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 FLFTY-s1XTH CONGRESS. sees. 11. cn. ssl. 1901. 137 5 Sec. 1157. INFANT rnmn covnnT.—In case any married woman “"”~“‘ ‘°'”° °°V°“· entitled to a separate estate as aforesaid shall be an infant under V twenty-one years of age, she shall be unde_r the same disabilities in regard thereto as other infants, except as herein elsewhere provided, an a guardian of said estate shall be appointed. · _ Sec. 1158. D0wER.——A widow shall be entitled to dower in lands D°“""· held by equitable as well as legal title in the husband at any time during the coverture, whether held by him at the time of his death or not, but such right of dower shall not operate to the prejudice of any claim for the [éurchase money of such lands or other lien on the same. Sec. 1159. STATE BY THE CURTESY.—·OH the death of any married ,€£?‘°“ by ***6 °“" woman owning real estate in fee simple and intestate thereof, if there ` has been a child born of the marriage capable of inheriting said pro - erty, the husband survivin her shall be entitled to an estate by thle curtesy therein, whether tie wife’s estate be legal or equitable and whether the wife’s seizin be in deed or in law only. , Sec. 1160. ADMHYISTRATION ON WIFE’S” nsTATn.-—On the death of w;*;mg;$;¤*i¤¤ °¤ any married woman owning real or personal estate and intestate thereof, ' · her said estate shall be administered on as if she had been unmarried, and in the appointment of her administrator her husband shall be entitled to be preferred. After payment of her debts her said personal estate shal be the property of her husband. Sec.- 1161. INSURANCE or HUSBAND’S L1rn.—Any married woman, b,},§g};’f§§" °‘ h“S‘ by herself and in her name, or in the name of any third person, with ` his assent, as her trustee, may insure or cause to be insured for her sole use, the life of herhusband for any definite period or for the term of his natural life; and any husband may cause his own life to be insured for the sole use of his wife, and may also assign ang policy of insurance upon his own life to his wife for her sole use; an in case of the wife surviving her husband the sum or net amount of such insurance becoming due and payable by the terms of the‘insurance shall be pay- — able to her for her own use, free from the claims of the representatives of her. husband or any of his creditors. Sec. 1162. INSURANCE NOT LIABLE non HUSBAND’S DnBTs.—All poli- g&*gg,S§,*;*{},g ‘°* mr cies of life insurance upon the life of any person which may hereafter ` mature, and which have been or shall be taken out for the benefit of or bona fide assigned to the wife or children of or any relative dependent upon such person, or any creditor, shall be vested -in such wife or children or other relative or creditor, free and clear from all claims of the creditors of such insured person. Sec. 1163. INSURANCE PAYABLE ON DEATH on wrrn T0 CHILDREN.- ggflytgbggggrggath 0* If the wife shall die before her husband, the amount of such insurance ` may be payable after her death to the children or descendants for their use, andto their guardiauif under age; and if there be no children o1· descendants of the wife living at the time of her death, to her legal re resentatives. gnu. 1164. RECEIPT or MARRIED woMAN.——The receipt of any mar- Wggggjrt ¤f ¤¤¤¤i¢<¤ ried woman for the payment of money deposited by her before or after ` marriage shall be a valid discharge to any individual or corporation _ making such payment: Prznaded, That nothing contained in this sec- __€Q'§§f,‘{;,€m if in tion shall prevent any creditor of the husband from attaching the same mud ¤*¤¤>di¤>*$· am or restraining the payment. by injunction if the deposit was made in fraud of his creditors. i _ _ Sec. 1165. LUNATIC, INSANE, on PERMANENTLY ABSENT WIFE.- peI;§g}gf;,,;?Sg*},g;,g{ Where any married woman is a lunatic- or insane, and has been so wife. found upon inquisition, and the said finding remains in force, or where any married woman has been absent or unheard of for sevenyears, the husband of such lunatic or insane or absent person may grant and convey by his separate deed, whether the same e absolute or by way