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An Act regulating marriages. 1844-1845 729 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0066 and id is 1 raw text is: 729 CHAP. 115. MARRIAGES. CHAPTER 115. MARRIAGES. AN AcT regulating marriages. SEC. 1. Marriage, in law, a civil con- Src tract. 2. In what degrees marriages de- clared to be incestuous and void. 3. Marriage of white person with negro or mulatto, illegal and void. 4. Penalty on persons contracting or solemnizing marriage con- trary to two preceding see- tions. 5. Marriage without the state, if valid when contracted, shall be valid in the state, when. 6. Who may perform the ceremony of marriage. . 7. Minors not to he married with- out consent of parent or guar- dian. 8. Certificate of consent to be re- gistered and filed in recorder's office, &c. 9. Records of marriages to be kept, and certificates filed ; penalty for neglect. 10. Recorder to register certificates; hisi fees; penalty for neglect. i. Religious societies may solemn- ize marriages, how. 12. Record of marriage and certified copies, evidence. 13. Penalty for making false return or false entry of marriage, &c. Be it enacted by the General ./ssembly of the State of Mis- souri, as follows: SeCTIoN 1. Marriage is considered in law as a civil con- Marriage in tract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of lwtra cit contracting is essential. Soc. 2. All marriages between parents and children, includ- In what de- ing grand parents and grand children of every degree, between reecam brothers and sisters, of the half as well as of the whole blood, to be incest and between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, are declared to be incestuous and absolutely void. This section shall extend to illegitimate as well as legitimate children and relations. SEc. 3. All marriages of white persons with negroes or Certain marri- mulattoes, are declared to be illegal and void. andviaT SEc. 4. Whoever shall contract marriage in fact, contrary Penaltyon to the prohibitions in the two sections next preceding, andtrsonscon- whoever shall solemnize any such marriage, shall be deemed lemnizing marriage con- guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be pun-trary to two ished by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of prceding sections. the jury which shall try the cause; or, if the conviction be by confession, or on demurrer, at the discretion of the court. SEc. 5. All marriages contracted without this stat , which When marri- would be valid by the laws of the country in which the sam age s id. were contracted, shall be valid in all courts and places within this state.

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