--v v ' "..'-.. .XV vX:;X; --;- ;V .v-?a: V- 'xL:d L: .f .. . . . .... . J;,.- . .....,,... M.J .'t ' : -'- - ?-"-- ' -: ViiE OiiEii'OMlAji", l,iiLASi, 31AKCU 1, li -! CIVIL MARRIAGE IS 1 LIFE'S LITTLE JOYS AND GLOOMS PORTRAYED BY BRIGGS nLguinLU u. nuuum J " ' . AVoviE. eF A MAiu RRIvm& AT Ai ImPqRTamT .DECHioaj J .'I Religious Ceremony Is of Pri i vate Concern, Only. LAWS POINTS EXPLAINED W illiam C. Benbow Gives Outline j 0f Requirements "Suitable to Life In Russia." (ThU article I " ' J'. : B-nhow on the fundamental! , of "r meet. Th-y are appeanr-s weekly in Jne f jcdiiy OrcKonian.) BY "WTliLlAM C. EEXBOW. The decrees in regard to marriage made by the council of the peoples commissaries and recognized oy the constituent assembly of the Bussian people, is. so far as material here, as '"The' Russian republic henceforth recognizes civil marriage only. -Civil marriage is performed on tne basis of the following rules: "L Terons who wish to contract marriage declare (their intention) or allv or by a written statement to the department of registration or mar riages and births at the city hall (re gional district, township. Zemstvo in stitutions), according to the place of their residence. .,- ..N-ote Church marriage is a pri vate affair of those contracting it. while civil marriage is obligatory. 2 Declarations of intention to contract marriage are not accepted (a) from persons of the male sex younger than 18 years, and of the fe male sex. 16 years of age: in Trans caucasia the native inhabitants may erter into marriage upon attaining the ase of 16 for the groom and 13 for the bride; (b) from relatives in the d.rect line, full and half-brothers and listers: consanguinity is recognized also between a child born out of wed lock and his descendants on one side and the relatives on the other; (c) from married persons, and (d) from Insane. " -3 Those wishing to contract mar-r'n-'e appear at tiie department of registration of marriages and sign a statement concerning the absence or the obstacles to contracting marriage enumerated in article 2 of this decree, find also a statement that they con tract marriage voluntarily. Those guiltv of deliberately mak ing false statements about the ab sence of the obstacles enumerated in article 2 are criminally prosecuted for false statements and the marriage is declared invalid. '4 Upon the signing of the above mentioned statement the director of the department of registration ui marriages records the act of marriage In the book of marriage registries and then declares the marriage to have become legally effective." These provisions are very simple and they mav be suitable to Russian life However, more solemnity would seem appropriate to the new status contemplated by the contracting par ties. No provision is made for any other method of marriage. No mar riage is valid unless the foregoing provisions are complied with. Certificate Are Imucd. A certificate of marriage is issued - to to each of the contracting pa' There is a curious provision that the parties may cnoose tne name ji husband or of the wife; or. may take a compound of the two names, if they so desire, by which they will be known after the marriage. There is a provision for the regis tration of births, and the follows this provision: Children born out of wedlock are on an equality with those born in wedlock with regard to the rights and duties of parents toward children, and likewise of children toward parents. 'The persons who make a declara tion and give a signed statement to that effect are registered aa the father and mother of the child. "Those guiltv of deliberately mak ing false statements regarding the Rbove are criminally .prosecuted for false testimony and the registration is declared invalid. "In case the father of a child born cut of wedlock does not make such a declaration, the mother of the child or the giinrdmn or the child itself has the right to prove fatherhood by legal means." The trouble with this provision is that It Ignores-the solemnity of the ha3 marriage relation making u muic less a matter of form. Numerous ..:.. -ln fnver Ant nf sIlpH jl laW. ciia ' i j fetv.. " - In regard to divorce the decrees are equally simple. A declaration of an nulment of marriage by mutual con sent, may be filed with the same registrar who issued the the mar riage certificate, and the divorce is granted. No other formalities are necessary. No cause need be alleged, x- nrAvia;nn fnr rare of children need be made. No provision as to property rights need be authorized. But, as the contracting parties are not sup posed to own any property, in a so cialistic state, this lack is excusable. A certificate of divorcement is then issued to the parties' and the thing is accomplished, and one of the fun damental relationships of the society U destroyed. Courts Award Children. It is, however, provided that in case the annulment is by the court, wheth er by mutual consent, or by only one party after proof, the court may des ignate with which parent the children shall live. In certain cases the wife may main tain a civil suit against her former husband for support, in case she has no means and cannot worn, ine law is applicable to all persons irrespec tive of their religious beliefs or the religious rules of any ehurch in re gard to divorce. All these decrees as to this rela tion are vicious for the reason that they tend to undermine the family, which is regarded by nearly all coun tries as one of the basic foundations of a stable government or state. Thus, again, is seen the tendency of this system. It tends to confusion and chaos in domestic relations as well as ir. industrial relations, all of which show that it is degenerate in its na tu.a in fin noftinii with these do mestic relations, the law of inheri tance will be discussed in a future article. It might be added that these decrees are of the date, December 18, 1917. If there have been any recent changes the writer has been unable to find them. Vocational Schools Formed. REGINA, Sask. The provincial gov ernment proposes to spend $100,000 a year for the next ten years to further vocational and industrial training in the high, schools of the province. Saskatchewan will receive about $50, 000 of the federal government's grant fr this purpose. . Hydrodome Boat Is Here. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, famous as the inventor of the telephone, has j been devoting some of the leisure of hio mnturA vparR to the development of a new sort of surface boat. 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