CHAPTER 313

An Act to amend and reenact § 20-49, amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to consent required for marriage and how given.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 20-49, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 20-49. If any person intending to marry be under twenty-one years
of age, and has not been previously married, the consent of the father or
mother or guardian of such person, shall be given either personally to
the clerk or judge, or in writing subscribed by a witness, who shall make
oath before the clerk or judge that the writing was signed or * sworn to
in his presence by such father, guardian, or mother, as the case may be,
or the writing shall be * sworn to before a notary public or some person
authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds under the laws of this
State, which oath shall be properly certified by such officer. If there
be no father, guardian, or mother, or if such person be abandoned
by his or her parents, the judge of the circuit court of the county, or of
the corporation court of the city wherein the female resides, either in
term or vacation, or the clerk or deputy clerk of such court, may, on the
application of the person intending to marry, properly certified, authorize
a marriage license to be issued, or issue the same, as the case may be.
For the purpose ot giving consent under the provisions of this section,
an insane father or an insane mother shall be treated as if there were
no father or mother, or father and mother, as the case may be.

If any such person under twenty-one years of age be a ward of
the State by virtue of having been adjudicated a delinquent, dependent,
or neglected child, the consent required by this section shall be given by
the judge or justice having jurisdiction to control the custody of such
person; or, if such person so adjudicated shall have been committed to
the Board of Welfare and Institutions or to any society, association, or
institution approved by it for this purpose, such consent shall be given
personally by the Commissioner of Public Welfare or by some person
thereto authorized by him, or by the principal executive officer of such
society, association, or institution, as the case may be, such authorization
to be in writing, attested or * sworn to as hereinabove provided.