255

After obtaining the medical certificate provided for in § 254 of this title, the interested party shall, in continental United States, appear before a Commissioner of Deeds for Puerto Rico, or a duly authorized notary-public; or in any foreign nation shall appear before any officer authorized to execute powers of attorney; and, where the mandator is a member of the militia or a sailor, he shall, in the absence of an authorized notary public, appear before a chaplain or judge advocate to execute the proper mandate through a special power of attorney, to contract marriage. History —May 5, 1945, No. 64, p. 236, § 3, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1945.