The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29
GnuiIFrttcut legtsIafurr. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tuesday morning, May 90,

! RemOnstrance of J. and D. .HinsFlaIe, stating i that the report of the agents of the Eagle 1 Bank, so far as ii respects their debt, is er- 1 rOneous, and calculated to r4islead the public mind. referred.
 1 Bills respecting mills. Mr. Butler, one of { the committee, stated the reasons of the committee for the passage of the bill that 1 when the law was passed, respecting rye, l &c. wheat was the grain of this kind com monly used which is easier ground and more valuable than rye; ard that prcvender wears the mill stHpes more than simple grain. l MT. l., Bronson moved to amend, by strik 1 ing ont the increased toll on prOvender, which l prevailed.
 i After some further remarks by Messrs 1 Butler, J. Pitkin, Granns, Bierce, D. Tomlin- son, and Matthcwson in favor; and by Messrs. Cone and Abel against, the bill passed. l Bill respecting fraudulent conveyances.- 1 Mir, T. s. Perkins said, if the bill passed. it ] would tend to do away assignments and thus notice could be given to particular creditors, and they could attach, and thus get advantage of other creditors, and further 1 provision ought to be made to secure the persons against the arrest on the debts for which assignments were made.
 MT. J. w. Huntington-replied because we cannot shut every avenue to fraud, is no reason why we should not close any |; the bill is designed only for cases of voluntary assig if gentlemen wish for bill providing that attachments shall be for the. benefit of all, let them introduce bill for that purpose but do not thus clog this bill. With regard to the protection of the debtor, it was the intention of the bill not to touch the insolvent law. Under the propos- ed bill, the debtor if he please may assign only part of his property. Ifsuch provis- ion for protection were made, we should have a flood of such voluntary insolvents ;- We wish it not to be left with the debtor to become voluntarily insOlvent; but if he wish es, let him make assignments and let this bill be confined to such assignments. Bill passed almost unanimously.
 Bill for public act in further addition to the act against fraudulent conveyances, was introduced by MT. Storrs, and read the first time, enactng that the parties to fraudulent conveyance and contracts may be required to disclose, on oath, in Chancery, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if it were not for the allegation of fraud, on the penalty of said act against fraudulent conveyances provided that no party thus required to dis close shall be ubject to said penalty.
 Bill respecting County Courts-that the State be divided into three districts Tol- land, Windham, and New-London counties; Middlesex, New Haven, and Hartford ;- Litchfield and Fairfield that there be ap- pointed in each district one chief Judge and in each county two associate Judges, that there be sessions of the court year in each county except Mddlesex, which is to have two that the chief Judge have salary of S8OO,an the associate Judges have the same as al present.
 Sheriff of Litchfeld County was reap pointed.
 Bill introduced by MT. Broadway, provi- ding that the Brigadier General be chosen by the Field Officers, of the Brigade the Field Officers by the Officers of the Regiment; tue commissioned company officers by the com pany and the non-cemmissioned officers by the officers of the company-referred to the committee on military.
 Bill for the imprisonment of females for debt called up, but on motion of MT. Butler, who understood that bill to supercede this was about to be introduced, it was again put to rest on the table.
 Wednesday morning, May sl.
 Prayer by Rev. MT. Merwin. Report of the Committee on the General Hospital Society read stating that the Med ical Society will appropriate the avails re- ceived for degrees, about Sl5O year, and that the Medical Faculty will give their ser vices to the Hospital gratuitously, and also one tenth of the income; that about S5, 900, besides services, are obtained that the site and building will cost Sl0,Oo0; besides this, funds will be necessary for fitting out and conducting the establishment. Committee introduced bill appropriating $5,oOO to be paid in two annual instahents, laid on the ta- bic by motion of MT. J. Griswold. Resolution by MT. Grannis, for Com mittee tosmake inquiries respecting the re- pealing of the law exacting duties on writs, passed.
 The bill for pubic act in addition to the act against fraudulent coyeyances, introdu- ced yesterday was read second time and explained by MT. Storrs, who observed that, by the practice of courts of equity, the peti- tions in suit contemplated in chancery, or the plaintiff in a suit brought or cOntempla- ted in court of law. might by a bill in equi- ty compel the defendant to disclose, on oath, ] touching the facts where they are exclusive ly within the knowledge of the defendant :- but that there was an exception to this rule in cases where such disclosure would attach Odum and disgrace to the defendent, or sub. ject him to punishment or penalty-that by the present law against fraudulent convey ances, the parties to such cOnveyances were subjected to penalty-one years value of the land in cases of real estate, the value of the