HIST 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Omnibus Bill, Life Estate
Document Summary
Act about husband and wife"s rights and liabilities: a new york state omnibus bill passed march 20, 1860 and partially rescinded in 1862. The married woman "s property act of 1848, the first act of its kind in the. United states, allowed the property to be owned by the married women of new york. The act of 1860 greatly expanded certain property rights, and changed inheritance laws with respect to women and acknowledged mothers as joint guardians of their children until the related parts were rescinded. Section 1 acknowledged married women as having the right to own and maintain land. It claimed that the separately owned real or personal property of a married woman could be. "section 2 allowed married women to engage in business on their own and to maintain their own earnings as separate property; it also gave them the right to" buy, sell, grant and move" their separately owned personal property.
