The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-22


 by the arti6ces Of unprincipled men Of his profession; and if not soon checked it wlll soon not be considered disreputable for the creditor to thus oppress the debtor. 1 Mir. DuttOn added if the amendment pre- vaiIs it will he saying after the year has expi- red, the action may be LaICfuliy and properly brought. He then pointed out the distinction between this and other cases mentioned by 1 Mir. McCurdy. In this case the plaintiff has already obtained judgment in his favor, which 1 is not the fact m cases of book debt; Sc. 1 The amendment was lost.
 ! Mir J. w. Huntington said, the object of the bill is to prevent oppression under the forms of law. There were men in his pro fessOn unprincipIed enough to encourage such vexatOus law suits. He wished to put into the temptation sting which would work its own cure. The bill passed.
 Committee On crimes and pWnishWlent- Messrs. BOarGman, Pruden, J. Clark, Chap man, Beardsley, Crosby, Ingham, and Bar rows
 Afternoon. ] Presidential election bill, which first passed ] the Senate and was amended in the HOust, came from the Senate with non-cOncurrence; committee of conference, Messrs. s. Ray mond and Ingham.
 Bill to repeal an act (passed two years ago) exempting females from imprisonment for debt, introduced by MT. Butler this morning, ] read a second time. MT. Butler said such a law had ought to exist till there can be some security for the payment of debt. Married females cannot contract debts of their Oscn, but single females ought to enjoy the same privi- 1 leges as the men; but, as the law now stands, because the creditor has not sufficient securi- 1 ty for his debts females are often unable to contract debts. They have the power of de- 1 frauding their creditors. Frauds within his knowledge had already been practiced. Fe- males can put their property out of their hands and set their creditors at defiance. If the law were abolished there would be no danger of females being committed to iail. Rather than to do this they will exert them selves to the utmost to pay their debts; and gentlemen in ordinary cases have too much gallantry actually to commit them to iail- All that is wanted IS the security which the power of imprisoning will procure. Mr.. Shepard, the introducer of the bill two years ago replied-it was the first time he ever heard it asser ed that it was privilege to fe- males to be committed to jail. He then ad- verted to the unjust and shameful practice of committing persons particularly females, to jail for deht and stated some other reasons for it's passage then, and why it should not now be repealed.
 Wednesday, May IA. Numerous petitions from millers in differ ent parts of the State for an increase of the toll on rye. referred to a committee of one from county.
 Bill for an act respecting fraudulent con,ey ances, introduced yesterday by Afr. J. W. Huntington, was read the second time. The object of the bill MT. H. stated to be to place all creditors on the same footing the labor, CT, the Farmer, and mechanic, the same as indOrsers to refer the whole business to the Court of Probate, and thus prevent the assign or from appointing his own assignee without bOnds.-He said the act was similar to one which passed the House few years since, but was rejected inathe Senate; it is hut a l few years,since such assignments began to be made, and public opinion is strongly against the practice- but precedents are such that it ] cannot be overturned without a legislative C. nactment.
 MT. Dutton said some provision ought to be made to protect the debtor from attach ments, bills of costs, Szc.
 MT. McCurdy said that when the debts were lquidated, a surplus should remain pro- l vision ought to be made for refunding it. MT. Huntington thanked the gentlemen for their suggestions; but he said the assignment ] of the property to the Court of Probate se- cured the debtor; as to surplus it would of course revert to the assignOr, consequently any provision is unnecessary.
 On motion of MT. Kibbe the bill was refer red to select committee of five. 8 1 Favorable report by the Committee on the ] petition of s. and M. Rockwell, respecting school fund bonds, accepted, and bill passed. Afternoon. 1 Reports of the commissioners and of the directors of the State Prison. read, and on motion of Mir. McCurdy, was referred to a joint committee, and 700 copies of the direc- 1 tors report ordered to be printed. ] Report of the committee on the State House in New Haven read, and also the con- ] tract for building till stopped by Mr. w. Will jams, who wished not to hear all the details i; he cared not whether tue house tcas to De pain- ted ,cith Q soft brush or hard one. All that he wanted to know was whether the contract was limited to the sum appropriated. By his ] motion it was referred to the committee on the New-Haven memorial.
 1 Bill respecting the imprisonment of females read the third time.
 1 MT. Prudden moved to lay it on the table, refused. Mir. w. Williams was opposed to the bill. He complimented the ladies on their Promptness in paying their debts, and on