The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-18
THE MARRIAoEABLE AGE.

Swedish youths aged 81 may take as life
partners maidens OF 10, and in the Neither
lands they must be Is and 16 respectively.
According to the Roumanian laws tho
ages are Is for males and 10 for females,
but guardian looks after the affairs Of
the husband until he has reached his 21st
year.
At the age of Is the girls of Belgium
may take unto themselves husbands, while
those of the opposite sex transgress the law
IL they marry prior to reaching their 18th
year.
Laplands marriage code makes mention
only Of the ago limit for the masculine gen.
der, which must be IL, while in Norway,
and Turkey there is no fixed period for
either sex.
Danish males and females must be- re-
spectively, 90 and 10 before they can be-
con man and wife, while in France the
minimum age for the former Is Is and IA
for the latter.
In Spain, Portugal and Greece, the limits
are the same-l4 and 12-and in Switzer-
land cantonal laws are such that the ages,
vary from IA to 20 for males, and IL to IS
for the gentle sex.
In Arabia, British India, Persia, Siam
and Burmah, girls are allowed to
wed at the age of 10 or even
years, and in many instances their hus-
bands are not many months older.
England's laws provide that no female
can marry who has not passed her 18th
year, and the male must be at least IA.
Marriages in that country are governed by
many restrictions too lengthy to be quoted
here.
When Bavarian female Is between the
ages of IL and Is 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 tho
legal ages at which the sexes may be
Joined In wedlock, and In some special cases
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 It
ally, where males develop very rapidly, tho
legal manageable age would be much
earlier than in colder chimes. 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 No.
| quire the consent OF the parent when the
man is less than 81 and the woman under
| IS years Of age. In several states strict
laws regarding marriage licenses are en-
| forced even after both parties have passed
the 2ist milestone in their life journey. ~.
In chilly Finland, II a couple desires to b
married before the man has reached 81 and
the woman Is, they must obtain an impe-
| rial decree. The only exception IL made
in the case Of peasants engaged in service
by the year, or those who have regular
trade or business. These can wed II the
prospective groom is IS and the bride IL.
In Hungary there are canonical and civil
marriages, but the legal limits Of age ere
the same In both cases, the male being per-
mitted to assume the weighty RESPONDS.
bilities Of marriage when IA, while HE
bride may be two years younger. The
fathers consent IL absolutely necessary,
without which the union is considered null
and void. At the age Of "a Hungarian
youths cease TO be minors, while the gixis
attain their majority at 10.