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 J UDIUIARY. 95 First. All wearin a arel belon 'n to all rson and all h ds 6 F¢>l>·» lB67·¤·$°» of families, being hgusgllolders; gl g po S, to Ba V- 14i1>1>·3$9.390- _ Second. All beds, bedding, household furniture, stoves, cooking utensils, and so forth, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value; Third. Provisions for three month’s support, whether provided or growing; Fourth. Fuel for three months; Fifth. Mechanics tools and implements of the debtor’s trade or business amounting to two hundred dollars in value, with two hundred doll_ar’slworth of stock for carrying on the busines of the debtor or his ami y · Sixth. The library and implements of a professional man or artist, to the value of three hundred dollars; Seventh. One horse, mule, or yoke of oxen; one cart wagon, or dray, and harness for such team; Eighth. Farming utensils, with food for such team for three months, and if the debtor be a farmer, any other farming tools of the value of one hundred dollars; Ninth. All family pictures, and all the family library not exceeding in value four hundred dollars; Tenth. One cow, one swine, six sheep; and these exemptions shall be valid when the property is in transitu, the same as if at rest; but no property named and exempted in this section shall be exempted from attachment or execution for any debt due for the wages of servants, common laborers, or clerks, except the wearing apparel, beds, and bedding, and household furniture and provisions, for the debtor and family. [soo so scam, usa.] SEO. 798. No deed of trust, bill of sale, or mortgage upon any ex- Conveyance of empted articles, shall be binding or valid unless signed by the wife of °*°'“¥’t°d ‘“'*·'°l°'· the debtor, if he be married and living with his wife. Ibid. Sec. 799. The exemptions named in section seven hundred and ninety- PIM deedsseven shall not interfere with the foreclosure of any mortgage or deed Ibid_ ` of trust executed prior to February fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty- seven. PRACTICE-CIVIL. Sec. 800. Non-enumerated motions in all suits and proceedings at Motiops and suits law and in equity shall llrst be heard and determined at special terms. ¤l* ¤P°¤¤¤l l·¤¤¤¤- Suits in equity, not triable by jury, shall also be heard and determined 3 Mm;,_ 185;;, c_ at special terms. But the justice holding such special term may, in his 91, s. 5, v. 12, p. vos. discretion, order any such motion or suit to be heard, in the flrst instance, at a general term. _ Sec. 801. All issues of fact triable by a jury or by the court shall be 1¤¤q¤• ¤f fm. tried before a single justice. l ,8. . Sec. 802. Issues of law may be tried at a special term. At any time Issue s or law, after issue, and at least ten days before the sitting of the court, either how imdparty may give notice of trial. The party giving the notice shall fur- H,m_,,,_;·64_ nish the clerk, at least four days before the sitting of the court, with a note of the issue, containing the title of the action, the names of the attorneys, and the time when the last pleading was served; and the clerk shall thereupon enter the cause upon a calendar, according to the date of the issue. _ Sec. 803. If upon the trial of a cause, an exception be taken, it may E¤¤¤p¤¤<>¤¤- be reduced to writing at the time, or it may be entered on the minutes u,;d_',_8_ of the justice, and afterward settled in such manner as may be provided by the rules of the court, and then stated in writing in a case or bill of exceptions, with so much of the evidence as may be material to the questions to be raised, but such case or bill of exceptions need not be sealed or signed. , Sec. 804. The justice who tries the cause may, in his discretion, enter- New trials. tain n. motion, to be made on his minutes, to set aside a verdict and ibid.