DIVORCE LAWS.
Mr. Linsday's bill [H. R. 388] concerning divorce was read the third time.
Mr. LINSDAY said: "This bill is a modification of the present law on the subject, and the practice in such cases is so changed as to bring it in harmony with civil code practice. It also provides for a judgment of alimony in favor of the wife, which shall be without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. It also provides that the Court may, in its discretion, decree to the wife a portion of the property of the husband, either real or personal or both, instead of judgment for alimony in money."
The bill passed--yeas, 73; nays, 4.
