Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That each person, being the head of a family and residing with the same, shall retain exempt from execution, in addition to the property now exempt by the laws of this State, one horse or yoke of oxen not exceeding in value the sum of sixty dollars: Provided such head of a family shall follow the cultivation of the soil for the maintainance of himself and family; or should such head of a family be a mechanic and follow the art of his profession for the maintainance of himself and family, such mechanic shall retain sixty dollars worth of tools suited to his profession.

sec 2. Should any disagreement arise between any officer and defendant in execution about and concerning the value of any species of property allowed by the first section of this act, it shall be the duty of such officer forthwith to summon two disinterested house holders, who, after being duly sworn by some Justice of the Peace, shall proceed to appraise said property as each defendant may select, as mentioned in the first section of this act, not exceeding in valuation sixty dollars. This law to take an effect upon all contracts or ^cause of^ actions accruing from and after the first day of June next.