ng that upon the sale of any
piece or aggregate of pieces of real property not exceeding
$2,000, the wife has her absolute right; and moreover providing
that in case of a judicial sale, the wife's inchoate interests
become absolute, and she may demand a partition.

In 1877 the General Assembly passed an act enabling married women
whose husbands are insane to sell and to convey real-estate
belonging to such married women, in the same way as if _femes
soles_.

When the act for establishing a female prison passed the
legislature of 1860, it provided that the board managing its
affairs should consist of three men, who should be assisted by an
advisory board composed of one man and two women. By the
legislature of 1877 this section was so amended as to make the
managing board consist of women exclusively, and the advisory
board was abolished.[341]

Of all the changes effected in the statutory law of Indiana since
1860, the following is the most important and may be regarded, so
far as women are concerned, the measure of the highest
legislative justice thus far attained in any State. This bill was
prepared by Addison C. Harris, then representing Indianapolis in
the State Senate, and was approved March 25, 1879:

AN ACT _concerning Married Women--Approved March 25, 1879:_

SEC. 1.--Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Indiana: A married woman may bargain, sell, assign and
transfer her separate personal property the same as if she
were _sole_.

SEC. 2.--A married woman may carry on any trade or business,
and perform any labor or service on her sole and separate
account. The earnings and profits of any married woman
accruing from her trade, business, services or labor, other
than labor for her husband or family, shall be her sole and
separate property.

SEC. 3.--A married woman may enter into any contract in
reference to her personal estate, trade, business, labor or
service, and the management and improvement of her separate
real property, the same as if she were _sole_; and her
separate estate, real and personal, shall be liable therefor
on execution or other judicial process.

SEC. 4.--No conveyance or contract made by