Uruguay's secularization process also continues during this…

Uruguay's secularization process also continues during this period.

Under the pretext of needing to deal with the chaos in parochial archives, Latorre creates the Civil Register (1876), which transfers to the state the registration of births, deaths, and marriages.

Under the Santos administration, the Law of Mandatory Civil Marriage (1885) establishes that only marriages performed in accordance with this law will be considered valid.