The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-04-01
New Laws of Florida.
CHAPTER s,5sOL[No. Psi


AN ACT to amend an act entitled can
act to Provide for the REIMBURSEMENT
of the Dover of Insane Married Wo-
men," approved Feb. 10th, A. D. 1883.
The people of the State of Florida, rep
resented IN Senate and assembly, do endct
as .folloacs:
That an act entitled an act to provide
for the relinquishmentof the Dover of In
sane Married Women, approved Febru-
airy 10th, A. D. 1883, be and the same
is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. Whenever any married
man shall represent by petition under
oath to the Judge of the Circuit Court
for the Circuit in which such married
man resides or owns lands, that he re-
sides or owns real property in said Cir
cult in which his wife has dover inter
est; that his wife is insane; and that it
is for the interest of himself and his
said wife, to convey, mortgage or other
wise ALLEVIATE any part or all of said
lands, such Judge shall thereupon en-
quire into the facts set up in said petit
ton, and if after such examination the
said Judge shall find such woman to be
insane, and that it Unnecessary and prop
er, and for the pecuniary advantage of
such insane person, he shall appoint
special guardian of such insane person
to join with her said husband for the
purpose and with power to renounce and
relinquish her dover and right of dover
in and to her said husband S lands in the
Circuit aforesaid.
Sec. 2. If said married woman shall
have previously been adiudged insane
by any court of competent jurisdiction,
either in or out of this State, and shall
at the date of such petition and order
be in custody under the order of such
court, it shall be sufficient to the grant
ing of such order that there be produced
and filed with such petition duly and
regularly certified transcript of the pro-
ceedings in lunacy, and the order adjudi-
eating such woman lunatic, together
with an affidavit from the keeper of the
Asylum or other place to which she
may have been committed, that she is
still in custody under such order.
Sec. 3. 1t, however, the married VIC
man has not been declared insane by
some court of competent jurisdiction as
aforesaid, then the Judge of the court
to whom such petition is presented shall
cause said woman, if within his juris-
diction, to be brought before him, and
summon witnesses and make full ex-
animation into the facts set up in said
petition. Such witnesses shall consist
OF not less than two practicing physi-
clans, and three other credible persons,
who shall be personally acquainted with
said woman. If, on such examination,
the Judge shall be satisfied of the insan-
itv of said married woman, and that il
is for her interest that the prayer of her
husbands petition be granted, he shall
make the order appointing the guardian
aforesaid.
SEC. A. Such guardian may, at the dis
erection of the court, be authorized and
empowered by deed under his hand and
seal, executed by him in the presence Of
two witnesses jointly with the said hus-
band, or otherwise, to renounce and re-
linquish for and in the name of said
insane wife her dover and right of dow
er in and to such lands as her husband
may then own, or afterward acquire, OF