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The first tart of this bill or its provisionlis as follows:

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Not more than 5 per cent of the legal voters of the state shall be
required to cropose any-measure by petition, and every such petition

shall include tne.fulflfe t of the measure proposed.

These petitions must he filed with the Secretary of state four months

oeiore the election.

The seconu power to De reseryed oy the ceofile is tile referendum, and
it may oe ordered either uy JGiitiOD signed Ly 5 per cent of the
legal voters>or by the legislature as other bills are enacted.
referendum petitionsshall be filed with the secretary of state not
more than ninety days after the final adjournment of the legislature
which passed the billfioon which the referenduNds demanded.

The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures referred
to the yeoele.

Measures referred to the peOple snall take effect when approved oy

a majority vote.

Emergency laws as provided to tat; effect as soon as approved by
majority of the eeoele; except that any law necessary for immediate
yreservaticn of the eublic peace, health or safety or the sueport of
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 AN ACT

TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE ACTS RELATING TO THE PROPERTY OF A.D.lse2.
MARRIED WOMEN.

[45 a 46 VICT.] CHAPTER 75. ' ‘ [18th August, 1882.]

HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Act of the thirty-third and thirty-fourth Victoria, chapter ninety-three, intituled “ The
Married VVomen’s Property Act, 1870,” and the Act of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth Victoria, chapter fifty, intituled “ An Act to
amend the Married \Vomen’s Property Act (1870)”: ‘
_ Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : _
1. (1.) A married woman shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing by will or otherwise, Married woman to
of any real or personal property as her separate property, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole, without the intervention of any trustee. P9 Gamma? Wild,
(2.) A married. woman shall be capable of entering into and rendering herself liable in respect of and to the extent of her separate property on any $5,331,2th) ‘21,? 0,,
contract, and of suing and being sued, either in contract or in tort, or otherwise, in all respects as if she were a feme sole, and her husband need not be fame 5019.
jOined With her as plaintiff or defendant, or be made ‘a party to any action or other legal proceeding brought by or taken against her ; and any '
damages or costs recovered by her in any such action or proceeding shall be her separate property ; and any damages or costs recovered against her in
any such action or proceeding shall be payable out of her separate property, and not otherwise. ,
(3.) Every contract entered into by a married woman shall be deemed to be a contract entered into by her with respect to and to bind her separate
)roperty, unless the contrary be shown. ‘ I
. (4.) Every contract entered into by a married woman with respect to and to bind her separate property shall bind not only the separate property
hich she is possessed of or entitled to at the date of the contract, but also allseparate property which she may thereafter acquire.
({5.) Every married woman carrying on a trade separately from her husband shall, in respect of her separate property, be subject to the bankruptcy
ws in the same way as if she were a feme Sole. -
2. Every woman who marries after the commencement of this Act shall be entitled to have and to hold as her separate property and to dispose of Property of a
manneraforesaid all real and'personal property which shall belong to her at the time of marriage, or shall be acquired by or devolve upon her after $233319??? I _

arriage, including any wages, earnings, money, and property gained or acquired by her in any employment, trade, or occupation, in which she is 1191,11 1,; i1; 35');

gaged, or which she carries on separately from her husband, or by the exercise of any literary, artistic, or Scientific skill. £91110, 5.016-

_Any money or other estate of the wife lent or entrusted by her to her husband for the purpose of any trade or business carried on by him, or Loans by wife to
erw1se, shall be treated as assets of her husband’s estate in case of his bankruptcy, under reservation of the wife‘s claim to a dividend as a creditor husband-

the amount or value of such money or other estate after, but not before, all claims of the other creditors of the husband for valuable consideration

money or money’s worth have been satisfied. . , ' l '

.. . 4. 'The execution of a general power by will, by a married woman, shall have the effect of making the property appointed liable for her debts and Execution of '
0t - erliabllltlfis 1n the same manner as her separate estate is made liable under this Act. genml ”we“
, "é“..‘F‘O, EVBI‘YLWOman married before the commencement of this Act shall be entitled to have and to hold and to dispose of in manner aforesaid as her Property acquired
vsepcate property all real and personal property, her title to which, Whether vested or contingent, and whether in possession, reversion, or remainder, :‘gf;,§§1:,,figfeg>,,§
’Sha. accrue after the commencement of this Act, including any wages, earnings, money, and property so gained or acquired by her as aforesaid. fore the Act to be
31;; 3. :All. deposits in any post office or other savings bank, or in any other bank, all annuities granted by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the fig}, £33,811“ “5 “
Nat>nal.‘Debt'or by any other person, and all sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books "
' of-t,'G0vernor and Company of the Bank of England, or of any other bank, which at the commencement of this Act are standing in the sole name As to stock. 65.640
' rriedrvoman, and all shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, or other interests of or in any corporation, company, or public body, municipaltggfgguf‘séfifgflfidk
al, (Or. otherwise, or of or in any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit, building, or loan society, which at the commencement of this Act are . ' ' '~.‘ " "
. g infiherzname, shall be deemed, unless and until the contrary be shown, to be the separate property of such married woman ; and the fact that
i an)... 11 deposit,-.annuity, sum forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Governor
and ompa‘ly ofthe Bank of England or of any other bank, share, stock, debenture, debenture stock, or other interest as aforesaid, is standing in the ‘
, '_‘_sole'.name'cl:, a-married woman, shall be sufficient prima facie evidence that she is beneficially entitled thereto for her separate use, so as to authorise
‘ ,zandiempowenher to receive or transfer the same and to receive the dividends, interest, and profits thereof, without the concurrence of her husband,
l and to indemnify the Postmaster General, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the Governor and Company of the Bank of
. ~ Englrudfithqgflovernor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and all directors, managers, and trustees of every such bank, corporation, company,
, ; publit Vbo;dy,7.or_society as aforesaid, in respect thereof.
,‘5-1' 3 :7 ”Albums fOI‘ming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Bank of England or of any As to stock, so. to
othc: bank, anchall such deposits and annuities respectively as are mentioned in the last preceding section, and all shares, stock, debentures, debenture 1’; $32,133,“ M'
stock, .and.;other3 interests of or in any such corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid, which after the commencement of this Act woman.

shall be allottedto or placed, registered, or transferred in or into or made to stand in the sole name of any married woman shall be deemed, unless and

I‘l‘util the. centrary be shown, to be her separate property, in respect of which so far as any liability may be incident thereto her separate estate shall

alone be liable, whether the same shall be so expressed in the document whereby her title to the same‘is created or certified, or in the books or register

therein her title is entered or recorded, or not. '

l Provided always, that nothing in this Act shall require or authorise any corporation or joint stock company to admit any married woman to be a

lolder of any shares or stock therein to which any liability may be incident, contrary to the provisions of any Act of Parliament, charter, byelaw,

:rticl‘es of assocration, or deed of settlement regulating such corporation or company. .

, " 8. Altthe provisions herein-before contained as to deposits in any post office or other savings bank, or in anyother bank, annuities granted by ,Iéiillletsltlipglréts ifn
"g. gii‘e Commissmners for the Reduction of the National Debt or by any other person, sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other in;,,.,.,,;,w,:n‘;n,nd
» 2 Stocks on funds transferable in the books of the Bank of England or of any other bank, shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, or other interests of others. - »
-.‘__ f «a in any such corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid respectively, which at the commencement of this Act shall be standing in the
j Slename of a married woman, or which, after that time, shall be allotted to, or placed, registered, or transferred to or into, or made to stand in, the
i Bile name of a married woman, shall respectively extend and apply, so;_fa' " ' " ' . ff 'fzdithe estate, right, title, or interest of the married woman, to any
01 the particulars aforesaid which, at the commencement of this Actjgona nygt :e, afterwards shall be standing in, or shall be allotted to, placed, ,
registered, or transferred to or into, or made to stand in, the name of any: married woman jointly with any persons or person other than her husband._ ‘»
Itshall not be necessary for the husband of any married woman; in- respect. other interest, to join in the transfer of any such annuity or deposrt As t9 stock, Sac.
asiforesaid, or any sum forming part of the public stocks or funds, Ior , Tanya]: ._stocks or funds transferable as aforesaid, or any share, stock, igfi‘filfifinfi; iiien
delenture, debenture stock, or other benefit, right, claim, or other interest" Iiiiii'an such corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid, marriedwomnn
whzch is now or shall at any time hereafter be standing in the sole nameofianym ejd woman, or in the joint names of such married woman and “11‘10‘1191'5-
any other person or persons not being her husband. ' ‘z i ' I ' . , g. .

10. ’If any investment in any such deposit or annuity as aforesaid orfeinfi any bf the public stocks or funds, or in any other- stocks or funds, fléglgu‘lfirt‘fi 133:2;
transferable as aforesaid, or in any share, stock, debenture, or debentures lilo ~an corporation, company, or public body, municipal, commercial, ofhuslmnd, ‘
trothermse, or in any share, debenture, benefit, right, or claim whatsoeve upon the funds of any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit,
bidding, or loan society, shall have been made by a married woman by me . ’ 315 of her husband, without his consent, the Court may, upon an
application under section seventeen of this Act, order such investment, ' __ends thereof, or any part thereof, to be transferred and paid
regpectivcly to the husband ; and nothing in this Act contained shall giv, 1i ty s. gainst creditors of the husband to any gift, by a husband to his ,

Wle', of any property, which after such gift, shall continue to be in'the' " 'f ', position or reputed ownership of the husband, or to any dep051t

or «ther investment of moneys 'of the husband made by or in the name 'f; " d of his creditors ; but‘ any moneys so deposited or invested

ma) he followed as if this Act had not passed. " ' ‘ . - . l

2 Xl1. _A married woman may by virtue of the power of making contracts; _. , ., . e contained effect a policy upon her own life-or the life of her Mope'ys payablfe
lines-m l for her separate use ; and the same and all benefit thereof shall. 9 . _ 000 y. . , 2:;,$:,13.‘:;';¥,€t.
;‘ _ L policy of assurance effected by any man on his own life, and ei-ipr Be ;tO:_ . for the benefit of his wife or of his children, or of his Wife and form part of

R Clllldqeu, or any of them, or by any woman on her own life, and expresse 0', kid]: he benefit of her husband, or of her children, or of her husband 93W“ of the

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and c.1ldrenor any of them, shall create atrust in favour of the objects -' th eii ‘na “ and the moneys payable under any suchpolicy shall not, so 1 m“
4 _ :long a: any object of the trust remains unperformed, form part of the es ' ' ‘ thenns. ed, or be subject to his or her debts : Prov1ded, that if it shall

t

_ be proxed that the policy was effected and the premiums paid with inten to‘de, . . th creditors of the insured, they shall be entitled to receive,',o,ut,-y’.

." 9f the honeys payable under the policy, a sum equal to the premiums so » ,in red may by the policy, or by any memorandum under his or

, her hand appoint a trustee or trustees of the moneys payable under the” ’ f ' time to time appoint a new trustee or new trustees thereof, and
may make provision for the appointment of a new trustee or new trustee ’ i - ”r the investment of the moneys payable under any such policy.

, In defauéf, .of any such appointment of a trustee, such policy, ' ’ _ ' ‘ ,_ “ being effected, shall vest in the insured and his or her legal

llpel'sonal leprescntatives, in trust for the purposes aforesaid. If, at th ‘ ' , aim of the insured, or at any time afterwards, there shall be

hl‘

 

 13 it 14 Vict. c. 60.

Remedies of
married woman for
protection and
security of separate
property.

Wife's ante-nuptial
debts and liabilities

Husband to be
liable for his wife‘s
debts contracted
before marriage to
a certain extent.

Suits for auto-
nuptial liabilities.

Act of wife liable
to criminal pro-
ceedings.
Questions between
husband and wife
as to property to be
decided in a.
summary way.

Married woman as
an executrix or
trustee.

Saving of existing

settlements, and

the power to make
,fnture settlements.

I.

Married woman to
be liable to the
parish for the
maintenance of
her husband.

31 it 32 Vict. c. 122.

Married woman to
be liable to the
parish for the
maintenance of
her children.

Repeal of 33 it 34
Vict. C. .03 ; 37 it: 38
Yict. c. 50.

Legal representa-
tive of married
\V’Olllfln.

, ,
Interpretation of
terms.

Commencement of
ct.
,Extent of Act.
‘hort title.

no trustee, or it shall be expedient to appoint a new t ‘ustee or new trustees, a trustee or trustees or a new trustee or new trustees may ie
appointed by any court having jurisdiction under the provisions of the Trustee Act, 1850, or the Acts amending and extending the same. The receipt (-f
a trustee or trustees duly appointed, or, in default of any such appointment, or in default of notice to the insurance office, the receipt of the legal
personal representative of the insured shall be a discharge to the office for the sum secured by the policy, or for the value thereof, in whole or in part

12. Every woman, whether married before or after this Act, shall have in her own name against all persons whomsoever, including her husband,
the same civil remedies, and also (subject, as regards her husband, to the proviso herein-after contained) the same remedies and redress by way ol
criminal proceedings, for the protection and security of her own separate property, as if such property belonged to her as a feme sole. but. except as
aforesaid, no husband or wife shall be en titled to sue the other for a tort. In any indictment or other proceeding milder this section it shall be sufficient
to allege such property to be her property; and in any proceeding under this section a husband or wife shall be competent to give evidence against
each other, any statute or rule of law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that no criminal proceeding shall be taken by any wife
against her husband by virtue of this Act while they are living together, as to or concerning any property claimed by her, nor while they are lix ing
apart, as to or concerning any act done by the husband while they were living together, concerning property claimed by the wife, unless such property
shall have been wrongfully taken by the husband when leaving or deserting, or about to leave or desert, his wife.

13. A woman after her marriage shall continue to be liable in respect and to the extent of her separate property for all debts contracted, and all
contracts entered into or wrongs committed by her before her marriage, including any sums for which she maybe liable as a contributory, either before
or after she has been placed on the list of contributories, under and by virtue of the Acts relating to joint stock companies ; and she may be sued for
any such debt and for any liability in damages or otherwise under any such contract, or in respect of any such wrong ; and all sums recovered against
her in respect thereof, or for any costs relating thereto, shall be payable out of her separate property ; and, as between her and her husband, unless
there be. any contract between them. to the contrary, her separate property shall be deemed to be primarily liable for all such debts, contracts, or wrongs,
and for all damages or costs recovered in respect thereof : Provided always, that nothing in this Act shall operate to increase or diminish the liability
of any woman married before the commencement of this Act, for any such debt, contract, 'or wrong, as aforesaid, except as to any separate property
to which she may become entitled by virtue of this Act, and to which she would not have been entitled for her separate use under the Acts hereby
repealed or otherwise, if this Act had not passed.

14. A husband shall be liable for the debts of his wife contracted, and for all contracts entered into and wrongs committed by her, before marriagr
including any liabilities to which she may be so subject under the Acts relating to joint stock companies as aforesaid, to the extent of all propert
whatsoever belonging to his wife which he shall have acquired or become entitled to from or through his wife, after deducting therefrom any paymen
made by him, and any sums for which judgment may have been bond fide recovered against him in any proceeding at law, in respect of any such debt
contracts, or wrongs for or in respect of which his wife was liable before her marriage as aforesaid ; but he shall not be liable for the same any furthe
or otherwise ; and any court in which a husband shall be sued for any such debt shall have power to direct any inquiry or proceedings which it In.
think proper for the purpose of ascertaining the nature, amount, or value of such property : Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shz
operate to increase or diminish the liability of any husband married before the commencement of this Act for or in respect; of any such debt or 0th
liability of his wife as aforesaid.

15. A husband and wife may be jointly sued in respect of any such debt or other liability (whether by contract or for any wrong) contracted
incurred by the wife before marriage as aforesaid, if the plaintiff in the action shall seek to establish his claim, either wholly or in part, against both
them ; and if in any such action, or in any action brought in respect of any such debt or liability against the husband alone, it is not found that
husband is liable in respect of any property of the wife so acquired by him or to which he shall have become so entitled as aforesaid, he shall 11.
judgment for his costs of defence, whatever may be the result of the action against the wife if jointly sued with him ; and in any such action agai
husband and wife jointly, if it appears that the husband is liable for the debt or damages recovered, or any part thereof, the judgment to i
extent of the amount for which the husband is liable shall be a joint judgment against the husband personally and against the wife as to her sepa t
property; alnd as to the residue, if any, of such debt and damages, the judgment shall be a separate judgment against the wife as to her sepv
property on y. » ' . x /

16. A wife doing any act with respect to any property of her husband, which, if done by the husband with respect to property of the wife, vguld
make the husband liable to criminal proceedings by the wife under this Act, shall in like manner be liable to criminal proceedings by her husbanc

17. In any question between husband and wife as to the title to or possession of property, either party, or any such bank, corporation, (mm my,
public body, or society as aforesaid in whose books any stocks, funds, or shares of either party are standing, may apply by summons or otheriés
summary way to any judge of the High Court of Justice in England or in Ireland, according 'as such property is in England or Ireland, or (at tin: tion
of the applicant irrespectively of the value of the property in dispute) in England to the judge of the county court of the district, or in Irelairneb
chairman of the civil bill court of the division in which either party resides, and the judge of the High Court of Justice or of the county couiir'
chairman of the civil bill court (as the case may be) may make such order with respect to the property in dispute, and as to the costs of and Lou
on the application as he thinks fit, or may direct such application to stand over from time to time, and any inquiry touching the matters in, qiiéftm
be made in such manner as he shall think fit : Provided always, that any order of a judge of the High Court of Justice to be made under the proviSiOD
of this section shall be subject to appeal in the same way as an order made by the same judge in a suit pending or on an equitable plaint 11 the sai
court would be ; and any order of a county or civil bill court under the provisions of this section shall be subject to appeal in the same wry as an
other order made by the same court would be, and all proceedings in a county court or civil bill court under this section in which, by reason if th
value of the property in dispute, such court would not have had jurisdiction if this Act or the Married \Vomen’s Property Act, 1870, had not 1):.SSGC
may, at the option of the defendant or respondent to such proceedings, be removed as of right into the High Court of Justice in England or Irelan‘
(as the case may be), by writ of certiorari or otherwise as may be prescribed by any rule of such High Court ; but any order made or act done in th
course of such proceedings prior to such removal shall be valid, unless order shall be made to the contrary by such High Court 2 Provided also, that I’ll.
judge of the High Court of Justice or of the county court, or the chairman of the civil bill. court, if either party so require, may hear any suc.
application in his private room : Provided also, that any such bank, corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid, shall, in the matter cf
any such application for the purposes of costs or otherwise, be treated as a stakeholder only. ‘

18. A married woman who is an cxecutrix or administratrix alone or jointly with any other person or persons of the estate of any deceased
person, or a trustee alone or jointly as aforesaid of property subject to any trust, may sue or be sued, and may transfer or join in transferring any sucl
annuity or deposit as aforesaid, or any sum forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable as aforesaid, or an:
share, stock, debenture, debenture stock, or other benefit, right, claim, or other interest of or in any such corporation, company, public body, 0
society in that character, without her husband, as if she were a feme sole.

19. Nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with or affect any settlement or agreement for a settlement made or to be made, Whether befor
or after marriage, respecting the property of any married woman, or shall interfere with or render inoperative any restriction against anticipatie
present attached or to be hereafter attached to the enjoyment of any property or income by a woman under any settlement, agreement for asettlement
will, or, other instrument; but no restriction against anticipation contained in any settlement or agreement for a settlement of a woman’s OWI
property to be made or entered into by herself shall have any validity against debts contracted by her before marriage, and no settlement or agreement
for a settlement shall have any greater force or validity against creditors of such woman than a like settlement or agreement for a settlement made Ir
entered into by a man would have against his creditors. '

20. \Vherc in England the husband of any woman having separate property becomes chargeable to any union or parish, the justices haviig
jurisdiction in such union or parish may, in petty sessions assembled, upon application of the guardians of the poor, issue a. summons against the W556,
and make and enforce such order against her for the maintenance of her husband out of such separate property as by the thirty-third section of he
Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868, they may now make and enforce against a husband for the maintenance of his wife if she becomes chargeable to my
union or parish. \Vhere in Ireland relief is given under the provisions of the Acts relating to the relief of the destitute poor to the husband 0f
any woman having separate property, the cost price of such relief is hereby declared to be a loan from the guardians of the union in which the same
shall be given, and shall be recoverable from such woman as if she were a. feme sole by the same actions and proceedings as money lent.

21. A married woman having separate property shall be subject to all such liability for the maintenance of her children and grandchildren as thf
husband is now by law subject to for the maintenance of her children and grandchildren : Provided always, that nothing in this Act shall relieve he:
husband from any liability imposed upon him by law to maintain her children or grandchildren.

22. The Married \Vomcn’s Property Act, 1870, and the Married Women’s Property Act, 1870, Amendment Act, 1874, are hereby repealcc 1
Provided that such repeal shall not affect any act done or right required while either of such Acts was in force, or any right or liability of any husba}d
or wife, married before the commencement of this Act, to sue or be sued under the provisions of the said repealed Acts or either of them, for 0‘ in
respect of any debt, contract, wrong, or other matter or thing whatsoever, for 01' in respect of which any such right or liability shall have accrued in 01'
against such husband. or wife before the commencement of this Act.

23. For the purposes of this Act the legal personal representative of any married woman shall in respect of her separate estate have the same r'g'htS
and liabilities and be subject to the same jurisdiction as she would be if she were living. , ,

24. The word “contract” in this Act shall include the acceptance of any trust, or of the office of executrix or adminstratrix, and the pro/1819115
of this Act as to liabilities of married women shall extend to all liabilities by reason of any breach of trust or devastavit committed by any J'lm‘l‘lfl
woman being a trustee or executrix or administratrix either before or after her marriage, and her husband shall not be subject to such liabilitiei 11111685
he has acted or intermeddled in the trust or administration. The word “ property ” in this Act includes a thing in action.

25. The date of the commencement of this Act shall be the first of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

26. This Act shall not extend to Scotland. '

27. This Act may be cited as the Married \Vomen’s Property Act, 1882.

 

 Iggrd CONGRESS.
Ist Session. Ixnxxfifitfifix.‘ H.9595.

 

IN THE HOUSE or REEL-“RESEINSTIUJJIVES,
NOVEMBER 22? 191%. , <

Mr.French introduced the following bill;which was referred to the
Committee on Election of President, Viceégresident, and Represen-
tatives to Congress and ordered to be printed.

 

A BILL
To protect the rights of women citizens of the United States to
register and vote for Senators of the UnIted States and for
Members of the House of Representatives.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa—

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

 

That women who are citizens of the “nited States and

possess such qualifications of age, residence, property, or éflfi

education as may be required of men to make them legal xxxnxx
voters in the several States shall be eligible to register and
vote in all states of the T*nion at all elections for senators of
the United States and for Members of the House or Repre—

sentatives.

 

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