Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-11
THE MARRIAoEABLE ACE.

Swedish youths aged 81 may take as life
partners maidens of Is, and in the Neither
lands they must be Is and 10 respectively.
According to tho Roumanian laws the
ages are ~ for males and Is for females
hut a guardian looks after the affairs Of
the husband until he has reached his 2ist
year
At the age Of Is the girls OF Belgium
may take unto themselves husbands, Willis
those OF the opposite sex transgress the law
II they marry prior TO reaching their 18th
year.
Lapland's marriage code makes mention
only OF the age limit for the masculine gen
der, which must he H. while In Norway
and Turkey there is no fixed period for
either sex.
Danish males and females must bs, re-
spectively, 90 and 10 before they can be-
come man and wife, while in France the
minimum age for the former Is Is and ~
for the latter
In Spain, Portugal and Greece, the limits
nre the same--li aud l2-and In Switzer
land cantonal laws are such that the ages
vary from II to 20 for males and IL to II
for the gentle sex
In Arabia, British India, Persia, siam
and Burmah, girls are allowed to
wed at the age of 10 or even q
years. and In many instances their hus-
bands are not many months older.
Englands laws provide that no femals
can marry who has not passed her 18th
year, and the male must he at least IL.
Marriages in that country are governed by
| many restrictions too lengthy to be quoted
here.
When Bavarian female il between the
ages Of IL and 10 she can marry, but the
males cannot legally do so until they are
from IA to Is years old, the variation de-
pending upon the districts In which they
live.
Russia has a law making Is and 10 the
legal ages mt which the sexes may b,
joined in wedlock, and in some special cnse,
the bishop of the diocese in which the
couple resides may permit their marriage
six months prior to the limits quoted.
One would naturally imagine that in IL
ally, where males develop very rapidly, the
legal manageable age would be much
earlier than in colder climes. Neverthe'
less it is above the usual standard in that
respect, being Is for men and 10 for
women.
State laws regulate marriage in the
United States, and nearly all of them re
auire the consent of the parent when the
man is less than 81 and the woman under
| Is years Of age. In several states strici
laws regarding marriage licenses are en-
| forced even after both parties have passed
the 2lst milestone in their lie journey.
In chilly Finland, II couple desires to b.
married before the man has reached 81 ans
the woman Is, they must obtain an impe
rial decree. The only exception is made
| in tho case of peasants engaged in seryic'
by the year, or those who have regular
| trade or business These can wed II thu
prospective groom is Is and the bride IA
In Hungary there are canonical and civil
marriages, but the legal limits OF age arr
the same in both cases, the male being per
mitted TO assume the weighty responst
bilities of marriage when Ia, while hi
bride may he two years younger. Tho
fathers consent is absolutely necessary
without which the union is considered null
and void At the age OF "a Hungarian
youths cease to he minors. while the gkxA
attain their majority At IL.