AN ACT OF CONGRESS RELATING TO TREATIES.
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of one thousand dollars, exclusive of costs; and upon full hearing of the allegations and evidence of both parties, to give judgment according to the laws of the United States, and according to the equity and right of the matter, in the same manner as justices of the peace are now authorized and empowered where the United States have exclusive jurisdiction. And the said Consuls and Commercial Agents, respectively, are hereby invested with the powers conferred by the provisions of the seventh and eight sections of this Act for trial of offences or misdemeanors.
SEC. 31. And be it further enacted, That all marriages in the presence of any Consular officer in a foreign country, between persons, who would be authorized to marry if residing in the district of Columbia, shall have the same force and effect, and shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as if the said marriage had been solemnized within the United States. And in all cases of marriage before any Consular officer, the said Consular officer shall give to each of the parties a certificate of such marriage, and shall also send a certificate thereof to the Department of State, there to be kept; which certificate shall specify the names of the parties their ages, places of birth, and residence.
SEC. 32.—And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
SEC. 33. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty.
Approved June 22nd, 1861.
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