[308] _Rev. Stat. of Fla._ (1892), 504. But by the act of May 19, 1899, "when the defendant has been guilty of adultery in this state," then any citizen of the state, being the aggrieved, may get a divorce at any time, the two years' previous residence not being required: _Acts and Res._ (1899), 117. _Cf._ _Comp. Stat. of D. C._ (1894), 276, requiring two years; superseded by the act of 1901: MOORE, _Code_ (1902), 200.
[309] _Code of Tenn._ (1884), 612; SHANNON, _Code_ (1896), 1044 n. 2. Earlier the condition was citizenship and residence for one year: Act of Oct. 26, 1799: SCOTT, _Laws_ (1821), I, 647; same in 1835, except the petitioner may have been absent on business or for health: CARUTHERS AND NICHOLSON, _Compilation_ (1836), 260; also see 5 _Yerg._, 203. A male citizen bringing suit for divorce must give bond and security for costs: _Acts_ (1891), chap. 221, p. 433. On divorce in a foreign state see 3 _Lea_, 260.
[310] _Code of Md._ (1888), I, 144; _cf._ _Laws_ (1841-42), chap. 262; _Laws_ (1843), chap. 287; _Laws_ (1886), chap. 10.
[311] _Laws_ (1814), chap. 5; HAYWOOD, _Manual_ (1819), 177; _Laws_ (1821), II, 1294, 1295.
[312] _Code of N. C._ (1883), I, 575. See WRIGHT, _Report_, 83; _Pub. Laws_ (1903), 846.
[313] The plaintiff must also be a _bona fide_ resident of the state: _Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1888), I, 886; _Ann. Civil Stat._ (1897), I, 1097.
[314] By act of Congress, May 25, 1896: _Stat. at Large_, XXIX, 136, not less than one year's previous residence in any of the territories is required to entitle the plaintiff to bring suit for divorce. See _Rev. Stat. of Ariz._ (1901), 813; _Acts of N. M._ (1901), 117; WILSON, _Stat. of Okla._ (1903), II, 1119.
[315] _Rev. Stat. of Mo._ (1889), I, 1030; _ibid._ (1899), I, 742, 743. This provision for residence appears in the statutes from 1835 onward: _Rev. Stat._ (1835), 225; _ibid._ (1845), 427; _ibid._ (1879), 361; and the period is one year by the act of May 13, 1807; _Laws of Pub. and Gen. Nature_ (1842), I, 92.
[316] _Digest of Ark._ (1894), 681; _Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter._ (1899), 325. The statute does not contemplate "constructive" residence; and applies to limited as well as absolute divorce: see Wood _v._ Wood, 54 _Ark._, 172; 15 _S. W._, 459.