Note 1302 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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Digest of Ark. (1894), 1125; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 507; the same in Rev. Stat. (1838), 553; Rev. Stat. of Mo. (1899), I, 1035: Compiled Laws of N. M. (1897), 405.
But the Oklahoma statute of 1893 adds: "Consent alone will not constitute a marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization, or by a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations."—Statutes (1893), 668. By the act of 1897 for this passage is substituted: "and the marriage relation shall only be entered into, maintained, or abrogated as provided by law."—Session Laws (1897), 208.