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Excerpt from A Summary of the Laws of Several States Governing: Marriage and Divorce of the Feebleminded, the Epileptic and the Insance, Asexualization, Institutional Commitment and Discharge of the Feeble-Minded and the Epileptic "When either of the parties to a marriage shall be incapable for want of age or understanding to consent to any marriage, the marriage shall be void from the time its nullity shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction." - (Kirby's Digest, 1904, Sec. 5175.) California Marriage may be annulled when at the time of marriage either party was of unsound mind, unless such party, after coming to reason, freely cohabits with the other as husband or wife. - (Civil Code, Sec. 82.) Colorado No law. Bills were introduced in the legislatures of 1911 and 1913 prohibiting the issuance of a marriage license where "either of the contracting parties is an idiot, imbecile, of unsound mind, or under guardianship as a person of unsound mind," but did not become a law. Connecticut Every man and women, either of whom is epileptic, imbecile, or feebleminded, who shall marry or live together as husband or wife when woman is under 45 years of age, shall be imprisoned not more than 3 years. Every person who knowingly aids such marriage shall be subject to fine or imprisonment, or both. Intercourse with imbecile, feebleminded or epileptic person under 45 years of age shall be punished by not more than 3 years' imprisonment. - (General Statutes, Revision of 1902, Sec. 1354-1356.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.