Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-02-21

For IAN Act TO Exempt Homestedds ]
Sale or Execution.


Mr.. LIspRR, from the Committee on the Ju-
a;.s,y, 10 which was referred the Senate bill en-
.;,Isd bill for IAN acl to exempt Homesteads
from sale persecution, )" reported the same back
vitbout amendment, and recommended its pas
sage.
Staie of Illinois, represented an the General As.
,eDbIV, That in additio to the property now ex-
emp, bv law from sale under execution, there
shall be exempt from levy and forced sale, un
der any process or order from any court of law o.
equity in this State, for debts contracted iron
and after the fourth day of July, A. D. 1851
the lot Of ground aad the buildings thereon occu
pied as residence, and owned by the debtor, be-
ing a householder, and having family, to the
value of one thousand dollars. Such exemption
shall continue after the death of such household
er, for the benefit Of the widow and family, some
or one Of them continuing 10 occupy such nome
stead until the youngest child shall become TWEEN
ay-oue years OF age, and until the death Oh SucH
widow and no release or waiver Of such exemp-
fiop sheII ha valid unless the same shall be in
writing, sabscribed by such householder and &C.
Lnou,Isdoes ia the same manner rs conVeyances
of yeat estate sre, by law, required TO be &C.
knowIedged.
Sec. :. no property shall, by virtue of this
act, be exempt from sale for non-payment of tax
.es On assessments, or Cor debt or liability incur
ged for the purchase or improvement thereof, or
ori5r to the recording Of the aforesaid convey
ance or notice.
Sec 8. II, il the opinion Of the creditors or
officer holding an exec utloa against such house
holder, the premises claimed by him or her as
exempt are worth more than one thousand dollars
such utficer shall summon SIX qualified jurors of
bis county, who shall, upon oath, TO be admins
tered to them by the officer, aPpriso said PremlS-
ca, and if. in their opinion the property may be
divided without injury 10 the interest OF The par
ties they shall set off so much of said premises,
including the dwelling house, IS i'll their opin-
ion shall be worth one thousand dollars, and the
residue of said premises may be advertised and
sold by such officer.
Sec. 4. In case the value of the premises
shall, in the opinion OF the jury, DO more than
one thousand dollars, and ccunot be divided, as
is provided for in this act, they shall make and
sign an appriSal of the value thereof, and de!Y-
the same TO the officer, who shall deliver copy
thereof to the execution debtor or to some one OF
the family of suitable age to understand the ma
ture thereof, with notice thereto attached, that
unless the execution debtor shall pay 10 said Off
Ger the surplus over aud above one thousand dol
lars, on the amount due on said execution, with
in sixty days thereafter, that such premises will
tesod
Sec s. In case such surplus, or the amount
due on said execution shall not be paid within
the said sixty days, it shall be lawful for the Off
Ger to advertise and sell the said premises, and
out of the proceeds of such sale 10 pay, to such
execution debtor. tho said sum OF one thousand
dollars, ssfath shall be exempt from execution
Eos one year sheTesfter, and apply the balance on
such execution P-aor25e&, that no sale shall be
made unless a greater sum than one thousand
dollars shall be bid therefor; in which case the
officer may return the eyeeR<jon for the want of
property.
Sec. s. The cost and expenses of setting off
such homestead,as provided herein, shall be char
gcd and included in the Officers bill OF costs upon
sgch execution.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on the fourth
day of July, A. d. 1851.
An act for the appor;onment OF School Monies
for the year eighteen hundred and tilty-one
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
Section !. II shall be the duty of the town SUI
perinteudents of the several towns Of this State
between the first Monday in April and the first
Monday in May next, to apportion the school
monies received By them from the town and
county treasurers to the several districts with
IN their respective towns, III proportion to the
number Of children resdiagin each over the age
OF four and under the age of twenty wears.
Section 2. The number OF children residing
IN the several school districts and parts of dis
tricts between the ages OF four and twenty years
shall BE- ascertainod by the clerks of the scvera
district and parts Of districts, and reported to the
superintendent of the towas in which such dis
triCis or parts OF districts situated respective
ly, on or before the first day Of April next.
Section 3. No monies shall be apportioned 10
any district or parts of districts unless il shall
appear. b. the certificate OF the clerk of such dis
SrIcI or parts Of district, that school has beer
taught therein by qualified teacher at least three
months within the year ending on the first day Of
April next; Provided, that the prior right OF nj
districts or parts Of districts to receive their dur
proportion of such school monies, shall III no
wise be preiudiced or invalidated by the pr"vi-
Sions nf this section where il shall appear thai
such districts parts of districts have complied
with the provisions Of the general school law, by
making their report on or before the fifteenth o
September last
Section T. This act shall take effect on the
first Monday Of February, eighteen hundred and
tlty-one, and shall continue in force untll the
first Monday of May next, and no longer.
approved February Sth, 1851.