Chap. 61.—An ACT to amend and Re-enact the Ninth Section of Chap-
ter one hundred and eight, of the Code of 1860, in reference to Mar-
riages within Prohibited Degrees of Relationship.

Approved February 5, 1873.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section nine C
of chapter one hundred and eight of the Code of Virginia, n
edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and re-en- ®
acted so as to read as follows:

§9. No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, stop- 3
mother, sister, daughter, granddaughter, half-sister, aunt, son's a
widow, wife’s daughter, or her granddaughter or stepdaughter,
brother's daughter or sister's daughter. If any man have here-
tofore married his brother’s widow, or the widow of his broth-
er’s or sister's son, or his uncle’s widow, such marriage is hereby
declared to be legal and valid, and exempt from the penalties
prescribed by existing laws. —

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.