Laws of S. C., 1865, p. 275. Footnote 87: Laws of Ala., 1865–66, p. 55. Footnote 88: Laws of Ky., 1865–66, pp. 68–69. Footnote 89: Laws of Miss., 1865, pp. 165–66. Footnote 90: Laws of Ariz., 1867, p. 19; 1873, p. 78. Footnote 91: _Ibid._, 1883, p. 114. Footnote 92: Laws of Idaho, 1879, p. 31. Footnote 93: Laws of Dak. Ty., 1864–65, p. 192. Footnote 94: Laws of Neb., 1881, p. 274; 1891, p. 267. Footnote 95: Gen. Laws of N. M., 1880, p. 427; act 1876, chap. 28. Footnote 96: Laws of Utah, 1882, p. 32. Footnote 97: Laws of Ore., 1868, pp. 18–19. Footnote 98: Laws of Wash., 1867, pp. 95–96. Footnote 99: Revised Stat., 1903, p. 202. Footnote 100: Laws of Fla., 1865, pp. 32–33. Footnote 101: _Ibid._, 1866, p. 22. Footnote 102: Laws of Ky., 1865–66, p. 52. Footnote 103: Laws of Miss., 1865, pp. 83–84. Footnote 104: Laws of Va., 1865–66, p. 83; repealed in 1871—Laws of Va., 1870–71, p. 147. Footnote 105: Laws of S. C., 1865, pp. 295–299 and 275–76. Footnote 106: Laws of Ala., 1865–66, pp. 128–31. Footnote 107: Laws of Ky., 1865–66, pp. 49–50. Footnote 108: Laws of Miss., 1865, pp. 86–90. This was repealed Feb. 1, 1867—Laws of Miss., 1866–67, pp. 443–44. Footnote 109: Laws of N. C., 1874–75, p. 92. Footnote 110: Laws of S. C., 1865, pp. 292–95. Footnote 111: Revised Code, 1852, as amended in 1893, p. 609. Footnote 112: _In re_ Turner, 1867, Fed. Case No. 14,247. Footnote 113: Laws of S. C., 1865, pp. 303–04. Footnote 114: Laws of Miss., 1865, pp. 90–93. Footnote 115: Laws of S. C., 1865, pp. 299–303. Footnote 116: Laws of Miss., 1865, pp. 92–93. CHAPTER V RECONSTRUCTION OF MARITAL RELATIONS OF NEGROES One of the perplexing problems that arose out of Emancipation was the fixing of the marital relations among Negroes. It is generally known that the marriage ties between slaves were loose and their domestic relations irregular. In some instances, slave marriages were solemnized according to legal requirements, by either a white clergyman or other proper officer of the law; in others, there was the common law marriage—that is, the parties lived together as husband and wife under a simple, unrecorded agreement between themselves; in still other instances, there was deplorable promiscuity.