Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 3 | Anti-Elopement Measure is Planned

ANTI-ELOPEMENT MEASURE IS r PLANNED t Congreuman Propose National Na-tional Regulation of Marriage Mar-riage and Divorce . WASIIIXGTOX, May t (By V. P.. 1'ncle Kam aa the "laddy" of all the young people of romantic and marriageable mar-riageable age. will leglalnrtvely sit down on elopements If Representative (ieorge P. Codd of Michigan has his way. Codd, former mayor of Detroit end for more than ten years a circuit court Judge In Michigan, haa a rennlutlon before the houae judiciary committee which would give congress the right through a constitutional amendment to esiahllah uniform laws on marrlags and divorce. If he can get the resolution through enngreaa and secure ratification by two-thlrda of the atates, Codd proposed to follow that up with a bill which would require lovers to wait for a week or ten days after obtaining a license before l hey could wed. Resides allowing the parents of Impulsive Im-pulsive girls Hnd boys a chance for leaeeful sleep In the spring end summer, sum-mer, Codd's bill, he contends, would cut down the number of III etilted - matches which wind up In the divorce courts. Codd wnn(s to put a strict, legal ban t on "midnight aentlmentallty." To help obtain thia. his hill would . ' carry a provision that only registered 4 ministers, priests and ralihls could perform per-form a wedding ceremony.