WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 305.

AN ACT to repeal section seven of article forty-

five of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled

''Husband and Wife," and to re-enact said sec-

tion with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That section seven of article

forty -five of the Code of Public General Laws, en-

Repealed and

titled " Husband and Wife," be and is hereby re-

re-enacted.

pealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

7. Any married woman, who by her skill, indus-

try or personal labor, shall earn any money, or other

property, real, personal or mixed, shall hold the

same, and the fruits, increase and profits thereof, to

Hold to sepa-
rate use.

her sole and separate use, with power as a feme sole

to invest, reinvest, devise, bequeath, sell and dispose

of the same; provided that such money or property

shall be liable for the payment of any claim or debt

incurred by such married woman in and about the

business, occupation or enterprise in which said

money or other property shall be earned or in vested;

and for any such debt, said married woman may be

sued before any justice of the peace or court of this

State (whichever shall have jurisdiction as deter-

mined by the amount of said debt), as if she were a

feme sole; and any such property may be taken in

execution to satisfy any judgment rendered on such

cause of action; provided that the husband of such

married woman shall have the right to appear and

Right to ap-
pear and de-

defend any such suit in her name, and no judgment

fend.

shall be entered in any such suit against such mar-

ried woman without proof, unless by the joint con-

sent in writing of herself and husband, and provided

further, that any married woman may sue in any

court of law or equity in this State upon any cause

of action in her own name, and without the neces-

sity of a prochein ami, as if she were feme sole.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.