[565] Laws of Kan. (1897), II, 273; being same as Gen. Stat. (1868), 757. Cf. original act of 1855: Stat. (1855), 311. In 1859 the term of residence was reduced to six months, but the one-year period was restored the next year: Laws of Kan. (1859), 385; ibid. (1860), 108. Now the petitioner must be a resident of the county of the action.
[566] See the preceding subsection.
[567] Comp. Codes and Stat. of Mont. (1895), 482. See Acts (1864-65), 430.
[568] Ann. Codes and Stat. of Wash. (1897), II. 1596; Stat. (1854), 405-7. The term was reduced to three months in 1864, but restored to one year in 1866: Stat. (1864), 13; Stat. (1865-66), 89, 90.
[569] When the marriage was solemnized in the state, it is sufficient if the plaintiff be an inhabitant thereof at the commencement of the suit. If not solemnized in the state, both parties must be inhabitants at the commencement of the suit, and the plaintiff for one year before (act of 1862). The plaintiff must be an inhabitant of the state at the commencement of the suit and for one year before; "which residence shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction, without regard to the place where the marriage was solemnized, or the cause of suit arose" (act of 1865): Codes and Gen. Laws (1902), I, 277. By the act of 1853, in force till 1862, the term of residence was fixed at six months: Gen. Laws. (1852-53), 49-51.
[570] Stat. and Amend. to Codes of Cal. (1891), 52. The plaintiff must be a resident of the state one year and of the county three months. Between 1851 and 1891 the term was six months: Act of March 25: Stat. of Cal. (1851), 186, 187.
[571] Acts (1899, Feb. 3), 94: The plaintiff must have been a resident of the state in good faith for twelve months, and be a citizen of the United States or have declared his intention to become such citizen. By the earlier law, as at the close of the territorial period, the term of residence was ninety days: Rev. Codes of N. D. (1895), 614.
[572] Laws of Wyo. (1901), 4.
[573] U. S. Stat. at Large, XXXIII, 944. The period is two years in Hawaii: ibid., XXXI, 150.
[574] Comp. Stat. of Neb. (1901), 577; Laws (1856), 155.