Note 1504 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)

Gen. Stat. of Minn. (1894), I, 1264, 1265.

Following is the form of license or "certificate" in Colorado: "Know all men by this Certificate, that any regular ordained minister of the Gospel authorized by the rules and usages of the Church or denomination of Christians, Hebrews, or religious body of which he may be a member, or any judge or justice of the peace to whom this may come, he not knowing of any lawful impediment thereto, is hereby authorized and empowered to solemnize the rites of matrimony between .... of .... of the county of .... Previously married? .... Wife deceased? .... Divorced? .... When? .... Where? .... On what grounds? .... And .... of .... of the county of .... Previously married? .... Husband deceased? .... Divorced? .... When? .... Where? .... On what grounds? ...."—Mills, Ann. Stat. of Col. (1891), III, 828.