A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Punishment of early daysIn the stocks In the pillory In 1806, after refusing to authorize private banks, thelegislature enacted a law establishing a State bank withbranches at Woodstock and at Middlebury. Later, brancheswere established at Burlington and at Westminster. TheState did not succeed in banking, and in 1811 the processof closing the business had already begun. 12. State Pr
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Punishment of early daysIn the stocks In the pillory In 1806, after refusing to authorize private banks, thelegislature enacted a law establishing a State bank withbranches at Woodstock and at Middlebury. Later, brancheswere established at Burlington and at Westminster. TheState did not succeed in banking, and in 1811 the processof closing the business had already begun. 12. State Prison. Punishments.—In 1807 thelegislature provided for the erection of a state prison, whichwas located at Windsor and was in use within two years. Early Development 233 In consequence of building the state prison, imprisonmentlargely took the place of such punishments as cutting off theears, branding, whipping, putting in the stocks or pillory. Alaw of 1779 required that every town in this State shallmake and maintain at their own charge a good pair of stocks,with a lock and key sufficient to hold and secure suchoffenders as shall be sentenced to sit therein. In Monktona Quaker was condemned to stand a
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