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CHAPTER XV 



Notes, Due-Bills, Chattel Mortgages and Bills of 



Sale 214-227 



I. Promissory Notes 214 



11. Dae-Bills, Orders, Receipts 224 



III. Chattel Mortgages 225 



IV. Bills of Sale 227 



CHAPTER XVI 



Gifts, Wills, Advances, Usury and Taxes 228-240 



I. Gifts 228 



II. Wills 231 



III. Advancing Money or Property to One's Children . 236 



IV. Usury 237 



V. Taxes 238 



VI. Real Property Purchased with Pension Money Ex- 

 empt from Taxation 239 



CHAPTER XVII 



Powers of Attorney, Affidavits, Legal Tenders . . 241-244 



I, Powers of Attorney 241 



II. AflSdavits 242 



III, Legal Tenders 243 



PART III— INVENTORIES FROM 



THE CENSUS— 245-281 



I. Agricultural Population 248 



II. Farm Acreage 250 



III. Rented Farms , . . 251 



