Note 1368 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903

Paragraph 1658, pp. 331, 332, of the Code of Ga., assented to Dec. 19, 1860, to take effect Jan. 1, 1862, provides for obtaining license, and "publication of the banns of marriage in a neighboring church, in the presence of the congregation, for at least three Sabbath days prior to its solemnization," all other marriages being declared invalid. Cf. Acts (1863-64), 48, editorial note. The change worked confusion. The preamble of the act of Dec. 14, 1863, declares that the "innovation" will "have the effect of giving rise to perplexing questions of legitimacy of children, and rights of property; and to domestic unhappiness." Therefore the paragraph is repealed, and marriages already solemnized under it are validated: ibid., 48.

For the present law see Code of Ga. (1896), II, 223, 221.