Note 1496 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)

Ann. Rev. Stat. (1897), II, 3016. Cf. the act of Feb. 16, 1810: Chase, Stat., I, 672, 673. See the act of April 25, 1898, requiring a statement under oath from persons applying for license; also evidence of parental consent in case of minors; and allowing the parent or guardian, when non-resident, to appear before a judge of a court of record in the county where he is domiciled, and give his consent in writing; such written consent must be attested by two witnesses, certified to by the judge, and be forwarded to the probate judge of the county where the license is to be issued: Laws (1898), 309-11.