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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.
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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. Photo
arraphs recently taken .show that he
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