The New South: A Description of the Southern States, Noting Each State Separately, and Giving Their Distinctive Features and Most Salient Characteristics

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Manufacturers' record Company, 1887 - 413 σελίδες

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Σελίδα 191 - There shall be exempt from levy and sale, by virtue of any process whatever, under the laws of this State, except as hereinafter excepted, of the property of every head of a family...
Σελίδα 198 - A homestead to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of land, or the half of one acre within the limits of any incorporated city or town, owned by the head of a family residing in this State, together with one thousand dollars...
Σελίδα 198 - A homestead, as provided by law, shall be exempt from forced sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists ; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon...
Σελίδα 365 - The general assembly shall require by law, that every child of sufficient mental and physical ability, shall attend the public schools during the period between the ages of five and eighteen years, for a term equivalent to three years unless educated by other means.
Σελίδα 161 - The General Assembly shall enact such laws as will exempt from attachment, levy and sale under any mesne or final process issued from any Court, to the head of any family residing in this State, a homestead in lands, whether held in fee or any lesser estate...
Σελίδα 290 - Every citizen of this State, male or female, being a householder, and having a family, shall be entitled to hold exempt from seizure or sale under execution or attachment...
Σελίδα 78 - ... between the extremes of heat and cold incident to States south and north of it. If Virginia were a plain, the general character of the climate of the whole State would be much the same; but the "relief...
Σελίδα 397 - ... all of one thousand dollars, shall be exempt from sale under legal process during the life of such head of a family, to inure to the benefit of the widow, and shall be exempt during the minority of their children occupying the same, Nor shall said property be alienated without the joint consent of the husband and wife when that relation exists. This exemption shall not operate against public taxes, nor debts contracted for the purchase money of such homestead, or improvements thereon.
Σελίδα 120 - These, if cut in one direction, exhibit a spotted surface, to which the name of bird's eye maple is given ; while if cut in another direction, they produce a wavy or shaded surface, called curled maple. This last effect, however, is more frequently produced by a mere serpentine direction of the fibres. The distinctness of the grain may be increased by rubbing the surface with...
Σελίδα 294 - Bodcau and Ocatahoola. All the southern part of this state is a vast alluvial tract of low champaign country, extending from lake Borgne to Sabine river, and from the gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge and Red river; about 250 miles long, and from 70 to 140 wide. This extensive tract is intersected by numerous rivers, bays, creeks and lakes, dividing the country into a great number of islands. The country about the...

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