Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-27
pho HnmeSfpnI Ex4mlption.


The following is the joint resolution to suspend
sale OF property claimed as exempt under
Homestead provision OF the Constitution until
question of constiutionallty is decided BY the
| Court Of Happeals, passed 10y thr General
Assembly of Ia. and approved February 9Th,
| 1872
"Whereas Judges of different court; have
ruled differently as to the cunstitutUnahty OF
article eleven ni the Constitution OF lrgln!a III
reference to Homestead and other exemptions,
and,
Whereas, 10 some counties of the State deb
tors are deprived Of the benefit of its provisions
and in other counties they are allowed to avail
themselves of the same and hold exempt from
levy, seizure, garnisheeIng or sale Tor all debts
without regard TO their date, property to The
value of not exceeding two thousand dollars, 10
addition to the articles exempt from levy or
distress at the time of the ratification Of SAID
Constitution; and, :,
Whereas, no decision has yet been rendered
bv the supreme tribunal of the State npon the
n1estion of the consti,utionality of said article
as to debts contracted pricr to saul ratification
and thereby settling the law, removing all
doubts and creating uniformity Ill It's opera
tious, m
!. Resolved By tie General Assembly, That
until such decision is had aud the subject tully
adiudcated by the Court Of Appeals, no sale
shall be made ct any property, real or personal,
under any decree. execution OF other legal pro-
cess for any debt except such as are exempted
from the operation of said Article eleven which
the owner thereof claims in the manner pre-
scribed by law to be exempt under the prOvl
f sious Of said article to the extent OF two thou
sand dollars in addition tn the articles exempt
from levy or distress at the time OF the SAID
ratification.
=. Resolved, That the property so claimed
, shall be restored to and remain 10 the posses
of the debtor. But before the debtor shall be
entitled to the provisions of these sections he
t shall execute bond with good and sufficient
security, payable to the creditor, in Il penalty
9 equal to the amount OF the property levied on,
distrained or garniSheed, conditioned to have
the same forthcoming in case the SAID Article
shall be declared unconstitutional by the sand
i. Court of Appeals The value of the property
aforesaid shall be ascertained by three diSlnte-
rested frcchulders, one to be selected by the
creditor, one by the debtor, all the two 50 Sc
lected to call in the third appraiser.
, THE NoMINATIoN OF GRAST.-Mr. Forney
publishes in the Washington Sunday Chronl-
, Gle some statements which are remarkable III
regard to the nomination of Geu. Grant for the
| IrcSueUcS liC tiiut III -No'Sin'"': t''''
Judge Cartier and Senator Thayer suggested
: to him that he should write an article tavoring
6 such nomination. Subsequent events he de-
tails as follows:
II answered that Gen Grant was not Il cali
dldate for President, aud did not desire to be,
, and il printed it without authority there was
little doubt that some SuperScrvlceable pulitl.
clan would call upon him aud ask II he had
been made candidate with his sanction. lie
will. of course reply that he never saw the ar
ticle till it was in print, and 50 all your schemes
to make him President will 'gaug glec.
e Then Rawlius took il to Gen. Grant, and
STAYED uute long time When he returned
he said Gen Grant Is quite pleased with
your statement Of his political record aud sur
prised that he proves TO be so good Rcpuhll-
) can Upon this hint printed. When Raw
Inns came back from Gen. Grant with the edi-
! torial he told lis with great Emphasis. Gen.
Grant does not want TO be President. He
thinks the Republican party may need him,
: and he believes as their candidate he can be
elected and reelected. But, said Rawns.
what is to become of him after his second
Presidential term? What. indeed, during his
Administration? lie is receiving from seven
teen to twenty thousand dollars Il year as Cen
erll of the Armies Of the Republic, life Sala-
= ~ TO 90 into the Presidency at twenty five
thousand dollars Il year Tor eight years Is per-
haps to gain more fame, hut what is to become
of him at he end Of his Presidency? He is
not a. politician lie does not aspire TO the
place. Eight years from the 18th Of March,
1869 he will be abont hIiy-six years old. Oh
course, he must spend his salary as President.
England with her Wellington, her Nelson
and her other heroes on land and sea, has new
err hcsitated to enrich and ennubIe them
through all their posteriiy. Snch policy Is
! in accordance with the character OF the Eng
liSh Government: but in our country the nIan
who fights lol and saves the Republic would
be beggar if he depended upon political Of
flee and mark it, if Graut takes anything from
the rich whose vast fortunes he has saved after
he is President he will be accused "a the will.
ing recipient OF gifts.
Proposed RAILRoAD-The South Ameri,
can republics fronting on the Pacific are begin
ming to respond to the progressive movements
of the age Peru, fuding her guano deposits
: failing, is compelled to create a broader basis
of national revenue by developing her resources.
She now proposes to open direct communica-
ton across the continent by railroad over the
Andes, from Arequipa, on the coast, to Lake
Titicaca which lies partly in Bolivia. From
this lake runs a uavigable afanent Of the
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