The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-23
|G0NGRESS TODEAL WITH
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
p11L FosTERED BY GENER
Al FEDERATION OF Wo-
MEMS CLUBS PREPARED.
DRAWN BY WOMAN ATTORNEY
Has Thirty-one Sections Covering
Marriage, and Makes Uniform the
peouirements in All States. Only
r;ua Causes for Divorce.


Five Causes for Divorce.
A hill for a uniform marriage and
a;rorce law has been prepared at the
/ .,.torce of the Pictorial Review in
i - ooeration with the General Fedora
too II Women's Gibbs, and will be
i arosented to congress. The bill has
baen drawn by Mrs. Edward Frank
In White, deputy attorney general OF
Indiana. The object sought is mitiga-
t;on Of the evils of the divorce prob
lam To reach these evils effectively
i is necessary to regulate both mar
rage and divorce.
How to Get Married.
The sections of the bill covering
marriage are 81 III number. They
make Uniform the requirements gov
r+ning marriage now existing in the
various states. 1t is provided that ap-
olicaton for license to marry must be
made two weeks before the license is
;ssned Inhibitions, those who may
nat marry because of deficient men
stal;tv disease and consanguinity, are
set forth in detail. Males under IL
wears OF age and females under 10
nav not marry; males between the
aofs Of 18 and 81, and females be-
Tween the ages of 10 and IL must have
Stbo consent of parents or guardians.
Notice Of application for marriage IL
cense shall be posted, and any person
3 NAV file objections with a court hav-
i ing probate jurisdiction; should the
4 obiections be sustained the license
4 will not issue. Provision is made tor
keeping the records, and the form OF
the license and marriage certificate. IS
Snrescribed. The license shall authorize
/ the marriage ceremony to be perform
ed in any county of the state IN which
issued. except that non-residents shall
he married in the county in which the
license is procured. Violations OF the
provisions of the bill are constituted
misdemeanor, and penalties consist
y ing OF fines and imprisonment are
prescribed Should the father and
mother OF a child or children born out
OF wedlock intermarry such child or
children shall thereby become legiu-
mated and enjoy the rights and priv
ileges OF legitimacy.
Regulations governing divorce are
contained in the remaining seven sec
tons OF the bill. 1t is provided that
divorce may be decreed, upon the ap-
plication of the injured party, for the
following causes and no other;
Grounds for Divorce.
|. Adultery, except when the Of
tense has been committed with the
consent. connivance or conformation OF
the party seeking the divorce, or when
the party seeking the divorce has been
guilty OF adultery under such cIrcunl-
stances as would have entitled the OPP
posite party, if innocent, to decree.
,. Cruel and inhuman treatment.
;. Abandonment or failure to pro-
vide for a period of one year or more.
l. Incurable insanity.
5. Conviction of an infamous crime.
The bill provides that upon the
granting OF the divorce an inteloeutory
decree shall be entered in favor OF the
plaintiff, which shall become final on
ly after the lapse of year. Until such
decree shall become final neither par
tv NAV marry another. The court, in
decreeing the divorce and in making
precision for minor children, shall Ia
yor the claims Of the mother, provid-
ed she is mentally and morally COM
petent. Failure to comply with the
order of the court regarding aliinony
or the support of children is made
criminal offcnse, punishable by hne
and Imprisonment.