CHAP. 126.

An Act for the relief of William Henry Featherston

haugh.

[Assented to 7th July, 1900.]

WHEREAS William Henry Featherstonhaugh, of the town Preamble, of Penetanguishene, in the county of Simcoe, in the province of Ontario, master mariner, has, by his petition, set forth that on the sixteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, he was lawfully married at Penetanguishene aforesaid, to Helen Featherstonhaugh (whose maiden name was Helen Anderson); that they cohabited together as husband and wife until on or about the twentyeighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eightyfive, and had issue of the said marriage four children, of whom two are still living; that on or about the said last named date the said William Henry Featherstonhaugh had reason to suspect that she was leading an irregular life, and a deed of separation was then prepared and executed by the said William Henry Featherstonhaugh and Helen Feathertonhaugh, and since that date they have lived separate and apart and have not cohabited together; that since the date of the said separation she has on divers occasions committed adultery with divers persons, and particularly during the years from one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven to one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, inclusive, on divers occasions with one Frederick Measam; and whereas the said William Henry Featherstonhaugh has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved and that he may be authorized to marry again, and that such further relief may be afforded him as is deemed meet; and whereas he has proved the said allegations of his petition, and it is expedient that the prayer thereof be granted: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

dissolved.

1. The said marriage between the said William Henry Marriage Featherstonhaugh and Helen Featherstonhaugh, his wife, is hereby dissolved and shall henceforth be null and void to all intents and purposes whatever.

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2. The said William Henry Featherstonhaugh may at any marry again. time hereafter marry any woman whom he might lawfully marry in case the said marriage with the said Helen Featherstonhaugh had not been solemnized.

OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.

CHAP. 127.

An Act for the relief of Gustavus Adolphus Kobold.

WH

[Assented to 14th June, 1900.]

HEREAS Gustavus Adolphus Kobold, of the town of Preamble. Rat Portage, in the district of Rainy River and province of Ontario, butcher, has, by his petition, humbly set forth that on the eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, he was lawfully married to Nellie Woodbury Kobold, is present wife, (then Nellie Woodbury Appelby, spinster) that the said marriage was duly solemnized at the town of Cobourg, in the county of Northumberland, and province of Ontario, according to the rites of the Congregational Church in Canada; that they cohabited together as husband and wife until the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; that on or about the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, they agreed, by a deed of separation in writing, to live separate and apart, and they have since continued to live apart from each other; that shortly after she separated from him as aforesaid, he discovered, as the fact was, that she had been living an irregular life and had, previous to such separation, been committing adultery; and that she afterwards committed adultery: and whereas the said Gustavus Adolphus Kobold has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved so as to enable him to marry again, and that such further relief may be afforded to him as is deemed meet; and whereas he has proved the said allegations in his petition, and has established the adultery above mentioned, and it is expedient that the prayer of his said petition be granted: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The said marriage between the said Gustavus Adolphus Marriage Kobold and the said Nellie Woodbury Kobold, his wife, is dissolved. hereby dissolved and shall be henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

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2. The said Gustavus Adolphus Kobold may, at any time marry again hereafter, contract matrimony with any other woman whom he might lawfully marry in case the said marriage with the said Nellie Woodbury Kobold had not been solemnized.

OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.

CHAP. 128.

An Act for the Relief of Catherine Cecilia Lyons.

[Assented to 14th June, 1900.]

HER EREAS Catherine Cecilia Lyons, of the village of Tre- Preamble. herne, in the province of Manitoba, wife of John P. Lyons, of the city of Winnipeg, in the said province, bartender, hath by her petition set forth that on the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, they were lawfully married at the town of Portage La Prairie in said province of Manitoba; that there were born to them four children, three of whom are still living; that they cohabited together as husband and wife until the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, when he committed adultery; that he has ever since continued to live apart from the said Catherine Cecilia Lyons in a state of adultery: and whereas she has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved and that she may be authorized to marry again and that such further relief may be afforded her as is deemed meet; and whereas she has proved the said allegations of her petition, and it is expedient that the prayer thereof be granted: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The said marriage between the said Catherine Cecilia Marriage Lyons and John P. Lyons, her husband, is hereby dissolved dissolved. and shall be henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

2. The said Catherine Cecilia Lyons may at any time Right to hereafter marry any man whom she might lawfully marry if marry again. the said marriage with the said John P. Lyons had not been solemnized.

OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.