Note 536 — Chapter XVII · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 3)
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"Sec. 61. A subsequent marriage contracted by any person during the life of a former husband or wife ... , with any person other than such former husband or wife, is illegal and void from the beginning unless:
"1. the former marriage has been annulled or dissolved; provided, that in case it be dissolved, the decree of divorce must have been rendered and made at least one year prior to such subsequent marriage."—Act of Feb. 25: Stat. and Amend. to the Codes (1897), 34.
"Sec. 91. The effect of a judgment decreeing a divorce is to restore the parties to the state of unmarried persons."—Act of March 30, 1874: Amendments to the Codes (1873-74), 189; also in Deering, Codes and Stat. of Cal. (1886), II, 31; Pomeroy, Civil Code (1901), 44.