The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-09
w0MEa'S RIGHTS.
An ac, Cs.sernins Certain Kishts ssd Il
abilities of Husbsnd and wife

I The following Bill was istroduced'sy sfon.
I'm. Blake, Of Madison. anil IL known n
u. d. Is:
BE il enacted by the Legislotirs assembly ~ The
Territory Of Montana:
SECTION I. The real and personal proper
| ty of a woman shall upon her marriage IT
| main her separate property, and married
| woman may receive, receipt for, hold, man
age, and dispose Of, property real or per-
| sonal in the same manner as II she were sole,
except that she shall not without the writ
| . n consent Of her husband, destroy or i'm
! pair his tenancy by the courtesy in her real
| estate.
| SEC Q. A married Woman may make col =
acts, oral and written, sealed and unSealed,
| in the same manner n II she wer" sole, ex-
! c-pt that she shall not be authorized TO ma! Q
Contracts with her husband.
| SEC g. All work ami labor performed by
married woman for person other than her
husband and children shall, unless there Is
an express agreement on her part to the COLI
trary, be presumed TO be performed on her
separate account
SEC 4. "A married woman may be an exec.
utrix administrative, guardian or tru-tee,
| and may bind herself aad the estate she rep
resents without any act or assent on the part
| Of her husband.
SEC s. A married woman may make will
In the same manner and with the same effect
| ~ If she were sole, except that she shall not,
without the written consent Of her husband,
deprive him of his tenancy by the courtesy
in her real estate, or of more than one half
| Of her personal estate.
SEC. g. a married woman may SHE and be
sued In the same manner a. If she were SOLE,
but this section shall not be construed to au-
thorize suits between husband and wife,
SECT. A hus band shall not be liable TO be
sued upon a cause Of action which originated
against his wife prior TO their marriage, nor
shall he be liable to pay any judgmen: that
may be- recovered against his wife.
SEC. g. The contracts made by n married
woman in respect to her separate property,
trade, business, labor, or services shall not,
except ~ provided in the following section,
be binding on her husband, nor render him
nor his property liabl. therefor; but she and
her separate property shall BIZ liable on such
contracts In the same manner as If she were
sole.
SEC. Q. A trustee may he appointed by the
district court, or a ju'ig. thereof, on the pc
tit:on Of a married woman having separate
property, TO hold the same in trust for her
aud she may thereupon convey the same to
the trustee upon such trusts and to such uses
As she may declare. The trustee NAV prose-
cute aid defend all actions in relation IL
such property brought by or against her, and
founded on any cause Of action relating t.
the same, and the property In his hands shall
be liable to be attached or taken on execu-
ton in any such action.
SEC. 10. Nothing contained In the proceed
ing sections shall invalidate any marriage
settlement or contract.
SEC. II. When a married woman come,
from any country or State or another Terri
tory into this Territory without her husband
he never having lived with her in this Terri
| tory, she shall have all the rights and power
given to married women BY the rreeedin,
provisions of this act, and may transact bust
ness, make contracts, sue and be saed in he
, own name, and dispose OF her property whicl
may be found in this Territory, in like man
ner as if she was unmarried.
SEC. IL. When = husband and his wife
. married in another Territory, or any stal
, or country, come into this Territory, eithe
At the same or at different times, and rssid
/. In this! Territory a. husband and wife, sh
shall retain all property which she hxl &C
=. quired by the laws IF any other Territory, o
. State, or country, or by u marriage contrac
:. | or settlement made out of this Territory
, Their residence IN this Territory shall hav
:. the same effect with regard to their sub,e
!, quent rights and liabilities, ~ If they ha
!. married in thi, Territory.
SEC. -. All acts and parts Of acts in cor
;, f1ct with this act are hereby repealed. =