Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14587521249)

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Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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rom, shall bedeemed and taken to be her separate property, free and clear from anyand all claim or claims of the creditors or legal representatives of herhusband, as fully as if she had never been married: Provided, That thislaw shall not be construedas to apply to debts contracted by such marriedwoman before such marriage, but in all such cases her said property shallbe first liable therefor. This act was introduced by Jonathan S. Harvey,a native Hoosier, born in Wayne County, January 16, 1817. He becamea lawyer, and located in Hendricks County, from which he was severaltimes elected to the legislature, as a Whig. He was one of the foundersof the Republican party in Indiana, and a delegate from the Indian-apolis congressional district to the Republican National Convention of18.56, which nominated Fremont. In 1858 he was made president of theJefifer.sonville branch of the State Bank, and in 1861 was elected Treas-urer of State on the Republican ticket, serving until 1863. His bill met
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456 INDIANA AND INDIANANS with general approval in the legislature of 1846-7, and passed the Houseby a vote of 72 to 17, and in the Senate by a vote of 38 to 9. In the Convention of 1850, Mr. Owen was made chairman of the com-mittee on rights and privileges of the people of the State. On October19 he moved the instruction of this committee to inquire into the expe-diency of incorporating in the hill of rights this section: Women here-after married in this state shall have the right to acquire and possessproperty, to their sole use and disposal; and laws shall be passed, secur-ing to them, under equitable conditions, all property, real and personal,whether owned by them before marriage, or acquired afterwards, bypurchase, gift, devise or descent, and also providing for the registrationof the wifes separate property. This was reported without change onOctober 29, with another section providing that: Laws shall be passedsecuring to women now married, the right to all propertj hereafter t