Property exempt from execution, and insurance upon the life of the assignor, to the extent of five thousand dollars, do not pass to the assignee by a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, unless the instrument specially mentions them, and declares an intention that they should pass thereby.

Source: CivC 1877, § 2043; CL 1887, § 4677; RCivC 1903, § 2389; RC 1919, § 2062; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.5111.