Whenever the property brought by the spouses is not real estate, and that of the husband and wife together does not exceed five hundred dollars and there should be no notary in the town of their residence, the marriage contract may be executed before the secretary of the municipal council and two witnesses, who shall state, on their liability, that they know said property has been delivered or that it has been brought to the marriage, as the case may be.\nThe original contract or contracts shall be preserved in the registry in the archives of the proper municipality.\nWhen, in the property brought to the marriage, whatever its value may be, there should be one or more estates, or the contracts relate to real property, they shall always be executed in a public instrument, before a notary, as prescribed in § 3557 of this title.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 1276.
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