The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-11-05

expediency Of passing law providing that at
: tachments shall equitably enure to the ben
eft of all the creditors adopted.
EnpOSSed Bills. In addition to the act, re
lating to the grand list, defining the tern
, "medical practitioner as therein employed
TO mean any person who attends upon ant
prescribes for the sick passed.
The engrossed bill incorporating the Bank
of Brandon was taken up. Mr.. Kimball re.
marking that he desired to await the fate o.
the bill now pending in the other House in
cooperating the Bank of Orwell, as it might
influence his vote on this bill,moved to lay on
the table supported by MIR. Hodges, opposed
by Nlessrs Cushman and Bradley ON the
ground that the two bills had no legitimate
connection, the two banks having entirely diff
ferent spheres Of operation
The motion prevailed, 10 to 8.
From the House. Resolution, authorizing
the State Reporter to include in his published
reports such decisions Of the Circuit and Dis
trict Courts in Vermont as may be gratuitous-
ly furnished him passed.
Adjourned.
( Resloutions BY Mr.. Stoddard, authoriz-
ing Reporter of Supreme Court to publish re-
ports of Circuit and District Courts of YER
mont; passed. By Mr.. Chase, prohibiting
the removal of books, papers and files belong
ing to the Secretary of States Office in Mont
pelier, except by legal process passed.
The chair filled the vacancies in the COM
mittee on Debentures, by appointing Messrs.
Smith of Newark and Terrell.
Petition referred. OF Thomas Joy and 9TH
ers, to restrain geese from running at large,
to committee on Military Affairs.
THE STATE PRISON.
The bill making appropriation Of $4,000
for the payment Of the outstanding debts of the
State Prison came up, when Mr.. Miner asked
for statement of the facts, remarking that he
could not sustain the bill without understand
ing the necessity of it: and Mr.. Harrington
of M. concurred in these views.
Mr.. Story Of the committee, said that the
prison owes about 81 800 over assets; but of
the debts due and balanced in the annual re-
port by the payment of $4,000 is required
Immediately, or before the assets can be turn
ed into cash it thus appeared that the object
of this appropriation is to pay the debts in adj
vance, anticipating realization of the amount
in future from the assets.
After remarks by Messrs. Danforth, Stod-
dard and Harrington of NJ, on motion of the
latter, the House voted unanimously to refer
VIC Jill W SclCCI Vi i've.
PEDLERs.
Mr.. Tyler called up the bill relating to
pedlers, and the House went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Miner in the chair.
The seventh section entirely excludes citi-
zens of other states from the privilege of be-
ing license, and Mr.. Harrington of Mmoved
an amendment requiring the residence of one
year in this state to make the applicant for
a license a citizen within the meaning of this
act.
Messrs. Jones of Chelsea and Hancock OPP
posed both the amendment and the section of
the bill, being inclined to favor free trade in
this business, on the ground that many of the
pedlers furnish the merchants themselves with
some kinds of goods, and supply the people
with others at lower prices than the regular
resident traders.
Mr.. Briggs supported the amendment and
the section in question, not merely in order to
defend the resident merchants, who contrib
ute to the support of government, but to pro-
tect the people themselves. He alluded par
ticularly to the practice of bringing in dam
aged goods and remnants, to be sold in nine
cases out of ten for more than they are worth.
The committee rose and the House
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
SENATE.
A message was received from the Cover
nor relative to papers illustraye of the early |
history of this State, and also illustrative of
the early history of the State, and also trans
hitting a long communication from Henry |
Stevens connected with the same subject land
one from Wiley & Putnam, agents for the
British Museum, for obtaining complete col |
lection of American books in all branches of
American literature comprising Public Docu-
ments, Statutes, &c. referred to committee
under the Fifth Joint Rule.
Reports. BY DIR. Fox, from the select !
committee raised on the subject, in favor of
the bill to prevent imposition and accidents
in the sale of medicines, providing that per-
sons who sell a compound medicine shall at
tach to the vessel containing it a label stating
the names of all the ingredients and their pro-
portions, unless they are laid down in medi-
cal books in common use. Mr.. Foster oppos-
cd the bill as impracticable. Apothecaries
lid not and could not well know the ingredi-
snts of all the preparations they sold, and
there would be an inability upon
heir part to comply with the acquisitions of
he bill He would prefer to have the bill
aid on the table for consideration. Mr. Smith
the bill, as required by the public
interests. The most ridiculous advertise
nents Of quack medicines were scattered as
hick as the leaves of autumn over the State,
md he had no doubt that at least $4,000
we're annually paid by the people of the State
or the use OF these patent nostrums. Further
'emarks upon the bill were made by DIR. Mi
Ter, who thought that the people should know
hat they were taking arsenic when swallow
ng Swaim's Panacea, and mercury when tax
ng Morrison's Pills, and by DIR. Cram, who
tightly approved of it, and after the option
# an amendment proposed by Mr.. Burton {
providing that poisons shall be kept apart {
rom all other medicines it was laid on the
able. Q
The Senate adopted the House amendment +
o the House resolution assigning o'clock A. r
4. of Tuesday, the third of November as the .