publication to be at least six weeks previous to the commencement of the term at which the libellee is required to appear." Should the libellee not appear, and "the notice of the pendency of the libel is considered by the court defective or insufficient, it may order further notice to be given."[107] [102] _Rev. Stat. of Maine_ (1884), 521. [103] _Gen. Stat. of Conn._ (1887), 612; as modified by the act of May 11, 1899: _Pub. Acts_, 1042. For the earlier laws as to notice see _Acts and Laws_ (1797), 457; _Pub. Stat._ (1821), 178; _Pub. Stat. Laws_ (1835), 162, 163; _Rev. Stat._ (1849), 274, 275; _Stat. of the State_ (1854), 379, 380. _Cf._ _Gen. Stat._ (1902), 1090. [104] _Gen. Stat. of Conn._ (1887), 613. [105] _Vermont Acts and Resolves_ (1884), 86. [106] _Acts and Resolves_ (1886), 50. [107] _Vermont Stat._ (1894), 508. Massachusetts likewise has a recent provision as to notice. "When the adverse party does not appear," declares the act of 1898, "and the notice of the pendency of the libel is considered by the court to be defective or insufficient, it may order such further notice as it may consider proper." This statute further provides that "in all libels for divorce where the cause alleged is adultery, the person alleged to be _particeps criminis_ with the libellee may appear and contest the libel."[108] Similar rules have been adopted by other states.[109] [108] Act of June 2, 1898: _Acts and Resolves_, 443; _cf._ _Rev. Laws_ (1902), II, 1353, 1354. [109] Rhode Island, in _Pub. Laws_ (1902), 41, has provided that no divorce from the bond of marriage shall be granted "unless the defendant shall, in accordance with the rules adopted by the court, have been personally served with process, if within the state, or with personal notice duly authenticated, if out of the state, or unless the defendant shall have entered an appearance in the cause; or unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that the petitioner does not know the address nor the residence of the defendant and has not been able to ascertain either after reasonable and due inquiry and search for six months," in which case the court may authorize publication. For the former law see _Pub. Stat._ (1882), 428; superseded by _Gen. Laws_ (1896), 635. _Cf._ _Stat. of N. H._ (1891), 497.