ADULTERY PENALTY.
Mr. Van Valkenburgh's adultery bill, [H. R. 107] coming up on the third and last reading -
Mr. V. and others explained that the proposed amendment of the existing law was to increase the penalty for the offense from $350 to $1,000 fine, and from three months to twelve months' imprisonment.
The bill was finally passed the House of Representatives - yeas 72, nays 0.