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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



purchase-money, of the homestead, labor done thereon, 

 or material furnished therefor, or for the removal of 

 incumb ranees. 



Idaho. A homestead worth $5,000 is exempted to a 

 householder who is head of a family ; either husband 

 or wife may select the homestead. Personal property 

 is also exempted to the value of $300. Exemption does 

 not extend to purchase-money or to mortgages on the 

 property. 



Illinois. A homestead valued at $1,000 is exempted 

 to every householder who has a family ; such exemption 

 not covering liabilities for purchase-money or improve- 

 ment of the homestead. After the death of a house- 

 holder his family are entitled to the exemption so long 

 as the survivor occupies it, or until the youngest child 

 is twenty-one years of age. There are also exempted to 

 every person wearing apparel, schoolbooks, family pic- 

 tures and family Bible, and $100 worth of other prop- 

 erty selected by the debtor. In addition to this, $300 

 worth may be selected by the debtor if a head of a fam- 

 ily ; but such selection cannot be made from any money 

 or wages due ; no exemption is allowed when the debt is 

 for the wages of laborer or servant - } $60 of wages is ex- 

 empt to every head of a family if residing with the 

 same. 



Indiana. There is no homestead exemption ; any res- 

 ident householder has exempted real or personal prop- 

 erty, or both, to the amount of. $600 on any debt founded 

 on contract since May 31, 1879. On debts founded on 

 contracts made previous to that date, exemption is $300. 

 Exemption does not, in any event, affect liens for labor, 

 purchase-money or taxes. 



Iowa. A homestead in country of 40 acres, or in 

 town or city of one-half acre, with improvements and 

 buildings to the aggregate value of $500, is exempted to 

 the head of every family. If less than $500 in value, it 

 may be increased to that amount. It is not exempted 

 from execution for the purchase-money thereof, or for 

 debts contracted prior to its acquirement. Upon the 

 death of either husband or wife the homestead passes 

 to the survivor. Professional men are allowed their 

 libraries, instruments, etc., and a team and wagon; 

 printers retain their presses and type to the value of 

 $1,200. The head of a family may claim wearing ap- 

 parel, tools, a gun, his library and furniture to the ex- 

 tent of $200 in value. The personal earnings of the 

 <ebtor for ninety days preceding the execution, certain 

 stock, with food for them for six months, a pew in 

 church and a lot in a burying ground are also exempt. 

 Non-residents and unmarried persons, notbeingheads of 

 families, can only claim their ordinary wearing apparel 

 and trunk necessary to carry the same to the value 

 of $76. 



Kansas. An independent fortune is exempted in this 

 State. A homestead of 160 acres of farming land, or of 

 one acre within an incorporated town or city, with 

 buildings and improvements thereon, with no limit to 

 value. The head of every family is allowed personal 

 property as follows: The family library, schoolbooks 

 and family Bible ; family pictures and musical instru- 

 ments in use ; pew in church and lot in burial ground: 

 all wearing apparel of the family, beds, bedsteads and 

 bedding, one cooking stove and appendages, and all 

 other cooking utensils, and all other stoves and append- 

 ages necessary for the use of the debtor and his fam- 

 ily ; one sewing machine, spinning wheel and all other 

 implements of industry, and all other household furni- 

 ture not herein enumerated, not exceeding $500 in 

 value ; two cows, ten hogs, one yoke of oxen and one 

 horse or mule, or in lieu of one yoke of oxen and one 

 horse or mule, a span of mules or horses ; twenty sheep 

 and their wool; food for the support of the stock for 

 one year ; one wagon, two plows, drag and other farm- 

 ing utensils not exceeding in value $300 ; grain, meat, 

 vegetables, groceries, fuel, etc., for the family for one 

 year ; the tools and implements of any mechanic, miner 

 or other workman, kept for the purpose of carrying on 

 his business, together with stock in trade not exceed- 

 ing $400 in value ; library, instruments and office furni- 

 ture of any professional man. Residents, not the head 

 of a family, nave tools, implements and stock in trade 

 up to $400. No personal propertv is exempt for the 

 wages of any clerk, mechanic, laborer, or servant. A 

 lien on the homestead may be created by husband and 

 wife joining in the mortgage. 



Kentucky. To bona-tide housekeepers with a family 

 are exempted from execution and attachment for debt': 

 A homestead to the value of $1,000; two work beasts, or 

 one work beast and one yoke of oxen ; two cows and 

 calves; one wagon or cart; two plows and gear; five 



head of sheep ; provisions for family and provender for 

 stock for one year; the tools and stock of a mechanic 

 who is a housekeeper and has a family, not exceeding 

 $200 in value ; libraries or instrument's of professional 

 men, which may vary in value from one to seven 

 hundred dollars ; the' wages of a laboring man to the 

 amount of fifty dollars, except for house rent and 

 necessaries. 



Louisiana. A homestead of 160 acres of land, with 

 buildings and improvements thereon, is exempted to 

 the head of a family, if owned and occupied as a resi- 

 dence, together with personal property, the whole not to 

 exceed $2,000 ; all wearing apparel, implements, stock, 

 etc., with provisions and supplies necessary for the 

 plantation for one year. If the wife own separate 

 property in her own right to the value of $2,000 there is 

 no exemption. 



Maine. Homestead $500, or any lot purchased from 

 State as a homestead : $50 furniture ; $150 library ; $300 

 team; $50 poultry; $100 sewing machine; $10 lumber; 

 cow and heifer, ten sheep and lambs, plow, wagon, 

 mowing machine, a two-ton boat, the flax, raw and 

 manufactured, from one acre of ground, wearing 

 apparel, provisions, fuel, seed, grain, provender lin- 

 stock, and tools. After the dehtor's death his family 

 has the benefit of the exemptions. 



Maryland. Besides wearingapparel, books, and tools 

 used for earning a living, there is exempt other propert y 

 to the value of $100. No homestead. 



Massachusetts. Homestead, $800 (must be recorded 

 as such) ; furniture, $300 ; sewing machine, $100 ; library, 

 $50; tools and implements, $100; stock in trade, $100; 

 boats and outfit, $100; one cow; one hog and six sheep, 

 and wages under $20. 



Michigan. Forty acres of land, with improvements, 

 in the country, or house and lot worth $1,500 in town; 

 furniture, $250 ; library, $150 ; two cows, five hogs, ten 

 sheep, team, tools, provisions, and fuel. No exemptions 

 from execution for purchase money. 



Minnesota. Eighty acres with improvements, in 

 country, or lot with dwelling on it, in town. Household 

 property, $500; wagon : plows and farming implements, 

 $300; three cows, ten hogs, twenty sheep, yoke of cattle 

 and a horse, or, instead, a pair of horses; one year's 

 provisions, fuel, feed for stock and seed grain. A 

 miner's or mechanic's tools and stock in trade to $400 ; 

 the library and instruments of a professional man. 

 Wages under $50 of a laboring man, earned within the 

 last ninety days, and where the debtor is publisher of a 

 newspaper, his complete outfit to value 2,000, and stock 

 $400. 



Mississippi. To householding head of family, KiO 

 acresof landand improvements in country, orhou.se and 

 lot in town, either to value of $2,000. Tools and farm- 

 ing implements necessary for two male laborers ; library 

 and instruments of professional man to value of $250 ; 

 two horses or mules or a yoke of oxen, two cows and 

 calves, five hogs, five sheep; wagon, $100; personal 

 propertv, $260; one sewing machine; provisions and 

 provender ; wages of a laborer, $100. 



Missouri. To head of family one hundred and sixty 

 acres in the country to the value of $1,500, a lot (thirty 

 rods) in small town" to same value, or lot (eighteen rods) 

 in city having 40,f 00 inhabitants, to value of $3,000. 

 Personal property, $300. One month's wages. 



Montana. Housa and a quarter acre lot in town, or 

 a farm of eighty acres, neither to exceed $2,500 in 

 value. Personal property to the value of $1,400. No 

 exemptions are good against a mortgage, a mechanics' 

 lien or a claim for purchase-money. 



Nebraska. Dwelling and ICO acres of land in 

 country, or two adjoining lots in town, value $2,000. If 

 lie has no real property, the debtor may retain personal 

 property to value $500! Clothing, furniture, provisions, 

 animals, tools, and other things as per statute, ami 

 sixty days' wages of laborer. Exemptions are not good 

 against mechanics' lien, mortgage, or purchase-money. 



Nevada. Homestead, $5,000; tools, implements, and 

 other personal property, as per statute; miner's cabin, 

 $500. 



New Hampshire. Homestead, $600; $100 furniture; 

 $100 tools ; $200 books ; $500 fuel and provisions : sewing 

 machine, cook stove, bedding and clothing, one hog, six 

 sheep, one yoke of oxen or one horse, ana four tons of 

 bay. 



New Jersey. Homestead $1,500, and $200 household 

 property. 



New Mexico. Homestead, $100; $10 furniture; $20 

 tools ; $25 provisions. 



New York. Homestead, $1,000; $250 furniture, 



