Here was the marriage law of Utah in 1939 (I need to research when it changed – probably much later):
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 40-1-2, REVISED STATUTES OF UTAH, 1933, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 50, LAWS OF UTAH. 1939, RELATING TO PROHIBITED AND VOID MARRIAGES.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:
Section I. Section 40-1-2, revised statutes of Utah, 1933, as amended - by chapter 50, laws of Utah, 1939, is amended to read:
The following marriages are prohibited and declared void:
1. With ... a person subject to chronic epileptic fits; provided, that the last disqualification shall not apply to any male or female who has been sterilized.
....
5. Between a negro and a white person.
6. Between a Mongolian, member of the Malay race or a mulatto, quadroon, or octoroon, and a white person.
Loren M. Lambert © January 8, 2018
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 40-1-2, REVISED STATUTES OF UTAH, 1933, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 50, LAWS OF UTAH. 1939, RELATING TO PROHIBITED AND VOID MARRIAGES.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:
Section I. Section 40-1-2, revised statutes of Utah, 1933, as amended - by chapter 50, laws of Utah, 1939, is amended to read:
The following marriages are prohibited and declared void:
1. With ... a person subject to chronic epileptic fits; provided, that the last disqualification shall not apply to any male or female who has been sterilized.
....
5. Between a negro and a white person.
6. Between a Mongolian, member of the Malay race or a mulatto, quadroon, or octoroon, and a white person.
Loren M. Lambert © January 8, 2018
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