FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 115, 116. 1870. 147 may, when execution is returned “No erson of the e to levy,7 tile in the clerk’s office of the gipremzii tidtiiitediythburlgisfiliilegf §:,_°u€"¥§;:’ Columbia a cerufied copy of such Judgment, and which shall be docketed m the docket of law causes in said office, in the same manner as appeals from justices are docketed there; and when so docketed the fbrce and effect of the judgment shall be the same, as to lien and ezlecution, as if it had been a judgment of said court. Sac, 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of preserving Certain ministlie evidence of marriages in the District of Columbia, every minister t,,°,;° °{,;h§g°,;:°,i ot the gospel, appointed or ordained according to the rites and ceremo- moielebrafgiinar. mes of his church, whether his residence be in the District of Columbia ’il‘g°S i" *h°Dls‘ or elsewhere in the United States or its Territories, may be licensed to iiiimf Columcelebrate marriages in the said District; and the license shall be issued by the clerk of the supreme court of said District in the following form:
- To any minister of the gospel authorized to celebrate marriaves in the Form of1i-
District of Columbia, greeting: I °°¤¤°· “ You are hereby licensed to solemnizc the rites of marriage between -——-—-——,o`——;, and —-———-—- of'————— if ou find no lawful impediment thereto; and having so dom; you are dominanded to appear in the clerl<.’s office of the supreme court of said District, and certify the same. “ Witness my hand and the seal of said court: " ———— i, Clerk." Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That said clerk shall provide a Record of1i· record·book of his office, consisting of licenses in the above form, printed °°“°”‘ in blank, one of which he shall fill up with the names of the parties for whose union any license has been issued, and beneath it shall be printed _ acertificate to be made by the minister who solemnized the marriage, in m£§Q`£§°°t° °f the following form : " I, -—— -——-, minister of ————— church in —-——, hereby certify that, by authority of a license of the same tenor as the foregoing, I solemnized the marriage of the parties aforesaid, on the -——-; day of -—-——, eighteen ——, at —;·, in the District of Columbia. , a _________ ____________! Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That a copy of any license and C°PY gw3E_ certificate, recorded in said book, certified by said clerk,_under his hand g;i];?&2_,%°Q2 and the seal of the court, shall be competent evidence of said marriage. competent evi- Approved, June 1, 1870. CHAP. CXVI. -—An Act concerning Di:.-orces in the District of·CoIumbia. June 1, 1870. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the causes Addipiongl for which the supreme court of the District of Columbia may now grant $‘;:‘;;‘ln°:`h6‘biS_ divorces from the bond of marriage, such divorce may be granted for- {pic; of colum- First. Habitual drunkenness for a period of three years. on the part of bgabitual the party complained against. Second. Cruelty ofitreatment endanger- d,u,,k_,,,,,m_ ing the life or health of the party complaining.. Third. Wxlful desertion and abandonment by the party complained against of the party complain- tim ing for the full uninterrupted space of two years. Aeruovnv, June 1, 1870.
