Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-07-16
LAWS OF OHIO.
Published by Authority.
AN ACE

AN ACE
Securing married women such personal proper
iy as may be exempt from execution, and also
enabling them to control their own earnings, and
the earnings OF their minor children IN certain
cases
SErrIoy. !. Be II enacted by the General Assem-
biy IF the State Of Ono. That No narr1ed man
shall sell, dispose OF, in any manner part Win
any personal properly which is now or may here
after be exempt from sale upon execution, without
having irst obtained the consent OF bis vile there
TO.
, Sc 2 If any married man shall violate thS
provisions of the foregoing section, his wife may.
IN her own name, commence and prosecute TO hnal
Judgment aud execution a civil action for the re-
cGyery OF such property or its value in money
sac. $. Aay married woman, whose husband
shall desert her, from inteaiperance or other
cause. become iacapaeiiated or neglectto provide
Tor his aflify, may, in her own name, make con-
tracts TOR her own labor ard the labos Of her minor
children, and ID her own name, sue for a16 collect
her own or their earnings. This act shall take ef-
feet and be i'll force from and after its passage.
N. H. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
AN ACT
IA. To prevent kidnapping.
SECTION l. Be If ezacfed by the General Asssps6ls
oF the SfdlS OF CRtO, iEGt no peIeOu Ol I>DHs
shall arrest and imprison, or kidnap foecibly
fraudulentiy carry off or decoy out OF this State
any free black or piaatto person persons thin
this S,ate attempt 10 kidnap or forcibiy OF iraud
nenty carry of or decoy ea; of this State any
such free black or mulattO person or shall arrest
and imprison any such free black or mui;atto per-
son or persons with the intention OF having such
person or persons carried out of this State, unless
il be in pursuance of the laws thereof.
SEC. 2. Thut no person or persons shall kldnao
or forcibIy or freudulently carry of or decsy out
OF this State any biscS or mulatto person or per-
sons within this State, claimed as .tugitives from
service or labor or shall attempt kidnap, or tor
cibly or fraudulently carry off decoy out Of this
Stale any such bacH or mulaILo person or persona
before the Court, Judge or Commissioner OF tbs
proper circuit district county having jurisdiction
according TO the laws of ths United States, in
q ( persons held TO service or labor in any State
escaping into this State. and there. according To
the laws OF the United States, establishing by proof
his.or their properly iii such person
Sc. 3. That any person or persons Offending
against the provisions Of inns act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanOr and on conviction here
o. by Indictment in the Court OF Common Pleas
OF any county in this Stats, shall be confined IN
the Penitentiary hard labor tor any spaceot time
not less than three years raOTe than elghf years
at the discretion OF tie Court, and moreover be
liable tor all costs OF prosecutio
Szc i. That the act entitled an act 10 prevent
kidnapping passed February 18th, 1851. be and
the same Is hereby repealed, but nothing In this
act contained shall in any Iranner affect the prose-
cution or punishment ion offences cofIniited before
the taking effect of this act.
Src s. This ac: shall take effect on its passage.
Nh. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker of the Rouse of Represe6tatfves.
THOMAS n. FORD,
President oftbe Senate.
April 18th, 1857.
AUDITORS OFFICE,
St. Clairsyille-
1 hereby certify that the foregoing Acrs Ars
correctly copied from the certified copies furnish
cd this Office 5. GRESSfEGER,
Anditar RaI 90