Note 1205 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903

In Connecticut and Vermont the indorsed certificate is sent to the officer of the town whence it issued; in Rhode Island, to the officer of the town where the marriage was solemnized: Gen. Stat. of Conn. (1887), 609; Vermont Stat. (1894), 501, 502; Acts and Resolves of R. I. (1899), 49, 50; Gen. Laws of R. I. (1896), 624. The form of indorsement prescribed in Rhode Island is as follows: "I hereby certify that the herein described —— and —— were joined in marriage by me, in accordance with the law of the state of Rhode Island, in the —— of —— this —— day of ——, A. D., 189-."—Ibid., 624. Earlier in Connecticut a separate certificate of the solemnization was sent to the clerk: Pub. Stat. Laws (1821), 317.