Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-27
HoUsEHoLpER.

HOUSEHOLDER.
2. All beds, bedsssAds and bedding.
3. All utensils for cooking,
4. Household fRrniture,$ 6 IFS,
.. faIr cards, spinning wheels, one
loom and apPsndAgss.
=. Oae stove aud pipe for cooking.
I, One COW and calf for every family
8. Two sheep for every member Of the
family, aud hseces, or yarn.
8. $50 worth Of property, to be ssle cted
10 Three months provision for family
aud Ghree months feed for stock.
IL. Fuel for three months for family.
II. All family pictures snd library.
l3. Oas yoke of oxen or one horse worth
800 aud harness, also pillow and harrow.
IA. 800 worth of tools Of mechanic.
Is. Library of APsofessiOnsl man, 500.
10. A homestead OF real estate of 81, 900
is exempt from debt contracted since | lth
of April, 1851.
II. A debtor has q right to turn out land
to al execution from the clrenlt court, before
persoaal property Is taken, and right to
select sll his property by either sheriff OF
coGstA bic
Is. II is question in Illinois whether O
Debtor removing from the state can hold
anything, though the statute in express
words includes AttAchn ents.
3. An offoeF leVying on any Of the
property exempt ia liable for three times the
value.
20 A creditor ordering an officer to levy
Is liable, also, IS tres passer.
Il. A plaintiff is liable to the officer levy
ing without q bond as we'll Is with it if he
directs q levy.
%. A constable must return a writ in if
sseu days after it expires or be is liable for
the debt aud no alias execution can issue
I'LL the old ooe is returned or its less pro 5ed
and entered or recorded on the docket.
ESTATES DECsDESTs.
l. When Il msu dies leaving u widow
Hnd 40 uiiI, MS widow or next of kin have
preferenoeI TO administer for sixty days, credi-
-IOrs taen fifteen more, after which ANYBODY
may administer.
:. Funeral end other expenses attending
the lasl sickness are first class claims, aud
the family may pay them without an order,
ous OF any property or money of the estate.
). Expenses OF ad@inistra:ion, costs,
and physiclAn's bill in last illness are
second, and may also be paid without an
order.
4. All debts owed as executor, Adminia-
traitor or guardian are third olass, but must
be established before paid.
>. All other debts are fourth class.
6. The widow is entitled to one third in
value of the land for life and one-third OF
the personal property after paying debts,
but # there are nc children she takes all the
residue Of personal property.
! The law provides that q widow either
10 settling al estate or in partition may have
hsr dowsr sold and take cash not exceeding
on -Ieveuth.
;. All claims may be presented inside OF
two years from granting letters, bat if not,
may be collected out of sfter-discoversd
property, or from heirs who have received
property by Inheritance.
3 The new law allowing parties to testi-
fy dpe5 not apply to estates, bat IN all cases
The court requires q claimant to swear TO
his account and prove it, too, if bjsoted
10.
10. Administrators and executors Are al
lowed SIX psr cent commission on personal
property and three per cent on real estate
sJ.j Or collected, besides all reasonable ex.
p9nse and labor about the estate.
Il. The widow takes about the same pro
o'-'. as specific allowance that is exempt
from execution, and in case there is no more
ihaa would fill her claim, no administrator
Is necessary. But she must pay the burial
expenses of her husband.