is actually levied upon any property of the decedent before his death, the same may be sold for the satisfaction thereof; and the officer making the sale must account to the executor or administrator for any surplus in his hands.

The following property is exempt from execution, except upon a judgment recovered for its price, or upon a mortgage thereon:

1. Chairs, tables, desks and books, to the value of two hundred dollars, belonging to the judgment debtor.

2. Necessary household, table, and kitchen furniture belonging to the judgment debtor, including: one sewing machine, stoves, stovepipes, and furniture, wearing apparel, beds, bedding, and bedsteads, hanging pictures, oil paintings and drawings, drawn or painted by any member of the family, and family portraits and their necessary frames, provisions actually provided for individual or family use sufficient for three months, and three cows and their sucking calves, four hogs with their sucking pigs, and food for such cows and hogs for one month.

3. The farming utensils or implements of husbandry of the judgment debtor; also, two oxen, or two horses, or two mules, and their harness, one cart or wagon, and food for such oxen, horses, or mules, for one month; also, all seed, grain, or vegetables actually provided, reserved, or on hand for the purpose of planting or sowing at any time within the ensuing six months, not exceeding in value the sum of two hundred dollars, and seventy-five beehives, and one horse and vehicle belonging to any person who is maimed or crippled, and the same is necessary in his business.

4. The tools or implements of a mechanic or artisan necessary to carry on his trade; the notarial seal, records, and office furniture of a Notary Public; the instruments and chest of a surgeon, physician, surveyor, or dentist, necessary to the exercise of their profession, with their professional libraries and necessary office furniture; the professional libraries of attorneys, judges, ministers of the gospel, editors, school teachers, and music teachers, and their necessary office furniture; also,

the musical instruments of music teachers actually used by them in giving instructions, and all the indexes, abstracts, books, papers, maps, and office furniture of a Searcher of Records, necessary to be used in his profession.

5. The cabin or dwelling of a miner not exceeding in value the sum of five hundred dollars; also his sluices, pipes, hose, windlass, derrick, cars, pumps, tools, implements, and appliances necessary for carrying on any mining operations, not exceeding in value the aggregate sum of five hundred dollars; and two horses, mules or oxen, with their harness, and food for such horses, mules, or oxen for one month, when necessary to be used in any whim, windlass, derrick, car, pump, or hoisting gear; and also his mining claim, actually worked by him, not exceeding in value the sum of one thousand dollars.

6. Two horses, two oxen, or two mules, and their harness, and one cart or wagon, one dray or truck, one coupe, one hack or carriage, for one or two horses, by the use of which a cartman, drayman truckman, huckster, peddler, hackman, teamster, or other laborer habitually earns his living, and one horse, with vehicle and harness or other equipments, used by a physician, surgeon, constable, or minister of the gospel, in the legitimate practice of his profession or business, with food for such oxen, horses, or mules for one month.

7. One fishing boat and net, not exceeding the total value of five hundred dollars, the property of any fisherman, by the lawful use of which he earns a livelihood.

8. Poultry not exceeding in value twenty-five dollars.

The earnings of the judgment debtor for his personal services rendered at any time within thirty days next preceding the levy of execution or attachment, when it appears, by the debtors' affidavit or otherwise, that such earnings are necessary for the use of his family, residing in this State, supported in whole or in part by his labor; but where debts are incurred by any such person, or his wife or family, for the common necessaries of life, the one-half of such earnings above mentioned are nevertheless subject to execution, garnishment, or attachment to satisfy debts so incurred.

10. The shares held by a member of a homestead association duly incorporated, not exceeding in value one thousand dollars, if the person holding the shares is not the owner of a homestead under the laws of this State. All the nautical instruments and wearing apparel of any master, officer, or seaman of any steamer or other vessel.

11. All moneys, benefits, privileges, or immunities accruing or in any manner growing out of any life insurance on the life of the debtor, if the annual premiums paid do not exceed five hundred dollars.

12. All fire engines, hooks and ladders, with the carts, trucks, and carriages, hose, buckets, implements, and apparatus thereunto appertaining, and all furniture and uniforms of any fire company or department organized under any laws of this State.

13. All arms, uniforms, and accouterments required by law to be kept by any person, and also one gun to be selected by the debtor.

14. All Court-houses, jails, public offices, and buildings, lots, grounds, and personal property, the fixtures, furniture, books, papers, and appurtenances belonging and pertaining to the jail and public offices, belonging to any county or to any city and county, of this State, and all cemeteries, public squares, parks and places, public buildings, town halls, markets, buildings for the use of fire departments and military organizations, and the lots and grounds thereto belonging and appertaining, owned, or held by any town or incorporated city, or dedicated by such town or city, to health, ornament, or public use, or for the use of fire or military company, organized under the laws of this State.

For exemptions of homesteads, see "Homesteads."

Notice of Sale.

Before the sale of property on execution, notice thereof must be given as follows: [Same in Justice-Court actions.]

1. In the case of perishable property: by posting written notice of the time and place of sale in three public places of the township or city where the sale is to take place, for such time as may be reasonable, considering the character and condition of the property.

2. In case of other personal property: by posting a similar notice in three public places in the township or city where the sale is to take place, for not less than five nor more than ten days.

3. In case of real property: by posting a similar notice particularly describing the property, for twenty days, in three public places of the township or city where the property is situated, and also where the property is to be sold, and publishing a copy thereof once a week for the same period, in some newspaper published in the county if there be one.

Sale of Real Property - When Absolute or Not.

Upon a sale of real property the purchaser is substituted to and acquires all the right, title, and interest, and claim of the judgment debtor thereto; and when the estate is less than a leasehold of two years' unexpired term, the sale is absolute. In other cases the property is subject to redemption.

Certificate of Sale of Real Estate.

The officer must give the purchaser a certificate of sale, and a duplicate of such certificate must be filed by the officer in the office of the Recorder of the county.

By Whom Property may be Redeemed, and When.

Property sold, subject to redemption, as above provided, or any part sold separately, may be redeemed in the manner hereinafter provided, by the following persons or their successors in interest:

1. The judgment debtor or his successor in interest, in the whole or any part of the property.

2. A creditor having a lien by judgment or mortgage, on the property sold, or on some share or part thereof subsequent to that on which the property was sold.

The judgment debtor or redemptioner may redeem the property from the purchaser at any time within six months after the sale, on paying the purchaser the amount of the purchase, with two per cent. a month thereon in addition, up to the time of redemption, together with the amount of any assessment or taxes which the purchaser may have paid thereon after the purchase, and interest on such amount; and if the purchaser be also a creditor, having a prior lien to that of the redemptioner, other than the judgment under which such purchase was made, the amount of such lien, with interest.

If property be so redeemed by a redemptioner, another redemptioner may, within sixty days after the last redemption, again redeem it from the last redemptioner, on paying the sum paid on such last redemption, with four per cent. thereon in addition, and the amount of any assessment or taxes which the last redemptioner may have paid thereon after the redemption by him with interest on such amount; and, in addition, the amount of any liens held by said last redemptioner prior to his own, with interest; but the judgment under which the property was sold need not be so paid as a lien. The property may be again, and as often as a redemptioner is so disposed, redeemed from any previous redemptioner within sixty days after the last redemption, on paying the sum paid on the last previous redemption, with four per cent. thereon in addition, and the amount of any assessments or taxes which the last previous redemptioner paid after the redemption by him, with interest thereon; and the amount of any liens, other than the judgment under which the property was sold, held by the last redemptioner previous to his own, with interest. Written notice of redemption must be given to the Sheriff, and a duplicate filed with the Recorder of the county; and if any taxes or assessments are paid by the redemptioner, or if he has or acquires any lien other than that upon which the redemption was made, notice thereof must in like manner be given to the Sheriff, and