[306] Act of Dec. 1, 1863: Laws (1862-63), 125, 126.
[307] Ann. Code of Miss. (1892), 421.
[308] Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 504. But by the act of May 19, 1899, "when the defendant has been guilty of adultery in this state," then any citizen of the state, being the aggrieved, may get a divorce at any time, the two years' previous residence not being required: Acts and Res. (1899), 117. Cf. Comp. Stat. of D. C. (1894), 276, requiring two years; superseded by the act of 1901: Moore, Code (1902), 200.
[309] Code of Tenn. (1884), 612; Shannon, Code (1896), 1044 n. 2. Earlier the condition was citizenship and residence for one year: Act of Oct. 26, 1799: Scott, Laws (1821), I, 647; same in 1835, except the petitioner may have been absent on business or for health: Caruthers and Nicholson, Compilation (1836), 260; also see 5 Yerg., 203. A male citizen bringing suit for divorce must give bond and security for costs: Acts (1891), chap. 221, p. 433. On divorce in a foreign state see 3 Lea, 260.
[310] Code of Md. (1888), I, 144; cf. Laws (1841-42), chap. 262; Laws (1843), chap. 287; Laws (1886), chap. 10.
[311] Laws (1814), chap. 5; Haywood, Manual (1819), 177; Laws (1821), II, 1294, 1295.
[312] Code of N. C. (1883), I, 575. See Wright, Report, 83; Pub. Laws (1903), 846.
[313] The plaintiff must also be a bona fide resident of the state: Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex. (1888), I, 886; Ann. Civil Stat. (1897), I, 1097.
[314] By act of Congress, May 25, 1896: Stat. at Large, XXIX, 136, not less than one year's previous residence in any of the territories is required to entitle the plaintiff to bring suit for divorce. See Rev. Stat. of Ariz. (1901), 813; Acts of N. M. (1901), 117; Wilson, Stat. of Okla. (1903), II, 1119.
[315] Rev. Stat. of Mo. (1889), I, 1030; ibid. (1899), I, 742, 743. This provision for residence appears in the statutes from 1835 onward: Rev. Stat. (1835), 225; ibid. (1845), 427; ibid. (1879), 361; and the period is one year by the act of May 13, 1807; Laws of Pub. and Gen. Nature (1842), I, 92.