Note 527 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Act of 1749: in Acts and Laws of R. I. (Newport, 1767), 6; also ibid. (Newport, 1752), 67, 68. By the earlier statute as given in Acts and Laws (1745), 118, the punishment is thirty-nine stripes or a fine not exceeding 10 pounds.