The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-04
NEW DIVORCE LAW
DRAFTED BY COMMISSIONERS FOG
UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION.
TO BE SENT TO GOV. GAMBLER
~ COL. r. w. MELDRINI, A MEMBER
OF THE COMMISSION.

Col. McIdrim just BACK From An
nuaI Meeting of American Bar As
ISOLATION and State Board of Com
missioners for Promoting Uni
fOrmity of Legislation-Warm Is
His Praise of the Hospitality of
Observation-Disclosures Speech on
the InsuIar Decision of the SUI
preme COurt-Trip Through the
Mountains and Visit to Victoria
and Pixies Peak.
Col p W. Meldrim returned to Sa-
yapnah yesterday from Denver, where
he has been in attendance at the an
nual meeting of the American bar AS
ISOLATION, held Aug. 21-22-23, and also
that of the State Board of Commis-
sioners for Promoting Uniformity of
Legialat ton in the United States. The
members of the latter body are usually
members of the bar association and so
the meetings of both are held at the
same place, that of the board preceding
by few days the meeting of the bar
assoc iation.
Col Meldrim says that the meetings
If hCih bodies were most interesting
and ip portant, and he is enthusiastic
o;er the splendid reception AMI enter
tainnlent of the delegates to these
meetings which, he says, was most
royal and on a scale commensurate
with the physical features of the coun-
try. One of the features of the pro-
granme of entertainment, in fact it
may be called the feature OF the en-
tertainment, was a four days trip ten
deled the members of the bar associa-
ton and the ladies of their families, to
Cripple Creek, Glenwood Springs, Lead
vile, Marshall Pass, and Colorado
Springs.
Other places visited were Victoria,
mining town, where the visitors had
the opportunity of seeing typical
miners Saturday night. to Pixies Peak,
and Royal Gorge, where the Arkansas
River flows between bluffs 1000 feet
high. The trip was given by the Col
orado members of the American Bar
Association the Colorado Bar Associa-
ton and the Denver Bar Association.
1t was made in three sections of Pull
man cars.
One of the chief features of the meet
ing of the Bar Association was the
speech of Congressman Littlefield of
Maine, who attacked the insular de-
cision of the Supreme Court. 1t was a
powerful effort and was appreciated as
such, though the views expressed were
not shared by all of the hearers.
Probably the matter of greatest pub
lie interest that came. up before the
meeting of the board of state COM
missioners was the draft of an act
for uniform divorce laws. A copy of
this draft will be forwarded by Col.
Meldrim to Gov. Gambler for presen-
tation to the Legislature. 1t will be
sent prior to the meeting of that body.
The provisions of this draft are that:
mo divorce shall be granted for any
cause arising prior to the residence of
the complainant or defendant in this
state which was not ground for di-
vorce in the state where the cause
arose.
mo person shall be entitled to di-
vorce for any cause arising in this
state who has not had actual residence
in this state for at least one year next
before bringing suit for divorce with
a bona fide intention of making this
state his or her permanent home
No person shall be entitled to d.
vorce for any cause arising out of this
state unless the complainant or de-
fendant shall have resided within this
state for at least two years next be-
fore bringing suit for divorce, with
bona fide intention of making this state
his or her permanent home.
mo person shall be entitled to a d.
vorce unless the defendant shall have
been personally served with process,
if within this state, or If without this
state, shall have had personal notice
duly proved and appearing of record.
or shall have entered an appearance
in the case; but if it shall appear to
the satisfaction of the court that the
complainant does not know the ad-
dress nor residence of the defendant
and has not been able to ascertain
either, after reasonable and due in
quiry and search, continued for six
months after suit is brought, the court
or judge in vacation may authorize no
tice by publication of the pendancy of
the suit for divorce, to- be given in
manner provided by law
mo divorce shall be granted solely
upon default nor solely upon admis-
sions by the pleadings, nor except upon
hearing before the court in open ses-
sion.
After. divorce either party may
marry again, but in cases where no.
tice has been given by publication only,
and the defendant has not appeared, no
decree or judgment for divorce shall
become final or operative until six
months after hearing and decision.
Wherever the word divorce occurs
in this act, it shall be deemed to mean
divorce from the bonds of marriage. :"