Sec. 9. (a) If the assignor is a resident householder of Indiana, the appraisers shall set off to the assignor articles of property or so much of the real estate mentioned in the inventory as the assignor may select, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
(b) The appraisers shall, in an appraisement, specify what articles of property and the value of the property, or what part of the real estate and its value, they have set apart to the assignor.