[323] _Code of Va._ (1887), 561; _Code of W. Va._ (1900), 662; _Code of Md._ (1888), 142; _Ann. Code of Miss._ (1892), 421; _Code of Ga._ (1882), 395; _ibid._ (1896), II, 227; _Digest of Ark._ (1894), 681; _Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter._ (1899), 325. See WRIGHT, _Report_, 85-89. By the Alabama Act of Dec. 14, 1898, in case of a decree _pro confesso_ taken in the chancery court, the evidence having been taken and the cause being ready for decree, and no defense being interposed, if the complainant or his solicitor shall file a written request to the register or the clerk of the court to deliver the papers in the suit to the chancellor or judge, at the same time submitting his note of testimony in the case, then the chancellor shall render a decree in term time or in vacation: _Gen. Laws of Ala._ (1898-99), 118. [324] _Rev. Stat. of Mo._ (1899), I, 742; _Rev. Stat. of Ariz._ (1887), 373 ff.; _ibid._ (1901), 439; _Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1888), I, 885 ff.; _Stat. of Okla._ (1893), 875; WILSON, _Stat. of Okla._ (1903), II, 1120; MOORE, _Code of D. C._ (1901), 21. The miscellaneous provisions are much the same as in the other parts of the United States. Usually, in case of divorce, the legitimacy of the children is expressly acknowledged.[325] Sometimes provision is made for trial by jury, as in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina;[326] or it is carefully forbidden, as in Kentucky;[327] and the law may permit the woman to resume her maiden name, as in Arkansas, Kentucky, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia.[328] Furthermore, in the District of Columbia, a disinterested attorney must be assigned to resist the decree in uncontested cases, or in any suit when the court sees fit;[329] and similar laws exist in Louisiana and Kentucky. Arbitration in place of judicial divorce is prohibited in Louisiana;[330] the married persons are allowed to be witnesses in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina,[331] and formerly in Florida; and occasionally provision is made for the annulment of the decree by further process before the courts.[332] [325] For example, by _Code of Va._ (1887), 620; _Code of W. Va._ (1891), 666; _ibid._ (1900), 713; _Code of N. C._ (1883), I, 518; _Code of Ga._ (1896), II, 230; _Rev. Stat. of Fla._ (1892), 505; _Rev. Stat. of Ariz._ (1901), 814; _Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1888), I, 887; _Ann. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1897), I, 1099; _Comp. Stat. of D. C._ (1894), 276, 277. [326] _Code of Ga._ (1882), 396; _Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1888), I, 886; _Ann. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1897), I, 1097; _Code of N. C._ (1883), I, 516. [327] _Ky. Stat._ (1894), 767. [328] _Digest of Ark._ (1894), 683; _Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter._ (1899), 327; _Stat. of Ky._ (1894), 772; _Rev. Stat. of Mo._ (1899), I, 740; _Stat. of Okla._ (1893), 876; WILSON, _Stat. of Okla._ (1903), II, 1121; _Comp. Stat. of D. C._ (1894), 277; MOORE, _Code of D. C._ (1902), 200.