Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately authorize the state secretary to authorize the solemnization of a certain marriage, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and seven of the General Laws, the state secretary may authorize in the manner set forth under said section thirty-nine, the solemnization of a marriage by Abner J. Mikva, as he is a justice of the United States Court of Appeals in Washington, District of Columbia, in the town of West Tisbury on May tenth, nineteen hundred and eighty-six between Heidi Janes of Providence, Rhode Island and Mark Patinkin of Providence, Rhode Island, and the state secretary shall issue to said Abner J. Mikva in his capacity as aforesaid, a certificate of such authorization.