Chap. 187.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6552 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, relating to articles which may be held exempt
from levy or distress. [S B 180]

Approved March 13, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
sixty-five hundred and fifty-two of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6552. In addition to the estate, not exceeding in value two
thousand dollars, which every householder residing in this State shall
be entitled to hold exempt, as provided in the preceding sections of this
chapter, he shall also be entitled to hold exempt from levy or distress
the following articles, or so much or so many thereof as he may have,
to be selected by him or his agents, except that the livestock so ex-
empted under this and the following sections of this chapter shall not
be exempt from any levy or distress made under the provisions of
chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of this Code.

First. The family Bible.

Second. Family pictures, school books, and library for the use of
the family, not exceeding in all one hundred dollars in value.

Third. A lot in a burial ground.

Fourth. All necessary wearing apparel of the debtor and his family ;
all beds, bedsteads, and bedding necessary for the use of such family;
two dressers or two dressing tables, or a dresser and a dressing table;
carpets, rugs, linoleum or other floor covering not exceeding twenty-
five dollars in value; and all stoves and appendages put up and kept
for the use of the family not exceeding three.

Fifth. All cats, dogs, birds, squirrels, rabbits, and other pets not
kept or raised for sale; one cow and her calf until one year old, one
horse, six chairs, six plates, one table, six knives, six forks, one dozen
spoons, six dishes, or if the family consists of more than six, then
a plate, knife, fork and two spoons, and a dish for each member thereof ;
two basins, one pot, one oven, six pieces of wooden or earthenware;
one dining room table, one buffet, one ice box of any construction,
provided the value thereof is not more than seventy-five dollars, one
washing-machine, one loom and its appurtenances, one kitchen safe or
one kitchen cabinet or press, one spinning wheel, one pair of cards, one
axe, and provisions other than those hereinafter set out of the value
of twenty-five dollars ; two hoes; fifty bushels of shelled corn, or, in lieu
thereof, twenty-five bushels of rye or buckwheat ; five bushels of wheat,
or one barrel of flour; twenty bushels of potatoes, two hundred pounds
of bacon or pork, three hogs, fowls not exceeding in value ten dollars,
all canned goods, canned fruits, preserved fruits or home-prepared
food put up and prepared for use and consumption of said family,
ten dollars in value of forage or hay, one cooking stove and utensils
for cooking therewith, one sewing machine, and in case of a mechanic,
the tools and utensils of his trade, not exceeding one hundred dollars
in value, and in case of an oysterman or fisherman, his boat and tackle,
not exceeding two hundred dollars in value; if the boat and tackle
exceed two hundred dollars in value the same shall be sold, and out of
the proceeds the oysterman or fisherman shall first receive two hun-
dred dollars in lieu of such boat and tackle.