The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-02-18
EXEMPTION LAWS.

An Act to Amend the Exemption LIARS a19I
to Comprise them all in one Act. v
Sec. l. Be it enacted. by the General As
sembly of the State of Tennessee, That there
shall be exempt from execution, attachment
or garnishment, thirty dollars Of wages of
mechanics or other laboring men; provided
that the lien created by service of garnish-
ment shall only effect that portion of a Ia
borer's wages that may be due at the time
service is made, and not any future wages.
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That the
following personal property shall be exempt
from execution, seizure, or attachment in
the hands of heads of families Two beds,
bedsteads and necessary clothing for each.
And for each three children Of any one fam
lily, one additional bed, bedstead and neces-
sary bed clothing, the value of such bedstead
in no case to exceed twenty-five dollars;
two COWS and calves; If the family consists
of six or more persons, three COWS or COWS
and calves, one dozen knives and forks, one
dozen plates, half dozen dishes, one sett of
tablespoons, one sett teaspoons, one bread
tray, two pitchers, one waiter, one coffee
pot one tea pot, one canister, one cream jug,
one dozen cups and saucers, one dining ia
BILE and two table cloths, one dozen chairs,
one bureau not to exceed forty dollars in
value, one safe or press, one wash basin, one
bowl and pitcher, one washing kettle, two
washing tubs, one churn, one looking glass,
one chOpping axe, one spinning wheel, one
loom and gear, one pair cotton cards, one
pair WOO cards, one cooking stove and uten-
sils or one sett of ordinary cooking utensils,
one meal sieve, one wheat sieve, one cradle,
one Bible and Hymn Book, and all books
used in schools, two horses or two mules, one
horse and mule or one horse or mule and
one yoke of oxen, one two horse wagon not
to exceed seventy five dollars in value, and
harness, one mans saddle, one woman's sad
die, two riding brides, twenty-five barrels
of corn, twenty bushels of wheat, five hua-
dred bundles of oats, five hundred bundles
of fodder, one stack of hay not to exceed
twenty dollars in value, and if the family
consist of less than six persons, one thou
sand pounds of pork, slaughtered or on foot,
or six hundred pounds of bacon; or if the
family consist of more than six persons,
then twelve hundred pounds ofpork or nine
hundred pounds of bacon, and all the poul-
try on hand and fowls to the value of TWEEN
ty.fve dollars, homemade carpet manufac
tured by the wife or any female member Of
the family, and for family use and being sc
applied, six cords of wood or one hundred
bushels of coal, and to heads of families ol
any single female who uses the same for g
livelihood, one sewing machine.
Sec g. Be it further enacted, That if the
) head of the family be engaged in agricul
ture there shall be further exempt in hit
hands the following property: Two plows
two hoes, one grubbing hoe, one cutting
knife, one harvest cradle, one sett of plougt
gears, one pitchfork, one rake, three iror
wedges, five head of sheep and ten head o
stock hogs. There shall also be exempt IL
, the hands Of each mechanic in he State VIII
is engaged in the pursuit of his trade or oC
cupation, one sett Of mechanics tools, sucl
as are usual and necessary to the pursuit @