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Brevier Legislative Reports, Volume IX, 1867, 476 pp.
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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.

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