How to Collect a Doctor BillDavis, Franklyn Pierre
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How to Collect a Doctor Bill
Davis, Franklyn Pierre
Collecting of accounts; Jurisprudence; Medicine -- Practice -- Management
Execution issue on judgment at any time within five years. Homestead,
after the same has been declared and recorded is exempt. Where the
selection is made by the husband, or, in case of his failure, by the
wife or other head of the family, such homestead may be selected to the
value of five thousand dollars, and to the value of one thousand
dollars by any other person. The declaration, properly acknowledged and
recorded, is prior to all claims against the property which were not
existing liens at the time the declaration of homestead was recorded. In
addition thereto are the following exemptions from execution: 1st.
Chairs, tables, desks, and books to the value of two hundred dollars.
2d. Necessary household furniture to the value of three hundred dollars,
wearing apparel, paintings, drawings, pictures, etc., and provisions
provided for individual or family use, sufficient for six months, two
cows and two hogs with their increase. 3d. Farmer's utensils to the
value of three hundred dollars, four horses, four oxen or four mules,
with harnesses, cart or wagon, and food for the same for six months;
waterright, not exceeding one hundred and sixty inches of water, for the
irrigation of lands annually cultivated, and crop or crops growing or
grown on fifty acres of land leased, owned, or possessed by claimant.
4th. Necessary tools or implements of a mechanic or artisan of the value
of five hundred dollars; notary's seal and records; necessary instrument
for use of surgeon, physician, surveyor, and dentist, with their
libraries; professional libraries and office furniture of attorneys,
counsellors, and judges; and the libraries of clergymen. 5th. Cabin or
dwelling of a miner, of the value of five hundred dollars, also his
sluices, pipes, hose, and other necessary tools and machinery of the
value of two hundred dollars: one saddle horse, and one pack horse,
together with their saddles and equipments, belonging to a miner
actually engaged in prospecting, of the value of two hundred and fifty
dollars. 6th. The team, wagon, or cart and harnesses of teamster or
other laborer; a horse, harness and vehicle used by physician, surgeon,
or clergyman, with food for all such animals for six months. 7th.
Earnings of judgment debtor, if necessary for his family, for services
rendered within the thirty days next proceeding levy of execution where
his family is residing in the State. 8th. Shares held by a member of a
homestead association, or building or loan association, duly
incorporated under the laws of the State, where the person holding the
shares is not the owner of the homestead, under the laws of the State.
9th. Life insurance in an amount represented by an annual premium not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 10th. Engines, apparatus, and
uniforms of a fire company or department organized under any law of the
State, 11th. Arms, uniforms, and accoutrements required by law to be
kept.
ILLINOIS.
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