Note 1257 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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Digest of the Laws of Georgia (Philadelphia, 1801), 314. Contracts previously celebrated before any justice of the peace, minister, or preacher of the gospel are confirmed: and the same persons, if properly qualified or ordained, are in future authorized to perform the ceremony, in each case after due notice or license.