The Exemption Law
TIig Marshall Expounder endorses a communication, whicb goes for exempting Eighiy acres of land from cxecution. The writer says: i;Let the excmption law b? cnlarged, so as to exempt from sale on execution 80 ncres of land, used or intended to be used for farming purposes, together with the appurtenances thcreunto l)elonging, so as to include only the dweiling house and the necessary out-buildings erccted for farming pur f oses." This s more extravagant than the former proposiiion for exemptingbr; acres. We nre decidedly opposed to this, bcause it is legislating for one class only, nnd not for all. Why should not a professional man or a mechnnic huve an equnl privilege with the farmer ? Besides, a grent door for frnud and quarreling M'ouid be opened by exemptirig land used for "farmhig purposes." W'hnl are fnrrning )urposcs? and how mueh of the eighty acres must be actually used to secute exemption for the whole farm ? In addition Ão this, wliere is the ownnr of n farm who would not "intend" to usc it lor farming purposos, wiièri a bnreinfention would keep oiTevery shcrifTand constable? The true doctrine is to exnmpt a certain amounl of real estáte for a home lor every person who ÃinÃsufficicnt indus' iry and ability tö acquire il. Such a provisión would be a great stiinulus to industry and frugality. and one of the greniest po?sible preveniatives of
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