[1518] Rev. Stat. of Del. (1893), 594; practically the same in ibid. (1874), 472-74.
[1519] The Pennsylvania act of 1849 requiring a transcript of the marriage record to be given to the person applying therefor, on payment of the prescribed fee, still appears to be in force: Pepper and Lewis, Digest (1896), II, 2879.
[1520] Both Oregon and Washington allow the solemnizer to keep the license, the clerk or auditor first recording the facts contained therein: Codes and Stat. of Ore. (1902), II, 1684; Ann. Codes and Stat. of Wash. (1897), I, 1177, 1178.
[1521] See the act of April 7, 1881: Laws, XVI, chap. 381; act of March 13, 1879, amended and republished, April 11, 1893: Rev. Stat. (1893), 296-98, 405-8.
[1522] Act of Feb. 15: Pub. Laws of N. J. (1888), 52 ff.; act of March 29: ibid. (1892), 351; Gen. Stat. (1896), II, 2006-12, 1634, 1635 (board of health); act of Feb. 27, 1901: Acts of N. J., 36.
[1523] The law does not apply to cities of the first class nor to those of the second class, Grades 1, 2, and 3a. Special provision is made for a board of health in Cincinnati (cities of the first grade of the first class): Bates, Ann. Rev. Stat. (1897), I, 97, 978, 979.
[1524] Cf. act of 1867: Pub. Acts (1867), 266; that of 1869: ibid. (1869), 214; ibid. (1899), 67, 68; and Howell, Gen. Stat., 1, 96, 276-80, 464; Comp. Laws (1899), II, 1451 ff.
[1525] Cf. Acts (1852), 763-69; Rev. Stat. (1858), 618-22; Ann. Stat. (1889), I, 648-52; Laws (1897), 373; Wis. Stat. (1898), I, 1055, 785 ff.
[1526] Deering, Codes and Stat. (1886), I, 442 ff., 460 ff.
[1527] Cf. the act for registration of births, marriages, and deaths: Laws (1847), chap. 152, repealed by Laws (1885), chap. 270; Laws (1880), chap. 322; and Rev. Stat. (1889), II, 1205, 1207, 1209, 1195-98 (state board), IV, 2610, 2611 (clauses relating to New York city).