced. (1892), II, 1627, 1632 ff.; ibid. (1902), II, 1830-35; (16) North Dakota: Laws (1890), 276-79; ibid. (1891), 228, 229; Rev. Codes (1895), 608-11; Revised Codes (1899), 692-95, 1440, 1441, 1454, 1455; (17) Ohio: Chase, Stat. of Ohio and N. W. Ter. (1833-35), I, 101, 102, 126, 354, 355, 672, 673; II, 1407, 1408; Bates, Ann. Stat. (1897), II, 3015-18, 2211; III, 3220; (18) Oregon: Laws (1843-49), 36, 80, 81; Stat. (1853-54), 492-94; Code of Civil Proced. and Other Gen. Laws (1862), 85-88; Codes and Gen. Laws (1892), II, 1317 ff.; I, 967; Act of Oct. 24, 1866: Acts and Res. (1866), 10, 11; (19) Pennsylvania: Pepper and Lewis, Digest (1896), II, 2878-83; (20) South Dakota: Stat. (1899), II, 1018-25, 1917; Rev. Codes (1903), 596-99; (21) Utah: Laws (1888), 88-91; Rev. Stat. (1898), 329-31; (22) Washington: Stat. of the Ter. (1854), 404, 405; ibid. (1865-66), 80-85; Ann. Codes and Stat. (1897), I, 1174-78; II, 1952; (23) Wisconsin: Stat. of the Ter. (1838-39), 139, 140; Rev. Stat. (1849), 391-93; Ann. Stat. (1889), I, 1354-56; Wis. Stat. (1898), I, 1692-94; (24) Wyoming: Rev. Laws (1870), 458-61; Rev. Stat. (1887), 415-17; ibid. (1899), 790-92, 1213; (25) Alaska: U. S. Statutes at Large, XXXI, 494, 495. Laws since 1899 are cited in the previous footnotes.