The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-14
Approved, April 10, 1850.
fPub,ic-No 1el

An Ac. regulating the rights of property Of mar
ried woman in the district q Columbia
De it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives OF the United States OF America IN
Congress assemb ed That in the District Of Col
umbia the right ofaay married woman I" any
property, pers nal Or real. belonging TO her ut
the time of marriage, or acquired durlng mar
rage in apy usher way than by gift or cosvey
ance from her husband shall be absolute as Vt
size were femme sole, AMI sh Ill not bs subject TO
the disposal of her hu band, nor he liable for ms
debts; but such married woman may convey, de-
wise. and bequeaih the same, or .ny interest,"
therriu 10 the same manner and With like effect
- IL she were unmarried.
SEC 2 And be it further enacted, That any
married woman may contract, and sue and be
sued in her own name, in all matter. having re-
| lation to her sole and separate property in the
same manner as il she were unmarried; but
neither her husband nor his property shall De
bound to any such contract nor liable for any re-
coyery against her in any such suit, but judge
meDt NAV be iDforced b. execution against her
sole and separate estate in he same manner as II
she were sole.
Approved, April 10. 1863
ubic-No. 90
An act to renew certain grant, Of land to the State
Of Alabama.
De it enacted by the = nate and Honse OF KEEP
resentatives of the United States Of America III
Congress assembled. That SO much OF the grant
of lands made to the State of Alab ana by { act
Of Congress approved June three, eighteen hum
bred and fifty elk, ent tied - An act anting
pabiic lands in alternate sections to the state Of
Alabama to aid in the construction oil certain
railroads in said State" Ms were gan ed To AS
s,st in the building Of railroads - from near
Gadsden to some point on the .iabamn and Mis-
sissippi state line in direction To The Mobiie
and IN 10 railroad, with view to connect Sth
the said Mobile and Ohio railroad. - and |" from
Gadeien to CONNECT with the &c rgia and Ten
nessee and Tennessee line of railroads through
Chaitooca Wills, and Lockout Valleys, Is
hereby revived and renewed, subject t" all the
I'D sfrict
referred to, aud subect e. the further initati n
thar If either Of the said Railroads i Not Conn
pleted within three years from the time OF the
paSsage Of this act further sale shall be made
ror the benefit If such rai.roa AID the lands
said shall revert TO the United States Provtdea,
That the lands granted by the act hereby re-
yiyet except mineral lands. shall be SOLD To
actual settlers only in quantities t greater than
one-quarter section to one purchaser, and f'f
price not exceeding two dollars and nifty cents
per acre
SEQ. 2. And be it further enacted. That the
right mower AMI authority is hereby given 10
the conpapies building the af resaid railroads to
take the public lands adjacent to the lines oil
said r,r ads earth, stone, and ether m ate lais Tor
the cons tructi thereof; and the right 81 way Is
hereby granted to the extent Of one hundred teei
in width on each side OF said railroads where hey
NAV PISS over he pubc ltn'is Inciuiing neces-
sry grounds for stations and structures connected
Herewith, not exceeding iortv acres atany one
station.
Approved. April 10. 1860.
fPublic- No. y
An Ac, to extend the time r he Little Ksck and
Fort smith Railroad Company Ia complete the
first secti n Of twenty mites 81 said r"d
Be il enarted by the senate and House OF Rep
resentatiyes IF the United States Of America IN
Cong, -ss assembled. That act approved Jnly
twenty eight. eighteen hundred and sixty SIX
cntiri :. An act to revive and extend the pro-
visions of An act granting tn right Of Wy and
making grant # Land to the States Of Arkansas
and Nj souri, to aid in the construction OF rail-
road ON a point u,.an the Mississippi river, op
posite the IN nth Of the Ohio river, via Lit 'e
Rock, to she Texas boundary near Fulton in Ark
.nsas with branches tn Fort Smith and the Mis-
sis-ipp RIVER approved February nine, eighteen
hundred and fifty three, and for other Pnrp-ts
be amended as to extend he time t" the Little
eek ard Fort NTH Railroad, for bu'idsny the
fist sec io, IF twenty miles provided FIR in the
second section If said act, for the term OF three
wears from The thirteenth Day Of May. eshtesn
hundred and sixty -ev-n, the time OF ming Inc
ce tifc.te &c organisation to said con pany pro-
yided for in the third section Of said ACT: pro-
vid~d, That the land granted by the act hereby
revived shall be sold actual settlers only, IN
quantities not greater than on. quarter OF .
section to one purchaser, and for price not
exceeding two dollars and 6fty cents per acre.
ApprOyed, April 10, 1860.