Article XIV.
Miscellaneous Provisions. Homestead and Other Exemptions

Section 192. Manner and conditions on which homestead may be set apart to be prescribed by General Assembly

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Manner and conditions on which homestead may be set apart to be prescribed by General Assembly

Manner and conditions on which homestead may be set apart to be prescribed by General Assembly

The General Assembly shall prescribe the manner and the conditions on which a householder or head of a family shall set apart and hold for himself and family a homestead in any part of the property hereinbefore mentioned. But this section shall not be construed as authorizing the General Assembly to defeat or impair the benefits intended to be conferred by the provisions of this article.

The General Assembly shall prescribe the manner and the conditions on which a householder or head of a family shall set apart and hold for himself and family a homestead in any of the property hereinbefore mentioned. But this section shall not be construed as authorizing the General Assembly to defeat or impair the benefits intended to be conferred by the provisions of this article.

The General Assembly shall at its first session under this Constitution prescribe in what manner and on what conditions the said householder, or head of a family shall thereafter set apart and hold for himself and family, a homestead out of any property hereby exempted; and may, in its discretion, determine in what manner and on what conditions he may thereafter hold, for the benefit of himself and family, such personal property as he may have, and coming within the exemption hereby made. But this section shall not be construed as authorizing the General Assembly to defeat or impair the benefits intended to be conferred by the provisions of this article.

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