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2 "the passage of this Act. And when the parties have ceased to cohabit before the passage of this Act, in consequence of the death of the woman, or from any other cause, all the children of the woman, recognized by the man to be his, shall be deemed legitimate." ———— "An Act to amend and re-enact Sections one, three, five, seven and fifteen of Chapter one hundred and ninety-six of the Code of Virginia."—Passed February 27th, 1866. "I. Any person who, being married, shall, during the life of the former husband or wife, marry another person in this State, or, if the marriage with such other person take place out of the State, shall thereafter cohabit with such other person in this State, shall be confined in the Penitentiary not less than three nor more than eight years. "II. If any person marry in violation of the ninth or tenth Sections of Chapter one hundred and eight, he shall be confined in jail not more than six months, or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Jury. And if any person, resident in this State, and within the degrees of relationship mentioned in those Sections, shall go out of this State, for the purpose of being married, and with the intention of returning, and be married out of it, and afterwards return to and reside in it, cohabiting as man and wife, they shall be as guilty and be punished as if the marriage had been in this State. The fact of their cohabitation here as man and wife shall be evidence of their marriage. "III. If any person knowingly perform the ceremony of marriage without lawful license, or officiate in celebrating the rites of marriage without being authorized by law to do so, he shall be confined in jail not more than one year, and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. "IV. If any persons, not married to each other, lewdly and lasciviously associate and cohabit together, or whether married or not be guilty of open and gross lewdness and lasciviousness, they shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, and upon a repetition of the offence and conviction thereof, they shall also be imprisoned in the County or Corporation Jail, at the discretion of the Court, for not less than six nor more than twelve months." The "9th and 10th Sections" referred to in the 2d Section of the Act last above quoted provide that "No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, stepmother, sister, daughter, granddaughter, half sister, aunt, uncle's wife, son's wife, wife's daughter, or