Year: 1879




law. Section 10 was put in by the
house. A Conference committee con
sisting OF Messrs. Menzies and Harris
OF the senate. and Messrs. March and
Daley, of the house were appointed
over this section. Judge March an
nouneed that the whole bill should
fail, or this section should be attach
ed. Under these circumstances the
senate members were compelled to
yield rather than see the whole
measure defeated.


AN Act CONCERNING MARRIED WOMEN


Section L. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state Of In
diana. A married woman may bar
gain, sell, assign and transfer her
separate personal property the same
as il she were cole.


Sec. 2. A married woman may
carry on any trade OF business and
perforn any labor or service on her
sole and separate account. The
earnings and profits of any married
woman accruing from her trade, bus
mess. service or labor, other than
labor for her husband or family.
shall be her sole and separate
property.


See. 3. A married woman may
enter into any contract in reference
to her separate personal estate, trade,
business, labor or service, and the
management and Improvement OF her
separate real property, the same as if
she were sole. and her separate es
tate, real and personal. shall be liable
therefore on execution or other j Idi-
cal process.


Sec. 4. No conveyance or contract
ma ie by a married woman, for the
sale Of her land or any interest there
in, other than leases for a term not
exceeding three years and mortgages
on lands, TO secure the purchase
of such lands, shall b. valid unles her
husband shall j )in therein.


See. 3. A married woman shall be
bound by the covenants OF title in
deed OF conveyance OF her real prop
erty.


Sec. 6. A married woman may
bring and maintain an action in her
own name against any p'rson or
body corporate for damages for any
injury to her person or character the
same as il she were sole; and the
money recovered shall be her sepa-
RAJ. property. and her husband in
sucn cases shall not be liable for
costs.


Sec. Z. Whenever the husband
causes repairs or improvements to be
made on the real property OF the
wife, with her knowledge and consent
thereto in writing delivered to the
contractor or person performi nc
labor or furnishing the materials. she
alone shall be liable for materials
furnished or labor done.


Sec. s. A husband SHALL not be
liable for any debts contracted by the
wife in carrying on any trade, labor
or business on her sole and separate
account. nor by improvements made
by her authority on her separate
property.


Sec. Q. Whenever a Judgment IL
recovered against married woman
her separate property may be sold or
execution to satisfy the same, as In
other cases; proDidcd, however, that
her wearing apparel and articles oi
personal adornment purchased by
her. not exceeding 5000 in value
and all such jewelry, orna
ments, works OF art and vertue
and other effects for personal ol
household use as may have beer
given to her as presents, gifts ano
keepsakes, shall not be subject L
executions; aud, provided, further
that she shall hold as exempt. excep
for the purchase money therefor
other property TO the amount II $500
to be set apart and appraised in the
manner provided bv law for exemp
tion OF property.


Sec 10. A married woman shal
not mortgage or in any manner en-
cumber her separate property ac
quired by descent, devise OF gift. as I
security for the debt or liability o
her husband or any other person.