Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1860-12-28
No 35--An act relating to the Homestead.
IT as herein enacted. &c,

1t IS hereby enacted &C.:
Sec l Chapter sxty-fve of the compiled stat
utes shall be so construed that any person own
ing a homestead, agreeable to the provisions of
said act shall not forfeit the same, or subject the
same to attachment and set-off on execution, in
case said owner temporarily removes from it, or
does not occupy the same at the time of said at
tachment made during such temporary removal
Provided, that such person shall not avail him
self or herself Of the benefit of this act after an
absence of one year.
Approved November 26, 1860
No 3G-An act in addition to chapter sixty-ive of
the compiled statutes relating to the Home
stead.
1t as hereby enacted, &C.:
Sec Whenever any deed, mortgage; lease or
conveyance of such homestead, mentioned in sec
ton five of the act to which this is in addition
except mortgages for the purchase money, exc
cuted at the time Of the purchase thereof shall be
executed by the owner thereof, if married man,
without his wife joining therein, as provided in
said section five, such deed, mortgage, lease OF
conveyance shall be wholly imperative to convey
any right, title or interest in such homestead and
the rights of the parties and of all persons claim
ing under them or either of them, shall be and
remain the same as if no such deed had been exc
cuted: Provided that if such deed, mortgage
lease or conveyance shall embrace or purport to
convey other lands or real estate over and above
what is protected by law as homestead, or re-
quired by said section five to be alienatcd only by
the joint deed of husband and wife, such deed,
lease, mortgage or conveyance shall be operative
to convey such other lands or real estate the same
as if such homestead had been excepted in such
deed, mortgage, lease or conveyance.
| So. If many aceion at law or in equity, it shall
become necessary, in order to ascertain the rights
of the parties to sever or set out such homestead
from the residue Of Che premises in question,
claimed under any such deed, mortgage, lease or
conveyance so executed by such married man,
without the wife joining therein as aforesaid
such court in which said suit is pending, may APP.
point three commissioners, or such number not
exceeding three the parties shall elect to have
appointed, to appraise and set out such home.
stead: which commissioners, being sworn to the
faithful discharge of their duties as such commits
mssoners, shall proceed and appraise and set Out
such homestead, in the same manner as is pro
yded in the act to which this is in addition foI
setting out such homestead in case of levy Of an
execution, and make report in writing Of theiI
doings tosaid court, which, report unless good
cause be shown to the contrary, shall be accepted
and confirmed by the court, and a record thereof
made in the Office where by law deed Of such es
tate is required to be recorded, and the same shall
be valid and effective, and each shall hold ibis
share SO set outby the commissioners in severalty
Provided, that this section shall not apply to any
case where, by the act approved November IA,
1855, il is made the duty of the probate court tc
set out such homestead. t
i Approved November o. 1860.
No 3Y-1An act in addition to chapter sixty-seven
Of the compiled statutes, relating to divorce.
! IL is hereby enacted, &c.:
Sec The supreme court upon granting to 1
woman divorce from the bond Of matrimony
mey, unless good cause Is shown to the contrary