- Often a Bill of Attainder not only decreed that a person (or people) was guilty, but also confiscated the convicted person’s property, preventing his (or rarely her) heirs from inheriting, and possibly rendering those heirs ineligible to hold public offices or peerages. The heir would also be prevented from inheriting through the attainted person. For example, property held by the father of the attainted person would not pass to the child of the attainted person. This was called “corruption of the blood”, and was viewed with particular horror by many during the colonial period and before. It effectivly treated the heirs of the attainted person as illegitimate.
- Milltown (pacific-hwy.net)
Milltown is located on the east edge of the Skagit River delta about 8 miles south of Mount Vernon in southwest Skagit county. Milltown began as a small settlement that developed around the shingle and sawmills which were established there. As fast as the land was cleared of the trees, farmers came in and turned the stump land into rich farmland…