Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-11-02

iactufing Company third reading ordered
From com. on corporations in favor OF II. l63,
10 incorporate the Ilineshurgh Cheese and Butter
Manufacturing Company; third reading ordered
From com. on manufactures in favor OF II. lt7,
in amendment ol an act 10 encourage manuhc-
lures, approved November l6, 1869 third readi-
ing ordered
From com. on corporations in favor Of II 100,
3, Incorporate the Iamoille Mutual Fire and Live
Stock Insurance Co. third reading ordered
From com. on corp. in favor of II, l70, TO in
corp -ute the Connecticut Valley Orphan Md As
-ocation third reading ordered
From com. on corp in favor Of II. lii, TO in
corporate the Central Vermont Camp Meeting
Association third reading ordered.
From com. on corp in favor Of II. 1876, to in
corporate the Montpelier Manufacturing Co.
with amendments which were agreed to and the
third reading ordered
From com. on Judiciary in favor of II, li2, in
amendment Of act % amend an net relating to
public lands, approved Nov. Is, 1869; third read
ing ordered.
FROM com. ou claims in favor OF n. l36, to pay
the widow of the late Governor Peter 4. WASH
burn the sum therein named third reading or.
dcrei
/ From COM on judiciary, in favor of II. l73. 70
amend see ], chap. 80, public acts Of 1866 rcat-
ing 90 levy of execution with proposals oiancnd.
ment which were disagreed 10.
/ The passage OF the bill was briefly opposed by
Mr. Brown Of Richiord on the ground that the
/ law now exompts sufficient property from attach.
ment, and We are fast tending to a state Of ai-
air7 in which poor mcn can get no credit at all.
Mr.. Bisbco ol Newport snid the law since 1866
gave 90 q man two horses for team purposes but
/ takes away the harnesses and wagons, leaving
/ the horses on his hands Of no practical utility u
him This bin also limits the value Of the ten
sheep % $50 instead Of leaving il unlimited it
also exempts a shed at a meeting house which is
not now exempt, it also includes pair Of har-
ucsses, a sled, and wagon lie hoped the bill
would be passed.
Mr. Brown Of Richlord did not like the bill and
hoped it would not pass. lie moved that it be
dismissed
Mr. Hmcklcy Of Chelsea said the list Of prop
erty now exempt from attachment Is large enough,
aud ought to be cut down by one half. 1t is sim
py aiding AMI abctting shlltless and unprinci-
pied men in cheating their creditors OF their hon
est dues. lie would do all that is necessary 10
keep the sheriff out of the house, but he would
not aid men in robbery in this way.
Mr. Ballard Of Fairlax said the proyiso that
the exemption Of harnesses, wagon and sled is
not to extend to nor affect any attachment issued
ON any contract made on or before the first day Of
December next, took away the charge of robbery
IT any nun sells anything to poor man after
December |, he does 81 knowing that this proper
~ i. not liable 10 attachment 10 pay the bills SO
that no man is injured by the provision but we
benefit both the poor man and the creditor, by
putting into the hands OF the poor man tho means
by which he can earn enough to pay his debts,
and say 70 the creditor you must not strip that
man horses Of his harnesses or his oxen Of their
yoke. but leave him the means 10 pay his debts
lie was in favor of the bill and hoped it would
became q law
Mr. llinckley said that when he used the term
" robbery - it is possible that he may have used
it too strongly. lie made no distinction between
robbery dc .facfo and the kind Of robbery that
allows tho debtor % cheat tho creditor Ought
flt. t,tt D., ~, e,1lal han
think less Of a man who breaks into your house
at midnight and carries away your property than
YOU do OF the man in whose honor you have
trusted, and who screens himself from paying
what he owes you behind the law that exempts 30
much Of his property from liability for his debts
Mr.. Bull Of Hancock said that in his opinion
the bill should no dismissed, lie thought there
was enough property exempt already. Let q man
pay for what he gets. II we are going to pass
this bill let US exempt every species of property
upon earth, and make an end of the whole busi-
ness at once
Mr.. Bromley OF Pawlct said be had always
supposed that yoke and harness would be con-
sdered MS included in the exemption in the bill
Of 1866, and that the supreme court would 80
hold and believing that such would be the case,
he hoped this bill would be passed and make the
matter plain and explicit.
Mr. Morgan Of Rochester thought the exemp-
ton already too large and that it ought to be cut
down rather than enlarged We give 10 every
man a horse or horses. and the result is that we
see n set OF shiltless fellows who would get their
living without work and always have an old
horse and are hanging around the trOttlng course
and spending their time in some other way than
in earning sufficient to pay his honest debts. II
we carry out the arguments OF the gontlemnu
who favor the bill, we must 90 further and ex-
empt buffalo r1heg and tr0tting gigs and other ar
tiOles used In such sports. He thought the ex-
emption already too large and he was opposed to
its enlargement
Messrs Crosby of Brntleboro and Brown o
! Richford discussed the bill briefly.
Mr.. Bishec of Newport again discussed the
merits Of the bill IL is the policy Of Vermont t.
encourage her farmers, and this bill was gotten ~
to benefit their interests and TO relieve them from
, many hardships now imposed hy limitations o
the attachment law
Mr. Butterhod of Wilmington, said that thes,
r exceptions do not always benefit the pour mar
but moro frequently the rich man. | borrow
$500 Of a poor widow and invest it in property
which is exempt from attachment, and thus
avoid the payment of an honest debt lie hopeC
that this Legislature would not enact law thai
would encourage rascallty on the part of debtors
and that the bill would he dismissed.
4 Mr.. Carlton of Waitsield said that there wa
apparently an Inconsistency in the proposed
amendment, in that it did not carry ont the pro
= yis1 of the law Of 1896.
! Mr. Bntteriield of Wilmington, said that TN
. exemption laws often worked to the detriment o
! tho poor and to the benefit of the rich lie be
, lieyed the tendency Of this law would be TO pay
= bounty ON rascalty hut if we are honest W
shall not claim the protection Of the provisions O
the bill but will turn out everything to pay on
debts.
The motion to dismiss was then disagreed 10
ayes -, nays 81.
On motion Of MIR Ward Of Mirhayen, the bil
was ordered to io to enable him to draw up al
amendment to meet the objection TO the bill raise
q by the gentleman from WaitsGed
From com. on Judiciary, against II. n, ~ re
peal sec 90, ch. 6j, {. s., relating to eonyeyanc
+ Of real estate third reading refused.
+ From com on judiciary, in favor Of $. 90, i
amendment OF see %, CHI 0i, g. g., relating t
g the traffic in intoxicating drinks and in addition
! 70 said chapter; read the third .iine and passe
a in concurrence
Z Mr. Ward of Eirhayon, called up II. ll3, t
amend the net relating to exemption of article
e from attachment or levy of execution, laid on th
d table on his notion and moved 10 amend as sug
gested when laid ON the table, which was agree
J. to.
- On the question Of ordering the bill to a thir
a reading Mr. Morgan Of Rochester, demanded tn
u yeas and mays, which were taken. Ayes l32, nay
e 73 So the third reading of the bill was ordered
Adjourned