[561] _Cf._ _Rev. Stat. of Minn._ (1851), 274; _Gen. Stat._ (1894), I, 1268, 1269. [562] The development of the Wisconsin law of residence may be traced in _Stat. of the Ter._ (1838-39), 140; _Rev. Stat._ (1849), 395; _ibid._ (1858), 623-28 (in which the clause referring to the wife as plaintiff first appears); _Ann. Stat._ (1889), I, 1368. [563] The petition for divorce "must state that the plaintiff has been for the last year a resident of the state, specifying the township and county in which he or she has resided, and the length of such residence therein after deducting all absences from the state; that it has been in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining a divorce only"; and "in all cases it must be alleged that the application is made in good faith and for the purpose set forth in the petition."--_Ann. Code of Ia._ (1897), 1137; same in _Code_ (1873), 339. See also act of Dec. 29, 1838: _Laws_ (1838-39), 179, 180, first fixing the period of one year's previous residence. [564] "Provided, further, that such suit shall only be brought in the county in which such plaintiff or defendant resides, or where such defendant last resided."--MILLS, _Ann. Stat. of Col._ (1897), III, 437, 438; being the act of 1893: _Laws_, 239. _Cf._ the original act in _Laws of Col._ (1861-62), 360, 361, fixing the one-year term. [565] _Laws of Kan._ (1897), II, 273; being same as _Gen. Stat._ (1868), 757. _Cf._ original act of 1855: _Stat._ (1855), 311. In 1859 the term of residence was reduced to six months, but the one-year period was restored the next year: _Laws of Kan._ (1859), 385; _ibid._ (1860), 108. Now the petitioner must be a resident of the county of the action. [566] See the preceding subsection. [567] _Comp. Codes and Stat. of Mont._ (1895), 482. See _Acts_ (1864-65), 430. [568] _Ann. Codes and Stat. of Wash._ (1897), II. 1596; _Stat._ (1854), 405-7. The term was reduced to three months in 1864, but restored to one year in 1866: _Stat._ (1864), 13; _Stat._ (1865-66), 89, 90. [569] When the marriage was solemnized in the state, it is sufficient if the plaintiff be an inhabitant thereof at the commencement of the suit. If not solemnized in the state, both parties must be inhabitants at the commencement of the suit, and the plaintiff for one year before (act of 1862). The plaintiff must be an inhabitant of the state at the commencement of the suit and for one year before; "which residence shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction, without regard to the place where the marriage was solemnized, or the cause of suit arose" (act of 1865): _Codes and Gen. Laws_ (1902), I, 277. By the act of 1853, in force till 1862, the term of residence was fixed at six months: _Gen. Laws._ (1852-53), 49-51.