Note 1159 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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Written consent is requisite in Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont; but it may be either written or verbal in Massachusetts; and in all cases the consent is preliminary to issuance of license: Pub. Stat. of Mass. (1882), 810; Rev. Stat. of Maine (1884), 516; Vermont Stat. (1894), 501; Gen. Stat. of Conn. (1887), 608, 609; ibid. (1902), 1085; Gen. Laws of R. I. (1896), 623; and Acts and Resolves (1899), 49.