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60 ABSTRACT OF ILLINOIS STATE LAWS.She may contract the same as if unmarried^ except that in a partnershipbusiness she can not, without consent of her husband, unless he hasabandoned or deserted her^ or is idiotic or insane, or confined in penitentiary; she is entitled and can recover her own earnings, but neither husbandnor wife is entitled to compensation for any services rendered for theother. At the death of the husband, in addition to widow's award, amarried woman has a dower interest (one-third) in all real estate ownedby her husband after their marriage, and which has not been released byher, and the husband has the same interest in the real estate of theat her death.wifeEXEMPTIONS FROM FORCED SALE.Home worth $1,000, and the following Personal Property : Lot of groundand buildings thereon, occupied as a residence by the debtor, being a householderand having a family, to the value of $1,000. Exemption continuesafter the death of the householder for the benefit of widow and famil}'-, someone of them occupying the homestead until youngest child shall becometwenty-one years of age, and until death of ividoiv. There is no exemptionfrom sale for taxes, assessments, debt or liability incurred for the purchaseor improvement of said homestead. No release or waiver of exemption isvalid, unless in writing, and subscribed by such householder and wifehe have one), and acknowledged as conveyances of real estate are requiredto be acknowledged. The following articles of personal property ownedby the debtor, are exempt from execution, writ of attachment, and distressfor rent:The necessary wearing apparel of every person; one seiving machine; the furniture, tools and implements necessary to carry on his trade orbusiness, not exceeding $100 in value ; the implements or library of anyprofessional man, not exceeding $100 in value ; materials and stock designedand procured/or carrying on his trade or business, and intended to be usedor wrought therein, not exceeding $100 in value ; and also, when the debtoris the head of a family and resides with the same, necessary beds, bedsteads,and bedding, two stoves and pipe, necessary household furniture not exceedingin value $100, one cow, calf, two swine, one yoke of oxen, or two horses in lieuthereof, worth not exceeding $200, with the harness therefor, necessary provisionsand fuel for the use of the family three months, and necessary foodfor the stock hereinbefore exempted for the same time ; the bibles, schoolbooks and family pictures ; the family library, cemetery lots, and I'ights ofburial, and tombs for the repositories of the dead ; one hundred dollars'worth of other property, suited to his condition in life, selected by thedebtor. No personal property is exempt from sale for the wages of laborersor servants. Wages of a laborer who is the head of a family can not begarnisheed, except the sura due him be in excess of $25.(if