The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-15
Approved, April 10, 1>69-
UpubIjc-No 1al
TUnblc-NO III
Ar Act regulating the rights of property 'f mar
riaI woman in the district If Columbia


An Act regulating, the rights of property 81 mar
riel woman IN the District Of Co'um'a
r.. it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
reSentatives of the United states OF AheIiea ~
Congress, a ,semb eli, That in the District 81 t"i-
urnt,ia the right ofaly married woman 10 any
property peTs,nal or real. belonging To her al
TIE time of marriage, or acquired duiihst mar
rage in any Other way than 10y GIT or convey
aDte from her husband shall be absolute as II
she were femme sole AMI sh al not be sulJect u
the dispnsal of her Lu band, nor he liable 1of ms
debts: but such married woman may convey ce-
v;se and bequeath the sane, or any interest
therein. in the same nanuer and Win Ike eheet
as If she were unaarr;et-
SEC 2 And be il further enacted, That any
married woman may contract ana - ana De
sued in her name, in all matters having IL
Iatioa to her sole and separate property III the
same manner as if she were unmarried; but
neither her husband nor his property snail De
bound to any su-h contract nor Liable Tor any re-
coyery against her in any such suit, bn' Judge
neaf NAV he infurced bs execution against her
sole and separate estate in :he Same manner as Ii
she we're sole.
Approved, April 10, 1863
[Pubiic-No 2O1
An act to renew certain grant, OF lam 10 'he
of Alabama.
Ee it enacted by the ;. nate and House OF KEEP
resentatives of the United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That 50 much OF the grant
of lands made to the State of Alabama ny e act
Of Congress approved June three, eighteen nun
dred and fifty six. entitled g An act granting
public lands in alternate sections to the stare .i
Alabama to aid in the construction OF certain
railroads in said State were gran ed To as
si., in the building of railroads - from near
,i,sls.ien to some point the Alabama and MI
sissippi State line in a direction 10 the Moniie
and oh 10 railroad, with q view 10 connect WIN
the said Mobile and Ohio railroad. ana from
Gaisden to connect with the Georgia and len
| nes.ee and Tennessee line of raiiroais through
| Cha,to,ga. Wills. and Lookout valleys, is
hereby revived and renewed, subject to all the
conditions aud restrictions contained In the act
referred tn, and subject t. the further i'mifati N
thai if either of the said railroads Is not coca
| pleted within three years from the time oi 'ne
massage of this act no further sale shall be MADE
| .Ii shall revert to the United States: Provided,
That the lands granted by the act hereby re-
yiyei, except mineral lands, shall De sold u
settlers only in quantities not greater IMAM
one-quzrter section to one purchaser, anu Ioi
price net exceeding two dollars and MY Genus
| per acre H.. a.,
| right power and authority is hereby gwen te
the comnauies building the afresaId raliroanS u
take f. ON the public lands adjacent to The lines
xai rair ads Garth, stone, and other materials io
| the construction thereof; and the night :" way
hereby granted to the extent OF one hundreo Zee
in with On each side of said railroads where thel
may pass over the public lands. inciuing al neces
sary grounds for stations and structures connecte'
| ther.with. not exceeding FORTY acres atany ont
station So
l Approved, ApFil ios looS-
| lPnbiic-No. p.
Al Act TO extend the time II the Little Reck AM
4 Fort Smith Railroad Company To compteie III
| first section Of twenty miles Of said r1d
| Be il enacted by the senate and House OF rep
resantatives of the United States OF America II
Congress assembled. That an act approved Jui.
twenty eight eighteen hundred and SIXTY SIX
entjt,-d An act to revive and extend the pr'
visions of An act granting tn right Of way an
making a grant If land to the States OF AIkahsa
and Mi .souri to aid in the construction OF ran
road from "a point upon the Mississippi river, op
,osite the mouth Of the Ohio river, wa Li''"
Rock. to ,he Texas boundary near Fulton ID ATE
| ,nsas with branches to Fort Smith and the MIS-
sissippi RIVER approved February nine, eighl-e
Hundred and fifty three, and for other purposes
he =, amended as to extend The time 10 tne Li..'
| oek and Fort Smith Railroad, for bn'idng IN
first section. Of twenty miles provided Tor IN ~
second section Of said act. Tor the term OF .nTe
wears from the thirteenth day OF May. e,eh'es
hundred and sixty--evsn, the time Of ming On
CO tificate Of organization to SAID company Pio
yiled for in the third section OF said act: pr'
T! yie,ed. That the land granted by the ACT nereo
revived siiaE be sold 20 actual eettiers oniy,
, Quantities not greater than oneAguartef OF
section TO one purchaser, and for n Price nc
lexceejing two d,llars and fifty cents Fer acr'
Approved, April 10. 1869.