S U M A T R A. 
M A E R I A G E. 
*^ The modes of marriage prevailing hitherto, have been principally by Laws rega^i- 
joojoor^ or amhd ana ; the Malay Smundo being little ufed. The ob- '""^ ^.oias.. 
vious ill confequences of the two former, from the debt or flavery 
they entailed upon the man that married, and the endlefs lawfuits 
that they gave rife to, have at length Induced the chiefs, to concur 
in their being, as far as poflible, laid afide ; adopting in lieu of them, 
tJie fmiuiesAa mnJ^y&j or may^J^^Jlt^ which they now ftrongly recom- 
mend to their dependants, as free from the incumbrances of the other 
modes, and tending, by facilitating marriage^ and the confequent in- 
creafe of population, to promote the welfare of their country. Un- 
willing however to abolifh arbitrarily a favorite cuftom of their an- 
ceftors, marriage by joojoBt is ftill permitted to take place, but under 
fuch reftrid:ions as will, it is hoped, efTeduaUy counteract it*s hitherto 
pernicious confequences* Marriage by amhd ana^ which rendered a 
man and his dcfcendants the property of the family he married into, 
is now prohibited, and none permitted for the future, but by femunda^ 
or jcojccr fubje€t to the following regulations. 
" The jfWjow* of a virgin (gaddees) has been hitherto one hundred and 
twenty dollars; the addat annexed to it, tool is tangid^ fifteen dollars; 
6&pa dafisin codo^ fix dollars, and talks kodo^ five dollars ; 
^* The jcqjoi^r of a widow, eighty dollars, without the addat ; unlefs her 
children by the former marriage went with her, in which cafe the 
joojQQr gaddm was paid in full. 
It is now determined that on a man's giving bis daughter in mar- 
riage, by jmjcorf for ihe future, there fliall in lieu of the above, be 
fixed a fum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, to be in 
full for jmjoor and all addat whatever. That this fum lhall, when 
the marriage takes place, be paid upon the fpot; that if credit is 
given for the whole or any part, it ihall not be recoverable by courfe 
of law ; and as the fum includes the tall:$ keoh, or bond of relation- 
ihip, the wife thereby becomes the abfolute property of the hufband. 
The maniage by josjooT being thus rendered equivalent to actual 
fale. 
