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CHAPTER XV 



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NOTES, DUE -BILLS, CHATTEL MORTGAGES AND BILLS OF 



SALE , 214-227 



I. Promissory Notes 214 



II. Due-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. Affidavits 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 



