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Divorces from the bonds of matrl
mony shall not be allowed:
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from matrimony shall be allowed un
der such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law, for the following
grounds, to wit: Adultery, bodily
cruelty and wilful desertion for sever
years.
Section 4 was adopted as follows,
Sec. 4. No person who denies the
existence of the Supreme Being shall
hold any office under this Constitu
ton
Section 5 was passed over. Sections
and were adopted as follows: :.
Sec. 6. The general assembly shall
provide for the removal of all causes
which may be pending when this Con
stitution goes into effect to courts ere
ated by the same. ,
Sec. z. No lottery shall ever be al
lowed, or advertised by newspapers OF
otherwise, or its tickets be sold in this
State, and the general assembly shall
provide by law at Its next session tol
the enforcement of this provision:
When Section s was called Mr.. Hen
derson offered an amendment putting
the duelling proviso back into the
form of the oath. Section 8 was then
stricken out, as the oath was provided
for elsewhere.
The following substitute for Section
9. offered by DR.. Zimmerman, was
adopted:
Sec. 9. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person holding an office OF honor,
trust or profit, to engage in gambling
or betting in games or chance; and
any such officer, upon conviction
thereof, shall thereby be disqualified
from the further exercise of the func
tons of his Office and that the office OF
said person shall become vacant as IN
case of resignation or death.
MARRIED woMEN's RIGHTS.
At the night session the Section II
of the article on miscellaneous matters
was taken up. AS reported by the
committee it was as follows:
Sec. 10 of the article on miscella
neous matter was called up then. Ii
read as follows:
Sec. 10. The real and personal prop
erty of a woman held at the time OF
her marriage, or that she may here
after acquire, either by gift, grant, IN,
heritance, devise or otherwise, shall
not be subject to levy and sale for her
husbands debts. unless by her own
act she makes herself liable therefor,
but shall be her separate property and
she shall have all the rights incident
to the same to which an unmarried
woman or a man is entitled. She shall
have the power to contract, and be
contracted with in the same manner
as if she were unmarried.
MIR. Stanyarne Wilson offered an
amendment adding the words PRO
vided she shall not contract as surety
for her husband"
On motion of Mr.. Sheppard the
amendment motion was tabled.
Mr.. Gage of Chester offered the fol
lowing substitute for the whole Sec
ton:
Sec. 10. The real and personal prop.
erty of a woman held at the time OF
her marriage, or that which she may
thereafter acquire, either by gift, grant,
inheritance, devise or otherwise, shall
not be subject to levy and sale for her
husbands debts, but shall be held as
her separate property, and may be be-
oueathed, devised or alienated by her
the same as if she were unmarried
Provided, No gift or grant from the
husband TO the wife shall be detrimen'
tai to the claims of creditors
Provided, further, No married wo,
man shall have the power to bind hel
estate by any promise to pay the debt
or default of another, or by any con-
tract of endorsement, surety or guar
anty. ~.
Mr.. Hutson moved to lay the substi'
tute on the table.
Mr.. George Johnstone said that a
woman should always be protected in
the possession of the property given
her BY her relatives. Beyond that he
would not 90. He said that Mr.. Cages
resolution sought to bind the woman
and not to protect her.
The substitute was then tabled by
vote of rs to 42.
After further amendment the sec,
ton was adopted in the following
form:
Sec. 10. The real and personal prop,
erty of a woman held at the time of
her marriage, or that which she may
thereafter acquire, either by gift,
grant, inheritance, devise or otherwise
shall be her separate property, and she
shall have all the rights incident to
the same to which an unmarried WON.
an or a man is entitled. She shall
have the power to contract and be
contracted with in the same manner
as if she were unmarried.
Section was again taken up.
Mr.. Gray offered an amendment to
strike out the words, "or appointed.
This was the section which caused the
trouble in the morning about women
being eligible to Office. The section
stood thus:
Sec. 1. No person shall be elected or
appointed to any office in this State
unless he possess the qualifications OF
an elector.
Mr.. Johnstone spoke, pointing out
the danger of tinkering with this mat,
ter. This amendment simply brought
about the same trouble as Mr.. Gray s
other one. Women would be eligible
to any appointive office. That should
not be.
Mr.. w. D. Evans said that some
men had been so odiscourteous as TO saw