[51] For the rare cases of permission to live "apart" granted by the legislature cannot be regarded as historically important.
[52] Pub. Stat. (1882), 427.
[53] Gen. Law (1896), 634, 635; Pub. Laws (1902), 39. This act of 1902 allows such separation, provided the petitioner has been a domiciled inhabitant of the state and has resided there for such length of time as the court shall deem sufficient.
[54] Slade, Vermont State Papers, including laws enacted 1779-86 (1823), 364.
[55] Laws of the State of Vermont (1798), 333.
[56] Act of Nov. 7, 1805: Laws of the State of Vt. (1808), I, 270-72.
[57] It appears to have been abrogated by sec. 3 of the act of Oct. 21, 1807: see Laws of Vt. (1825), 364, 365, note.
[58] Revision of the Stat. (1840), 324.
[59] Vermont Stat. (1894), 507.
[60] Ibid.