...hereby conferred upon consuls for the trial of offences and misdemeanors. Section 31 of the act provides that " all marriages in the presence of any consular officer in a foreign country, between persons who would be authorized to marry if residing in the District of Columbia,...

...herehy conferred upon consuls for Ihe trial of offences and misdemeanors. Section 31 of the act provides that " all marriages in the presence of any consular officer in a foreign country, hetween persons who would he authorized to marry if residing in the District of Columhia,...

...seventh and eighth sections of this Act fc offenses or misdemeanors. SEC. 31. And be it further enacted, That all marriages in the presence of any consular officer in a foreign country, between & * * Se< persons who would be authorized to marry if residing in the District of...

...That all marconsular offi- r i a g es i n the presence of any consular officer in a foreign country, between persons who would be authorized to marry if...residing in the District of Columbia, shall have the same force arid effect, and shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as if the said marriage had...

...23 NT B. 90.) 104 It maybe stated, that by a recent act of the national legislature, it is enacted that " all marriages in the presence of any consular officer in a foreign country, between persons who would be authorized to marry if residing in the District of Columbia,...

...provisions of the seventh and eighth sections of this act for trial of offences or misdemeanors. SEC. 31. That all marriages in the presence of any consular officer in a Marriages foreign country, between persons who would be authorized to marry if re- Jnce*rf 'consular...

...provisions of the seventh and eighth sections of this act for trial of offences or misdemeanors. 33. country, between persons who would be authorized to marry, if residing in the District of Columbia,...

...deemed to he performed in the country within which the legation is situated, and therefore ought in all respects to comply with the requirements of the...authorized to marry if residing in the District of Colnmbia, shall have the s:ime force and effect and shall be valid to all intents and purposes as if...

...which provides that all marriages celebrated in the presence of a consular officer in a foreign country between persons who would be authorized to marry if residing in the District of Columbia are valid to all intents and purposes as if said marriage had been solemnized in the United States....

...Referring to the statute, which provides for the authentication of marriages before American consuls, " between persons who would be authorized to marry If residing In the District of Columbia," the Instructions add: "But If the applicant may lawfully marry according to the laws of the country,...