Show TWO NE TO W LAWIS I 1 the right of 0 dower provided for the protection of V widows I 1 also an act to legitimate the issue of bigamous and polygamous marriages born on or prior to january 4 1896 SECTION 1 A widow shall be endowed of third part of all the lands whereof her husband was teizen of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage un lets lebs she shall have lawfully released her right thereto see sec 2 the widow of any alien who at the time of his death shall be entitled by law to hold any real estate if she be an inhabitant of the state at the time of such buch death shall be entitled to dower of such estate in the same manner as if such alien had been a native citizen see sec 3 if a husband seized of an esta teof an inheritance in lands exchanges them for other lands his widow shall not have dower of both but shall make her election to be endowed of the lands given or of those taken in exchange and if such election be not evinced by the commencement of proceedings to recover her dower of the lands given in exchange within one year after the death of her husband she shall be deemed to have elected to take her dower of the lands received in exchange sec 4 when a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands shall have executed a mortgage mort gage or I 1 other conveyance in the nature of mortgage of such estate before marriage his widow shall nevertheless th tb be entitled to dower of the lands mortgaged or so conveyed as against every person except the mortgagor or grantee in such conveyance arid and those claiming under him fee i ec 5 where a husband shall pure purchase hase lands during coverture and chall at the same time execute a mortgage or other conveyance in in the nature of a mortgage of his estate in such lands in such to secure the the purchase money his widow shall not be entitled to dower out of such lands is s against the mortgagee or grantee in n such conveyance or those thase claim ing ng under him bini although she shall not have united to in such mortgage but she shall be entitled to 10 her dower in such lands as against all other persons sec 6 provides that where in such case the mortgagee or uch such grantee ahall after the death of the husband cause the land mortgaged to be sold the widow shall be entitled to her third of the surplus left lef tafter after satisfying the mortgage or claim see 7 provides that a widow shall not be endowed of lands conveyed to her husband byway by way ol of mortgage moraga ge unless he acquire an absolute estate therein during daring the marriage period see sec 8 provides that a widow divorced for misconduct on her part shall not be divorced FOR FOB polygamous CHILDREN SECTION 1 that the issue bissu a of bigatti bigamous ous and poly polygamous gamons mar aiges heretofore contracted between members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints born on or prior to the fourth day of january A U D eighteen hundred and ninety six are hereby legitimated and aue such h issue are e entitled ad to inherit from both parents and to have and enjoy all rights and privileges to the same game extent and in the same manner as though born in lawful wedlock |