STATE OF MAINE.
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h~ndred and thirty-ninf,


An additional act to promote the sale and
settlement Of the Public Lands.


SIC. L. Be it enacted by the Senate and
! House Of Representatives in Legislature
assembled that whenever any person shall
hereafter purchase of the State, for the
purpose OF orcupatlon, and Improvement,
any OF the settling lands, and hall become
an actual settler thereon, he and his heirs,
shall hold one hundr' d aud sIAty acres Of
the same, with the buildings and iuprnve..
m"nts exempt from attachment mesne pro-
cess aad execution for the period oi ten
years, provided that he or they shall so
long continue in the actual occupation and
Improvement of the same Provided how
ever. that this Act shall not extend to ex-
empt from attachment as aforesaid, proper
ty to an amount exceeding one Thousand
five hundred dollars and provided also
that when the land so purchased as aiore-
sad, with the improvements, shall exceed
the sum of one thousand and five hundred
dollars, the excess shall not be protected
by any of the provisions of thus Act.


See. 2 BE il further enacted, tn t when
ever any execution creditor shall desire to
have his execution levied upon SO much of
the real estate of his debtor, as is made
subject to attachment by the aforesaid pro-
visions Of this Act, il shall be the duty Of
the appraisers, after first taking The oath
prescribcd by law, in the FIST place, to set
oil to said debtor IN execution, so much ol
The estate as may be OF the value Of one
tbousand, five hundred dollars, which estate
shall be 80 set off rs best to include the
and improvements, # the said
dcbte, shall desire it, aud the residue of the
estate, if any, shqIl be subject to be set off
on execution, IN the sa ne tuanner, AS other
unncumbered real estate of such debtor,
and in no other way shall said estate be
subject to attachment


Hfc. g. Be il further enacted that This,
4 Act stall take effect, from ana after It's ap-
pyoya by the Governor.


la Senate, Feb. 26, 1889. This Bill
was read twice and It's passage refused.
Scnt down for concurrence.


WILLIAM TRAFTON, Secretary.


IIoasc of Representatives, March 8,
I 53) This Bill having had three several
readings. the House nonconcurred the Sen
ate in refusing the same passage, refer
red the same 10 the next Legislature, aud
ordered it to be published IN all the news
papers IN the State, that publish the laws
of tie State Sent up for concurrence.


GEORGE ROBINSON, Clerk.


Tn Senate, March | l. 1889. The Senate
rcceded from the vote refusing this Bill
passage, and concurred with the House in


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