yond the limits of the State, or in fraudulently disposing of or secreting the same for the purpose of avoiding the payment of his just debts. The plaintiff must give a bond with sureties.

GARNISHMENT. A writ of garnishment may issue on all judgments or decrees rendered whether execution issued on such judgment be returned or not, provided an affidavit on behalf of the plaintiff be filed stating that he does not believe that the defendant has visible property in his possession on which levy can be made sufficient to satisfy the judgment.

A writ of garnishment may be sued out before judgment on filing a like affidavit.

JUDGMENT is a lien on real estate and becomes so in any county by recording it in such county before the alienation of the property. It is binding in the county in which suit was brought from the date when it was rendered. Mortgages, notices of liens, or judgments when extinguished, must be canceled by holder on the records under penalty for failure. Judgments, the records of which have been destroyed by fire, are not good against creditors and bona fide purchasers without notice unless legal proceedings to re-establish the same are begun within nine months.

Judgments of a lower court, sustained in the Supreme or Circuit Court on appeal or supersedeas, runs against sureties on bond.

STAY LAW. There is no stay of execution in Florida.

EXEMPTIONS. There is exempt to the head of each family a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, or one-half an acre in an incorporated city or town, with the improvements on such real estate, together with one thousand dollars' worth of personal property, to be selected by the debtor, but no property is exempt from sale for taxes, for obligations contracted for the purchase of the same or in making improvements thereon, or for labor performed thereon.

Money due for personal labor or services of the head of a family is exempt from attachment or garnishment.

GEORGIA.- ACTIONS. All distinctions between real, personal, and mixed actions are abolished.

ARREST. Imprisonment for debt is abolished, but in actions for the recovery of personal property, on plaintiff's making affidavit that he has reason to believe that said property has been or will be eloigned or moved away, or will not be forthcoming to answer the judgment, defendant may be arrested and committed to jail, unless he give bond with good security, or on application to the judge states on oath that he is neither able to give the security required by law nor produce the property, and can furnish satisfactory reasons for its non-production, when he may be discharged on his own recognizance. He shall also traverse the plaintiff's statements in his affidavit.

ATTACHMENTS may issue whether the debt is due or not. 1. When the debtor resides out of the State. 2. When he is actually removing or is about to remove without the limits of the county. 3. When he absconds. 4. When he conceals himself. 5. When he resists legal arrest. 6. When he is causing his property to be removed beyond the limits of the State, when he is disposing of or threatens to dispose of or conceals his property liable to the payment of his debts, or makes a fraudulent lien thereon, to avoid payment of his debts. Plaintiff must make affidavit before a judge of the superior court, or county court, a justice of the peace, or a notary public, setting forth one of the above causes, and the amount of the debt claimed, and must give a bond to the defendant to prosecute his suit, and the defendant may dissolve the attachment by giving bond.

GARNISHMENT may issue before or after judgment against debtors of the defendant, on plaintiff's making affidavit of the amount due, and that he has reason to apprehend the loss of the same or of some part thereof unless garnishment issue, and giving bond with security for damages and costs. Journeymen, mechanics, and day laborers are exempt from garnishment on their daily, weekly, or monthly wages.

JUDGMENT is a lien on all property, real or personal, except promissory notes and choses in action. All judgments draw lawful interest which is 7%.

The judgment lien is discharged in four years on real property, and two years on personal property sold to a bona fide purchaser for a valuable consideration.

STAY LAW. If the debtor gives a bond with good security, execution may be stayed sixty days.

EXEMPTIONS. The Constitution of 1877 provides that there shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any process whatever, of the property of every head of a family, or guardian or trustee of a family of minor children, or every aged or infirm person, or person having the care and support of a dependent female of any age who is not the head of a family, real or personal property, or both, to the value of sixteen hundred dollars, except that such property is liable for taxes, purchase money, labor done thereon, or materials furnished therefor, and for the expense of removing encumbrances thereon. Debtor may waive in writing the benefit of these exemptions, except as to wearing apparel and not exceeding three hundred dollars' worth of household and kitchen furniture and provisions to be selected by himself and wife.

If the debtor, being the head of a family, does not avail himself of the foregoing exemption, he may claim those allowed by prior laws, viz: fifty acres of land and five acres additional for every child under sixteen years, including the dwelling-house, if such house and improvements do not exceed in value two hundred dollars, such homestead not to be in any city, town, or village; or in lieu thereof, real estate in a city, town, or village, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value; also one farm horse or mule, one cow and calf, ten head of hogs, and fifty dollars' worth of provisions, and five dollars' worth additional for every child, beds, bedding, and common bedsteads sufficient for the family, one loom, one spinning-wheel, and two pairs of cards and one hundred pounds of lint cotton, common tools of trade of the debtor and his wife, ordinary cooking utensils and table crockery, wearing apparel of the debtor and his family, library of a professional man in actual practice not exceeding in value three hundred dollars, to be selected by the debtor. Also fifty bushels of corn, one thousand pounds of fodder, one one-horse wagon, one table, one set of chairs sufficient for the use of the family, and household and kitchen furniture, all not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars in value. A family sewing-machine is exempt, whether the owner is the head of a family or not.

The wages of mechanics, journeymen, and day laborers are also exempt.

IDAHO. - ACTIONS. There is but one form of action which is commenced by filing a complaint and causing a summons to be issued thereon, and must generally be in the name of the real party in interest.

ARREST. Defendant may be arrested in the following cases: in an action on a contract when defendant is about to depart from the Territory with intent to defraud his creditors; in an action for willful injury to person, character, or property; in an action for a fine or penalty, or on a promise to marry, or for money or property embezzled or fraudulently misapplied, or for misconduct or neglect in office or in professional employment, or for willful violation of duty. In an action to recover possession of personal property unjustly detained, where the property has been concealed, removed, or disposed of to prevent its being found; when defendant was guilty of fraud in contracting the debt or obligation sued on, or in concealing or disposing of the property for the taking, detention, or conversion of which the action was brought, or when defendant has removed or disposed of his property or is about to do so to defraud his creditors.

Plaintiff must file affidavit showing one or more of the above causes and a bond of indemnity to the defendant.

ATTACHMENT may issue in actions on contracts for the express payment of money, where there is no security or in an action of contract against a nonresident; an affidavit must be filed setting forth the amount due, and that the

attachment is not sought nor the action prosecuted to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors, and giving security.

GARNISHMENT. On notice in writing from the plaintiff that any person has property or credits belonging to the defendant, the sheriff may attach the same by serving on such person a copy of the writ of attachment or execution, together with notice that such property or credits are attached.

JUDGMENT is a lien for two years from the time of docketing the same, on all real estate owned by the defendant in the county, and in any other county for two years after a transcript of the original docket has been filed with the recorder thereof.

STAY LAW. There is no stay of execution except in case of appeal with bond given.

EXEMPTIONS. Except on judgments for the purchase price: 1. Chairs, tables, desks, and books to the value of two hundred dollars. 2. Necessary household furniture to the value of three hundred dollars, pictures and drawings, family portraits and their frames, provisions for six months, two cows with their sucking calves, and two hogs with their sucking pigs. 3. Farming utensils and implements not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, four oxen or four horses or mules and their harness, one cart or wagon, and food for such oxen, horses, or mules for six months; water right not exceeding one hundred and sixty inches of water for irrigation purposes, and crops growing or grown on fifty acres of land leased, owned, or possessed by claimant. 4. Necessary tools or implements of a mechanic or artisan not exceeding five hundred dollars, notarial seal and records of a notary public, instruments and chests of a surgeon, physician, surveyor, or dentist, with their scientific and professional libraries, professional libraries and office furniture of attorneys, counsellors, and judges, and libraries of ministers of the Gospel. 5. The cabin or dwelling of a miner not exceeding five hundred dollars, also his mining tools and apparatus, and a pack-horse of prospector, of value of two hundred and fifty dollars. 6. Team, wagon or cart and harness of teamster, or other laborer, and one horse with vehicle and harness used by a physician, surgeon, or minister in making his professional visits, with food for such animals for six months. 7. The earnings of the judgment debtor for personal services rendered within thirty days of the levy of execution, when such earnings are necessary for the support of the family and family resides in State. 8. Shares held by a member of a homestead association or building and loan association incorporated under the laws of the State, if the holder is not the owner of a homestead. 9. Insurance on the life of the debtor to the extent of an annual premium not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 10. Uniforms and apparatus of fire company or department, or of arms, uniforms, etc., required by law to be kept. Public buildings, grounds, and personal property pertaining thereto. II. A homestead not exceeding five thousand dollars to head of family, and one thousand dollars to other persons.

ILLINOIS.-ACTIONS are begun by a summons issued under the seal of the court, and are substantially in form as at common law.

ATTACHMENTS. The creditor may have an attachment against the property of the defendant when the debt exceeds twenty dollars. I. Where the debtor is a non-resident. 2. Where the debtor conceals himself, or stands in defiance of the officer so that process cannot be served. 3 and 4. Where the debtor has departed, or is about to depart from the State with the intent to have his effects removed from the State. 5. Where the debtor is about to remove his property from the State, to the injury of creditors. 6, 7, and 8. Where the debtor has, within two years preceding the filing of the affidavit,

fraudulently conveyed, concealed, or disposed of his property so as to hinder or delay his creditors, or is about to do so. 9. Where the debt sued for was fraudulently contracted, provided the statements have been reduced to writing by him or his agents. The creditor must file an affidavit with the clerk of the court, stating the nature and amount of the indebtedness, and any one of the preceding causes, and the place of residence of the defendant, if known; must give a bond to the defendant to prosecute his case and to pay costs if not successful. Officer also generally requires an indemnity bond.

ARREST. The defendant may be arrested on mesne process, in actions of contract and on judgments, on an affidavit setting forth the cause and amount due, and facts showing that the defendant fraudulently contracted the debt, or that he has concealed, assigned, or disposed of property with intent to defraud his creditors; or, in actions sounding in damages merely, the facts of the case, and that the plaintiff believes that the benefit of the judgment will be lost unless the defendant is required to give bail. Plaintiff must also give security for damages and costs.

After return of execution unsatisfied, an order of arrest may be procured on plaintiff's affidavit that demand has been made for property to satisfy execution, and that he believes that he has property specified, not exempt, which he unjustly refuses to surrender, or that since debt was contracted or cause of action accrued, debtor has fraudulently conveyed, concealed, or otherwise disposed of some part of his estate to secure same to his own use, or with intent to defraud creditors, and setting forth facts on which belief is founded. The judgment is satisfied at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per day during the debtor's inprisonment.

GARNISHMENT. On a writ of attachment, when the officer is unable to find property of the defendant, he may surnmon any persons designated by the plaintiff, who have property of the defendant, or who owe debts to the defendant, the same as if they were inserted in the writ. He may also summon such persons after judgment and return by the officer of "no property found," on affidavit by the plaintiff. The wages of defendant who is the head of a family, and residing with the same, to the amount of fifteen dollars per week are exempt.

JUDGMENT is a lien against real estate in the county for seven years, and bears interest at six per cent. There is no priority of lien in respect to judgments rendered at the same term of the court.

STAY LAW. There is no stay of execution in Illinois.

EXEMPTIONS. A householder having a family, is entitled to a homestead in a farm or lot of land, and the buildings occupied as a residence, to the value of one thousand dollars; of personal property, the necessary wearing apparel, Bibles, school-books, family pictures, one hundred dollars' worth of other property to be selected by the debtor, and, where the debtor is the head of a family, three hundred dollars' worth of such property. No personal property exempt from judgment for wages of laborer or servant.

INDIANA. ACTIONS. All distinctions of actions are abolished, and there is but one form for law and equity; must be prosecuted in the name of the real party to the suit, and are begun by filing with the clerk a complaint and causing a summons to issue thereon.

ARREST. The defendant may be arrested and held to bail at any time before judgment, on an affidavit on behalf of the plaintiff, specifying his right to recover an existing debt or damages, and stating that affiant believes that the defendant is about to leave the State, taking his property with him. with intent to defraud his creditors. Plaintiff must give bond to pay to the defendant all damages if the order be wrongfully obtained.

TTACHMENT. Plaintiff may have a writ of attachment at any time where he action is for the recovery of money, where the defendant is a foreign corporation or a non-resident of the State, or secretes himself, or is secretly leaving the State or has left it, with intent to defraud his creditors, or is removing, or about to remove, his property from the State, not leaving enough to satisfy the plaintiff's claims, or has sold, conveyed, or otherwise disposed of his property with intent to defraud or delay his creditors, or is about to do He must file with the clerk an affidavit showing the nature and amount of his claim, that it is just, and that he believes he ought to recover the same, and one of the grounds of attachment mentioned above, and give security to the defendant for damages and costs.

So.

GARNISHMENT. If an affidavit is filed at any time stating that the affiant has good reason to believe that any one has property of the defendant which cannot be attached, or is indebted to him, the clerk may issue a summons to such person or persons to appear as garnishee. The garnishee may be arrested on affidavit filed, that it is believed that he is about to abscond, with intent to defraud creditors, and that he has property of the defendant. Wages of an employee to the value of twenty-five dollars exempt so long as he remains in same employ.

JUDGMENT for the recovery of money or costs is a lien on the real estate and chattels of the defendant in the county where judgment was rendered, for ten years, and becomes such a lien in other counties at the filing therein of a certified copy. Judgments bear interest from the date of signing, at the same rate, not exceeding six per cent., as the contracts on which they were rendered.

STAY LAW. On giving bond with good surety, execution may be stayed as follows: On sums, excluding costs, not exceeding six dollars, thirty days; on all sums between six and twelve dollars, sixty days; between twelve and twenty dollars, ninety days; between twenty and forty dollars, one hundred and twenty days; between forty and one hundred dollars, one hundred and fifty days; over one hundred dollars, one hundred and eighty days.

EXEMPTIONS. An amount of property, real or personal, not exceeding six hundred dollars, is exempt for any debt growing out of or founded on contract. The debtor may select the property that he wishes to have exempt. There is no homestead exemption.

IOWA.—ACTIONS. All distinctions of forms are abolished. They must be prosecuted by and in the name of the real party in interest, except in the case of executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees, and are begun by serving the defendant with a notice that a suit will be brought on or before a certain day, and filing a petition containing a statement of the facts con. stituting the cause of action.

ARREST. No arrest on mesne process or final process except in case of fraud.

ATTACHMENT. There may be an attachment at any time on a sworn petition, stating, 1. That defendant is a foreign corporation. 2. Non-resident. 3. Is about to remove his property from the State without leaving sufficient for payment of debts. 4. Has disposed of his property with intent to defraud his creditors. 5. Is about to do so. 6. Has absconded, so that ordinary process cannot be served on him. 7. Is about to remove permanently from the county, and has property therein not exempt and that he refuses to pay to the creditor. 8. Is about to remove permanently from the State and refuses to pay or secure the debt. 9. Is about to remove his property out of the county with intent to defraud creditors. 10. Is about to