Note 1428 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)
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The justice of the peace is not expressly given authority by the Oregon law; but in effect he is authorized by the general clause allowing "any judicial officer" to act within his proper jurisdiction: Codes and Stat. (1902), II, 1682.