The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-10

may leCelNe, receipt LOT, nOlU,
manage and dispose of property,
real and personal, in the same man
ner as if she were sole. Passed.
Section 2. A married woman
may make contracts, oral and written,
sealed and unsealed, in the same
manner as if she were sole, except
that she shall not be authorized
hereby to make contracts with her
husband.
Rep. Kaunamano moved the in
definite postponement of the section.
Rep. Palohau moved to add to the
section, ''if the husband fails to
provide for his family"
Rep. Nahale moved to substitute
with the consent of her husband"
for the words Sin the same manner
as If she were sole."
Rep. Richardson was in favor of
passing the section as in the bill.
He had passed through Hama
kua one time in company with the
honorable member for that district.
The honorable member pointed out
a fine piece of cane land which had
at one time belonged to woman.
Her husband sold the property, went
off to foreign country, and is now
married to white woman. Similar
cases had occurred in Honolulu.
He could not see anything in this
law to make the woman head of the
family. 1t simply gives the woman
control OF her own property.
Minister Dare was pleased to be
in accord with the honorable men,
Der for Molokai. He understood
that probably the bill was somewhat
in advance OF the state of society
in this kingdom, but he thought any
temporary Inconvenience that might
be caused by it would be more than
made good by the provisions of the
bill. The intention of this bill is to
put the Hawaiian woman on the
same footing as her sisters in America
and other countries. 1t provides
that if one of the honorable members
should endow one of his daughters
and she should marry spendthrift
it will be impossible for him to
squander her property. He believed
the bill was directly in the march of
civilization and ought to be on the
statute book of Hawaii, and that the
members who are to-day opposing it
will have cause to bless the day it
became law.
The motion for indefinite post
ponement was put and lost.
The section passed as in the bill.
Section B. All work and labor
performed, or services rendered by
married woman for or to person
other than her husband and children
shall, unless there is an express
agreement on her part to the CON
trary, be presumed to be performed
or rendered on her separate account.
Section 4. IA married woman may
be an eXecutriX, administrators,
guardian or trustee, and may bind
herself and the estate she represents
without any act or assent on the
part Of her husband. Passed.
Rep. Kalua moved the remainder
of the bill pass, as all the objections
advanced were against the first sec
tions, and these being passed, re-
naming sections merely carry out
the necessary details.
Bep. Dole moved an amendment
to section z. Adopted.
The following sections, 5 to -,
then passed.
Section 5. A married woman may
sue and be sued in the same manner
as if she were sole; but this section
shall not be construed to authorize
suits between husband and wife.
Section 6. A married woman
shall not be liable for the debts of
her husband; nor shall her property
be liable to be taken on execution or
other process against him, except as
provided in Section 10 of this Act.
Section Z. A husband, whether
married in this Kingdom or in some
other country, and residing in this,
shall be bound to maintain, provide
for and support his wife during mar
riage, in the same style and manner
in which he supports himself; and
shall be liable for all the debts con-
tracted by his wife, for necessaries
for herself or family during mar
riage, except such debts as may
be contracted by her in the course
OF or in connection with any sepa-
rate business which she may carry
on as provided in Section 10. The
husband shall be personally respon-
sible for all the tortuous acts of his
wife done by and with his authority
or consent, and for none other. In
case the wife shall die first, unless
there happen to be legitimate issue
OF the marriage within the age of le-
gal majority, in which case the hus-
band shall continue to enjoy curt
esy in her immovable or fixed pro-
perty until such issue shall attain
majority, when the same shall des-
cend to the heir or heirs of the wife.
Section 8. A husband shall not
be liable to be sued upon cause of
action which originated against his
wife prior to their marriage, nor
shall he be liable to pay any judg-
ment that NAV he racoynrad ora;net