Marriage dissolved. Right to bigamy and that no collusion or connivance exists between 1. The said marriage between the said James Albert Manning Aikins and Mary Bertha Aikins his wife is hereby dissolved and is and shall be henceforth null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 2. The said James Albert Manning Aikins may at any time marry again. hereafter marry any woman whom he might lawfully marry in case the said marriage with the said Mary Bertha Aikins had not been solemnized. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. W 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 79. An Act for the relief of Ada Donigan. [Assented to 9th July, 1892.] HEREAS Ada Donigan, formerly Ada Planche of Cook- Preamble. shire, in the county of Compton and province of Quebec, wife of Joseph Albert Donigan, formerly of the same place, but now residing at Newbury, in the state of New Hampshire, one of the United States of America, hath by her petition set forth that on the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, she was lawfully married at the town of Sherbrooke, in the said province of Quebec, to the said Joseph Albert Donigan; that they cohabited together as man and wife until the year one thousand eight hundred and eightytwo; that the said Joseph Albert Donigan has committed adultery in Newbury in the state of New Hampshire; and whereas the said Ada Donigan has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved and that she be authorized and empowered to marry again, and that such further relief may be afforded her as may seem meet; and whereas the said Ada Donigan has proved the said allegations in her said petition and has established the adultery above mentioned, and it is expedient that the prayer of her said petition should 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 Ada Donigan and Marriage Joseph Albert Donigan her husband is hereby dissolved and shall be henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 2. The said Ada Donigan may at any time hereafter marry Right to any man whom she might lawfully marry if the said marriage marry again. with the said Joseph Albert Donigan had not been solemnized. OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 55-56 VICTORIA. Preamble, CHAP. 80. An Act for the relief of Hattie Adèle Harrison. WH [Assented to 9th July, 1892.] HEREAS Hattie Adèle Harrison, of the town of Tilsonburg in the county of Oxford and province of Ontario, wife of Henry Bailey Harrison, until recently of the City of Ottawa in the county of Carleton and province of Ontario, telegraph operator, hath by her petition set forth that on the third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, she was lawfully married at the said town of Tilsonburg to the said Henry Bailey Harrison; that they were at the time of the said marriage domiciled in Canada; that they cohabited together as husband and wife until the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, when the said Hattie Adèle Harrison was, by reason of the irregular life which the said Henry Bailey Harrison was then living and his drunkenness and cruelty to her, compelled to separate and live apart from him; that the said parties have since then continued to live separate and apart; that subsequently, to wit, on or about the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the said Henry Bailey Harrison committed the crime of bigamy and also committed adultery and by his conduct dissolved the bonds of matrimony on his part; that there were born of the marriage of the said Hattie Adèle Harrison with the said Henry Bailey Harrison three children now living, namely, Tillson Lever Harrison, aged about eleven years, Bailey Van Norman Harrison, aged about six years, and Rosalind Harrison, aged about four years; and whereas the said Hattie Adèle Harrison has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved, that she may be authorized and empowered to marry again and that she may have the custody and sole and absolute control of the said children, Tillson Lever Harrison, Bailey Van Norman Harrison and Rosalind Harrison, issue of her marriage with the said Henry Bailey Harrison, and that such further relief may be afforded to her as is deemed meet; and whereas the said Hattie Adèle Harrison has proved the allegations of the said petition and has established the bigamy and adultery above mentioned, and it is expedient that the prayer of the 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: dissolved. 1. The said marriage between the said Hattie Adèle Har- Marriage rison and Henry Bailey Harrison, her husband, is hereby dissolved and shall be henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 2. The said Hattie Adèle Harrison may at any time here- Right to after marry any man whom she might lawfully marry if the marry again. said marriage with the said Henry Bailey Harrison had not been solemnized. children. 3. The said Hattie Adèle Harrison shall have the permanent Custody of custody and sole and absolute control of the persons of her said children, Tillson Lever Harrison, Bailey Van Norman Harrison and Rosalind Harrison, without any right of interference whatsoever on the part of the said Henry Bailey Harrison. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 55-56 VICTORIA. Preamble. Marriage dissolved. Right to CHAP. 81. An Act for the relief of Herbert Rimmington Mead. [Assented to 9th July, 1892] WHEREAS Herbert Rimmington Mead, of the village of Pincher Creek, in the district of Alberta, North-west Territories of Canada, physician, has by his petition humbly set forth that he was lawfully married to Louisa Mead, formerly Louisa Macpherson; that there was born of said marriage one child still living, namely Sybil Gordon Rimmington Mead, born on the ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four; that on or about the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, the said Louisa Mead committed adultery with one A. H. Lynch-Staunton of the said village of Pincher Creek, and that since then on divers occasions she has committed adultery with the said A. H. Lynch-Staunton; and whereas the said Herbert Rimmington Mead has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved, so to enable him to marry again, and that such further relief may be afforded him as is deemed meet; and whereas the said Herbert Rimmington Mead has proved the allegations of his said petition and has established the adultery above mentioned, and it is expedient that the prayer of his said petition should 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 Herbert Rimmington Mead and the said Louisa Mead, his wife, is hereby dissolved, and shall be from henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 2. The said Herbert Rimmington Mead 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 Louisa Mead had not been solemnized. 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