"David Noggle.
"J. T. Mills.
"I altogether prefer the Committee's amendment to the Senate bill.
Hopewell Coxe."
"February 27, 1857.
One Year's Work.—The following are a portion of the results of the Woman's Rights petitions, presented during the winter of 1856-7:
In Ohio and Wisconsin, Legislative Committees have reported favorably to the Right of Suffrage, and extracts from the reports are given above.
Ohio, Maine, Indiana, and Missouri have passed laws giving to married women the right to control their own earnings. The Ohio and Maine statutes are printed below; also a Maine act, giving the husband title to an allowance from a deceased wife's property, similar to that now given by the law to widows.
The memorial presented to the New York Legislature, owing to some mistake, was not offered till too late for action.
Ohio Statute.—Bill passed by the Ohio Legislature, April 17, 1857.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that no married man shall sell, dispose of, or in any manner part with, any personal property, which is now, or may hereafter be, exempt from sale upon execution, without having first obtained the consent of his wife thereto.