The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-07
teen thousand six hundred and ,svsnsv-nipe dol

, teen thousand six hundred and seveuty-uine dol
:, lars and ninety-segen cents: Prortded, The Sec
10 retsry oil the Interior shall first the true
amounts Of such losses of property to be tnvestiga
:. Ted aud adjusted in manner satisfactory to him
and the amounts so ascertained shall be paid to tnt
Claimants, respectively 10 full satisfaction thereof
NJ FOR the purchase and transportation Of provis
Ions and presents, aud to meet the expenses neces
=, = In holding council with the Red Lake and
he'd River Chlppewas, in the State OF Minnesota
Tor the extingnishment OF their title to lands IL
e That State, said Indians numbering about Nv,
thousand souls, ten thousand dollars Procldea
l., That the goods purchased in eighteen hundred and
:, hfty-eight for the Yanctonnas band of sioux the
reception of which was declined by them, may be
used in the negotiations with the said Chlppe"as
e Ct Red Lake and Red River
For payment to Merit l.. Young, for one hun
dred forty Thousand ratons, for subsistence Iurn-
. ished to emigrating Pottawotomies ChippsWas ana
y Ottawas, in eighteen hundred and fffy-two under
a contract with the Indian department. and allowed
l. by Commissioner of Indian Affairs nine thousand
six hundred and twenty five dollars.
! For the purchase and transportation OF ProVis-
ions and presents, and to expenses necessary
I in holding council with the Arapahoe and Uni
enne Indians south Of the Platte, east of the hocy
Mountains, and north of the Arkansas RIVER thirty
five thousand dollars.
Approved, June ls, 1850.
, CHAP. Civilian act to authorize Divorces IN
the Dist let of Columbia, and for other PURPOSES
lie 1t enacted By the Senate and House % 1fSpTesfh
tatires Of the Uaited States Of AHer'cd 3ng.ses
assembled, That the circuit court Tor the Dtstli''
O. Columbia shall have jurisdiction oil an aPp''oa-
tiOns for divorces, 10 be MADE ny Peti'aou' I'd
which the same proceedings shall be had as are naa
in other cases. except far as is otherwise hefelh
after provided. rl. .ho M
SEC 3 And be 1t further enacted, That the Pc
titiou for a divorce shall specify the causes tnefe
| far win cert,nty. and uuon the same being HE'D
the clerk shall issue summons for the end1ht 10
appear and answer. If it shall appear by the an-
davit OF dsinterested witness that tie dele ndant
10 l.t,fn Of
sent thererom for the space of six months, the CIR
! cult court, after the return Of ore summons not
| found, may authorize notice Of tho tendency OF
the petition, to be given by publication, In sucn
manner as ir sba direct. The court shall proceed
to hear and determine such cause, Whenever such
summons shall have been served twenty days or
such publication made forty days before the com
meneement of the term. No Judgment for di-
vOrce shall be rendered on default without proof:
shall any admissions CONTAINED in the anWer of
the defendant be taken proof the facts charged
the ground Of the applcatiorI bnt the same
shall in all cases be proved by other evidence.
SEC 3. And be 1T further enacted, That divorce
uineHIo RatrimonIi, from the bond of marriage
may be granted in any Of the following cases, TO-
wit:
First. Where such marriage was contracted
whilst either Of the parties thereto had former
wife or husband living, unless the former marriage
shall have been law ully dissolved, and restraint
shall have been imposed on the party Contracting
such second marriage.
Second. Where such marriage was contracted
during the lunaey of either party, or where either
party was matrimonialy incapacltated at the time
of the marriage =
Third. Where either party has committed aduI- =
ery during the marriage.
SEC. 4. Andbe It further enacted, That divorce
l mensa ct tbofo from bed and board may be gran
ed Tor either Of the following towit cruelty
VI treatment, endangerng the life health of :,
# the the parties; reasonable apprehension, TO the q
abstraction Of the court, of bodily harm; the wl-
ul desertion and abandonment by the party com Ia
gfnff he unfla iDt, fha
ull uninterrupted space of three years.
SEC >. And be 1t further enacted, That no d =
oree shall be granted for any cause which shall
ave occurred out of this District, unless the party "
pply Jag for the have resided within the dis
riet for two years next preceding the application
SEC. 8. 1nd be it rtter enacted That upon the NJ
dissolution of marriage on account Of either Of OF
be parties haqing former wife or living tn
it shall appear that the second marriage was
extracted in good faith by the party whose second
larriage bias been thus dissolved, ard VITA the iu
eiief on his or her part that the former wife
asband was dead, that factshali be stated in the tx
ld9ement or sentence o divorce /; and the issue
such second marriage, born or begotten before
be commencement Of the suit, SHALL be deemed 10
c the legitimate issue OF the parent who, at tie Il
me of the marriage, capable of contracting. to
SIC. Z. AHd be AZ further enacted, That upon the
issolution CT natrisge account of the Innacy at
either party at the time Of such marriage the ca
sue uf the marriage shall be deemed legitimate.
SEC. 8. And be il further enacted, That n divorce
IT causes herein before specially provided for,
hall not affect the legitimacy OF the issue Of the ~
larriage: but the legitimacy of such issue, if
shall be tried and determined accord or
AZ to the course of the common law. 20
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That in all an
ASSES where divorce granted, the court allow SCI
lg TIE same shall have power, if it see fit, to award
limony to the wife, and to retain her right of
over and to award to the wife such property, >,
10 value thereof, as she had when shs married
such plrt, or toe value thereof, the court may -
GEM reasonable, having regard to the circum m,
ances of the husband at the time of ike divorce. nj
he court may also, in granting divorce UtncWo r.,
dtrimoit, restore 10 the wife her maiden other On
reyious name. -,
SEC TO- And be it further enacted That the court Va
iall also have power to order and direct in every go
lse of divorce, who shall have the guardianship 5
nd custody of the children of the marriage di- -
breed, and who shall be charged with their main an
nance. ~
SEC IL. And be 1t further enacted That the court v
ay also aaard alimony to the wife for her susten-
nee during the tendency of petition for a d. NO
,rce filed for any the causes aforsaid. t.
SEC II. And be 1t further enacted, That 10 No.
adultery by the wife, commmtted after judg- -
ent or sentence of divorce ct tioro, the v
urt may, tho petition of the husband setting
rth and accompanied by legal proof Of such adult 80.
~ deprive the wife Of aiimony from tho date Of e
sr said criminal act, and reseind her right OF dow
as we'll rs disp1ssess her, If the court judge fl,
the care, custody, and guardianship any child
children, which, under the original jud semeIt
the court in granting the divorce, may have u
zen assigned TO her. Sta
SEC. 49, And be 1t further enacted, That wife leg
esertad by her husband may, at any time after his
ich desertion, apply the session. 20 of
ther of the judges thereat, when the court is Ali
Ut in session. order to protect any money or of
her property, real personal Of which she may tina
become possessed after such deserton against vii
sr husband or his creditors or any ming to
trough under him; and the court judge La
lereof, the may be, if the fact of such de-
rtion be proved by evidence other than that Of -
le wife herself and that the same without
ooI YbofH kn "a II
z herself by her own industry property, may =
axe and give to the wife order protecting her Tor
rnings, money, and property aforesaid, real Ie
,rsona acquired since the of such 100
sertion, from her husband and all creditors and the
.rsons claiming through or under him, and such con
innings, money, or property aforesaid shall be- pu,
ng the wife as if she were Jeme sole Proci- ho'
ID altcags That every such order SHALL within ten SD
lys after the making aud giving thereof, be en- ai
red by the clerk of the court the records Of Il
unity of Washington, in the District of Column NJ
a and that it shall be lawful for the husband
I'd any creditor claiming through or under him,
apply to the court in session for the discharge
ereof and he may obtain it if, in the judgement ~
the court, good cause shall be shown why such 9ne
der by reason of fraud or Of repuguance to the ~"
jects of this section, should not have been frat w
ade and given provided, also, That if the hus- a.
md, any credItorof or person claiming through -
under him, shall seize continue hold any ~
operty of the wife after notice and record of aay
ch order, then the husband or such person shall t
liable a. the suit Of the wife which she il here 90
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rus u .ne PtoPoi9 ~ -eu ~ neIg Aitec sueh Pa
80. 80 az $3.50 49, IN ~ 49, - oLu1t VI Pr bes
nee thereof, be and be deemed to have been, '0iS
i1s suc' uese.sion VI .et IA lno ne position Hor
All iespecss VII: esat " y anu contracts bur
e.
Approved, June I6, 1860. g.,
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