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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --FIFTEENTH DAY--TUESDAY, August 6, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hoge.
Congress then resolved itself into secret session.
SECRET SESSION.
Congress being in secret session,
Mr. Harris moved that the act relative to affording aid to the people of Missouri be kept secret.
The consideration of the motion was postponed for the present.
Congress proceeded to the consideration of the special order of the day, which was the bill for the issue of Treasury notes, and to provide a war tax for their redemption.
Mr. Brooke moved that the same be postponed until Thursday next.
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Mr. Hill called for the question, and the call being seconded, the question was put, and the vote having been taken by States, resulted as follows, to wit:
Yea: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 6.
Nay: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina, 4.
So the motion prevailed, and the consideration of the bill was postponed.
Mr. Orr, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
A resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish supplies to certain troops;
An act to give aid to the people and State of Missouri; and
A resolution to provide transportation in certain cases.
A message was received from the President by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn, informing Congress that the President had this day approved and signed
An act to give aid to the people and State of Missouri.
The Chair presented a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury containing additional estimates for the pay and mileage of members of Congress; which, together with the accompanying documents, was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Macfarland presented a communication from Doctor Cabell, hospital surgeon at Charlottesville, and a resolution instructing the committee of one from each State to inquire into the condition of the sick and wounded at the hospitals at Charlottesville, Culpeper Court House, Pensacola, and everywhere else, and to report what provision was necessary to be made by the Government in conjunction with private measures for their relief, etc.; which was read and agreed to.
The consideration of the next special order being taken up, which was
A bill further to provide for the public defense;
the same was, on motion of Mr. Kenan, postponed and made the special order for to-morrow.
Mr. Harris, by general consent, called for the consideration of a bill from the Judiciary Committee, entitled
A bill respecting alien enemies.
The first section of the bill being under consideration, Mr. Conrad moved to amend the same by inserting after the word "thereof," in the twelfth line, the words "who shall make a declaration of such intention in due form," so that the section as amended shall read as follows, to wit:
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The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton moved to amend the same section by adding after the words "District of Columbia," on the fourteenth line, the words "and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian Territory south of Kansas," so the section as amended shall read as follows, to wit:
The amendment was agreed to.
The second section of the bill being under consideration, Mr. Smith moved to amend by striking out all after the word "aforesaid," in the third line, down to and including the word "and," in the fifth line, being the words, to wit:
to direct the conduct to be observed on the part of the Confederate States toward the aliens who shall become liable as aforesaid, and in what cases and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and
The motion was lost.
The third section being under consideration, Mr. Hemphill moved to amend by striking out the word "twenty," in the sixth line, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "forty."
Mr. Harris called for the question; which being seconded, the vote was taken and the amendment agreed to.
The fifth section being under consideration, Mr. Smith moved to amend the same by striking out the words "who by the President of the Confederate States or," on the third line.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Davis moved to amend the bill by adding the following words as an additional section, to wit: "And the expenses of such removal shall be allowed and paid by the Secretary of the Treasury."
The motion was lost.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act to provide for the construction of a newly invented implement of war; and
Resolutions of thanks to Gens. Joseph E. Johnston and Gustave T. Beauregard and the officers and troops under their command at the battle of Manassas.
The bill as amended was then engrossed, read third time, and passed.
On motion, the President of the Congress was authorized to instruct the messenger to procure a suitable box for the safe-keeping of the
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secret bills of the Congress, the same to be paid for out of the contingent fund of Congress.
On motion of Mr. Brooke,
Congress then adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Congress being in executive session,
The Chair presented to Congress a communication from the President nominating, for the advice and consent of Congress, officers to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, viz:
The nominations were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Congress resumed legislative session.
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