The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-06-20
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. as. AN ACT
Concerning the rights and liabilitleso of mar~
Il rled women f

Concerning the rights and liabilities OF mar~
rled women,
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio, as follows;-
Section l. Any estate or interest. legal or
equitable, in real property belonging to any
woman at her marriage or when may nave
come to her during coverture by conveyance,
gift, devise, or inheritance, OF by purchase
with her separate money or means; shall, to-
eether with all rents and issues thereof be
and remain for her separate property, and un'
der her sole control; and she may, in her own
name, during coveTture, lease the same ior any
period not exceeding three yeats. This act
shall not affect the estate by the cuTtesy OF
any husband in the real property OF his vile
| after her decease; but during the lie OF such
wife, or Of any heir Of her body, such estate
shall not be taken by any process OF law 'or
the payment of his debts, or be conveyed or
encountered by him, unless she shall JON
therein with him in the manner prescribed by
law in regard TO her own estate.
SEC. Q. Amy personal property, including
rights in action, belonging TO any woman at
er marriage, or which may have come TO her
during coveture, by gift, bequest or inherl'
tance, or by purchase with her separate mon
ey or means, or be due as the wages OF her sepa
rate labor, or have grown out OF any violation
OF her personal rights, shall, together with all
income, increase and profits thereof be and
remain her separate property and under her
sole control, and shall not he liable to be Ia
ken by any process Of law for the debts OF her
husband. This act shall not affect the title
of any husband to any personal property Tedu'
ced into his possession with the assent OF his
, wife: ProUided, all articles Of furniture and
household goods belonging or which may have
- | iaI nc abOyA sci
forth, shall not be deemed to have been redu'
ced into the possession Of her husband BY
) reason Of their joint use Of the same, but shal
remain her separate property.
SEC. 3. In any action against husband ant
wife upon any cause existing against her a
their marriage, or upon any tort committed b!
b. her during coverture, the separate property o
b the wife shall be also liable TO be taken 10
n any judgment rendered therein.
: SEC. 4. ANY married woman whose hus
band shall desert her, or from intemperanc
=. or other cause become incapacitated or neg
j lect to provide for his family, may, in her owl
q name, make contracts for her own labor an
? the labor Of her minor children, and in he
q own name sue for and collect her own or thel
: earnings. ANY married woman in such cas-
n of desertioD, incapacity or neglect, may hl
Il her petition in the court Of common pleas 9
the county in which she resides, alleging tn
same, and making her husband defendan
thereto; which proceeding shall be subject t
: all rules applicable to other civil actions; an
, upon proof, by testimony, Of such deserllol
= ncapacity, OF neglect, the court may IN II
= discretion, make an order having the force an
Is effect OF a judgment, vesting such woma
1t with the rights, privileges aud Liabilities oil
3. feme sole: as 10 acquiring, possessing and dis
"a posing Of property, real and personal, maxim
" contracts and being liable thereon, and suin
l. ANA being sued in her own name. PrOrdet
10 after such judgment the husband shall not
,r liable upon any contract so made by her /
I. her own name, or for any tort thereafter CON
. mitted by her. 49,.
SEC. 8. This act shall not affect any right
ii which may have become vested in any perso
at the taking effect thereof. The act entitle
# "an act in relation to the interests OF husband
in the estate Of their wives" passed FebIuaT
4 %, lS46; and the act amendatofy thereto, pas
sed February S, l647i and the act entitled, "a
act securing to married women such pessonf
property as may be exempt ftAH-sS S<scuhor
and also enabling Their 10 contrNJf their ow
earnings, and the eAningss of their minc
:, children in certsin osaRs," passed April T. L
1887, ale heIehgTepealed.
-uaw---TsED. A. PARpOTT, Speaker
D. nv. .. TEN Of the House Of Representative
Iv .. ROBERT G. KIRK,
President OF the Senate,
i Passed April 3. 1861. ..