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An Act to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to Registers of Marriage; and to legalize the Marriages of Colored Persons now cohabiting as Husband and Wife. 1865 85 (1865.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0848 and id is 1 raw text is: MARRIAGE EHTO. 85 both inclusive, of chapter one hundred and ninety-two of said Code; sections twenty-six to thirty, both inclusive, and sections thirty-three to thirty-seven, both inclusive, of chap- ter one hundred and ninety-eight of said Code; the fifth p aragraph, as enumerated in section two of chapter two iundred and three of said Code; all acts and parts of acts imposing on negroes the penalty of stripes, where the same _penalty is not imposed on white persons; and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent witlh this act. 4. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commenacomlnt CHAP. 18.-An ACT to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to Registers of Mar- riage; and to legalize the Marriages of Colored Persons now cohabit- ing as Husband and Wife. Piasied ,ehruary 27, 1800. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the four- ci. 10s, 6 14 of teenth section of chapter one hundred and eight of the Code Coal iended of Virginia fbr eighteen hundred and sixty be and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows, to wit: § 14. Henceforth, it shall be tie duty of every minister necord or other person celebrating a marriae, and of the clerk or keeper of the records of any religious society which solemnizes marriages, by the consent of the parties, in open congregation, at once to make a record of every marriage between white persons, or between colored persons, solemn. ized by or before him, stating in such record whether the persons be white or colored, and, within two months after such marriage, to return a copy thereof; signed by him, to the clerk of the county or corporation in which the same is solemnized. The clerk issuing any marriage license shall at cernflato the time require and ascertain, from the party obtaining such license, a certificate setting forth, as near as may be, the date and place of the proposed marriage; the full names of both the parties; their ages and condition befbre marriage (whether single or widowed); the places of their birth and residence; the names of their parentf, and the occupation of the husband. 2. That where colored persons, before the passage of this Colored persong act, shall have undertaken and agreed to occupy the relation to each other of husband ai.d witi3, and shall be cohabiting together as such at the time of its passage, whether the rites of marriage shall have been celebrated between them or not, they shall be deemed husband and wife, and be entitled to the rights and privileges, and subject to the duties and obli- gations of that relation in like manner as if they had been duly married by law; and all their children shall be deemed legitimate, whether born before or after the passage of' this act. And when the parties have ceased to cohabit before Wh , childrLn

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