by any other person, and all sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of any other bank, which at the commencement of this Act are standing in the sole name of a married woman, and all shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, or other interests of or in any corporation, company, or public body, municipal, commercial, or otherwise, or of or in any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit, building, or loan society, which at the commencement of this Act are standing in her name, shall be deemed, unless and until the contrary be shown, to be the sepa- rate property of such married woman ; and the fact that any such deposit, annuity, sum forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or of any other bank, share, stock, debenture, debenture stock, or other interest as afore- said, is standing in the sole name of a mar- ried woman, shall be sufficient prima facie evidence that she is beneficially entitled thereto for her separate use, so as to authorise and empower her to receive or transfer the same, and to receive the divi- dends, interest, and profits thereof, without the concurrence of her husband, and to in- demnify the Postmaster General, the Com- missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the Governor and Com- pany of the Bank of England, the Gover- nor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and all directors, managers, and trustees of every such bank, corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid, in respect thereof. [N 0 TE.— Special attention is called to this one of the most important clauses in the Act. All moneys invested in Post Office Savings’ Banks, Building Societies, Loan Societies, Banks, or any other Corporation, Society, or Club in the wife's name, wmii OXLY BE PAYABLE TO THE WIVE, and not as hitherto to the husband if demanded. Money paid to a husband ixvestkd nr A wipe’s name may BE EEC o vexed agaix FROM A SOCIETY BY THE WIPE. It will be well for Secretaries and others con- nected with small investments in women’s names to be extremely careful not to pay to the husband without the wife’s writ- ten AUTHORITY.] 7. All sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable In the books of the Bank of England or of any other bank, and all such deposits and annuities respectively as are mentioned In the last preceding sec- tion, and all shares, stock, debentures, de- benture stock, and other interests of or in any such corporation, company, public body or society as aforesaid, which after the commencement of this Act shall be MAR 25* MAR allotted to or placed, registered, or trans- ferred in or into or made to stand in the sole name of any married woman shall be deemed, unless and until the contrary be shown, to be her separate property, in respect of which so far as any liability may be incident thereto her separate estate (hall alone be liable, whether the same shall be so expressed in the document whereby her title to the same is created or certified, or in the books or register where- in her title is entered or recorded, or not.

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by any other person, and all sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of any other bank, which at the commencement of this Act are standing in the sole name of a married woman, and all shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, or other interests of or in any corporation, company, or public body, municipal, commercial, or otherwise, or of or in any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit, building, or loan society, which at the commencement of this Act are standing in her name, shall be deemed, unless and until the contrary be shown, to be the separate property of such married woman ; and the fact that any such deposit, annuity, sum forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or of any other bank, share, stock, debenture, debenture stock, or other interest as aforesaid, is standing in the sole name of a married woman, shall be sufficient prima facie evidence that she is beneficially entitled thereto for her separate use, so as to authorise and empower her to receive or transfer the same, and to receive the dividends, interest, and profits thereof, without the concurrence of her husband, and to indemnify the Postmaster General, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and all directors, managers, and trustees of every such bank, corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid, in respect thereof. [N 0 TE.— Special attention is called to this one of the most important clauses in the Act. All moneys invested in Post Office Savings’ Banks, Building Societies, Loan Societies, Banks, or any other Corporation, Society, or Club in the wife's name, will only be payable to the wife, and not as hitherto to the husband if demanded. Money paid to a husband invested in a wife's name may be recovered again from a society by the wife. It will be well for Secretaries and others connected with small investments in women’s names to be extremely careful not to pay to the husband without the wife’s written AUTHORITY.] 7. All sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable In the books of the Bank of England or of any other bank, and all such deposits and annuities respectively as are mentioned in the last preceding section, and all shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, and other interests of or in any such corporation, company, public body or society as aforesaid, which after the commencement of this Act shall be MAR 25* MAR allotted to or placed, registered, or transferred in or into or made to stand in the sole name of any married woman shall be deemed, unless and until the contrary be shown, to be her separate property, in respect of which so far as any liability may be incident thereto her separate estate (hall alone be liable, whether the same shall be so expressed in the document whereby her title to the same is created or certified, or in the books or register wherein her title is entered or recorded, or not.

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