[558] _Cf._ the act of June 20: _Laws of Pa._ (1893), 471; also in PEPPER AND LEWIS, _Digest_ (1896), I, 1638, 1639; and the act of Sept. 19, 1785: _Laws of the Com. of Pa._ (1803), III, 105.
[559] BATES, _Ann. Stat. of Ohio_ (1897), II, 2805. The law of 1827 requires two years' residence on the part of the plaintiff: CHASE, _Stat._, III, 1581.
[560] _Cf._ act of June 1, 1827: _Rev. Code of Ill._ (1827), 182; HURD, _Rev. Stat. of Ill._ (1898), 632: being the same as _ibid._ (1845), 196.
[561] _Cf._ _Rev. Stat. of Minn._ (1851), 274; _Gen. Stat._ (1894), I, 1268, 1269.
[562] The development of the Wisconsin law of residence may be traced in _Stat. of the Ter._ (1838-39), 140; _Rev. Stat._ (1849), 395; _ibid._ (1858), 623-28 (in which the clause referring to the wife as plaintiff first appears); _Ann. Stat._ (1889), I, 1368.
[563] The petition for divorce "must state that the plaintiff has been for the last year a resident of the state, specifying the township and county in which he or she has resided, and the length of such residence therein after deducting all absences from the state; that it has been in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining a divorce only"; and "in all cases it must be alleged that the application is made in good faith and for the purpose set forth in the petition."--_Ann. Code of Ia._ (1897), 1137; same in _Code_ (1873), 339. See also act of Dec. 29, 1838: _Laws_ (1838-39), 179, 180, first fixing the period of one year's previous residence.
[564] "Provided, further, that such suit shall only be brought in the county in which such plaintiff or defendant resides, or where such defendant last resided."--MILLS, _Ann. Stat. of Col._ (1897), III, 437, 438; being the act of 1893: _Laws_, 239. _Cf._ the original act in _Laws of Col._ (1861-62), 360, 361, fixing the one-year term.
[565] _Laws of Kan._ (1897), II, 273; being same as _Gen. Stat._ (1868), 757. _Cf._ original act of 1855: _Stat._ (1855), 311. In 1859 the term of residence was reduced to six months, but the one-year period was restored the next year: _Laws of Kan._ (1859), 385; _ibid._ (1860), 108. Now the petitioner must be a resident of the county of the action.
[567] _Comp. Codes and Stat. of Mont._ (1895), 482. See _Acts_ (1864-65), 430.