. Statistics and information concerning the state of Missouri and its cheap farming lands, the grazing and dairy region, the mineral and timber resources, the unsurpassed fruit lands, and limitless opportunities for labor and capital. laws of Missouri reserve from execution, in the hands of everyhead of a family living in the country, a homestead, consisting of onehundred and sixty (160) acres of land, not exceeding $1,500 in value; toevery head of a family, in cities of over 40,000 inhabitants, a homestead,consisting of not more than thirty square rods of ground, and of the valueof not more t
. Statistics and information concerning the state of Missouri and its cheap farming lands, the grazing and dairy region, the mineral and timber resources, the unsurpassed fruit lands, and limitless opportunities for labor and capital. laws of Missouri reserve from execution, in the hands of everyhead of a family living in the country, a homestead, consisting of onehundred and sixty (160) acres of land, not exceeding $1,500 in value; toevery head of a family, in cities of over 40,000 inhabitants, a homestead,consisting of not more than thirty square rods of ground, and of the valueof not more than $1,500. Thus, it is seen, that a farmers homestead inMissouri consists of one hundred and sixty acres of land and the 54 MISSOURI. ments thereon, not exceeding in value $1,500; the homesteads of the res-idents of the smaller towns are of the same value; while that allowed tothe inhabitants of St. Louis, St. Joseph and Kansas City, where land ismore valuable and the cost of living greater, is fixed at $3,000. The Constitution places it beyond the power of reckless or dishonestpublic agents to burden the people with excessive taxation. Taxes forState purposes, exclusive of the taxes necessary to pay the bonded debt.
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