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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 --SATURDAY, March 1, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Semmes presented the following memorials:
A message from the President, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on Thursday, the 27th of February, approved and signed the following enrolled bills:
I also present, from the President, a message in writing.
Mr. Sparrow presented a communication from J. J. Amonett in relation to amending the sequestration law; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Henry, from the Committee on Military Affairs, who was instructed by a resolution of the Senate to inquire into the subject, reported a bill (S. 7) to regulate the destruction of property under military necessity; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Haynes offered an amendment to the bill by way of substitute for the third section; which was ordered to be printed.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That all further action on the bill (S. 7) to regulate the destruction of property under military necessity be in secret legislative session.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate again resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the President, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary, was read as follows:
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit the report of the Secretary of the Navy, which I recommend be considered in secret session.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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The report was read.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Brown presented a preamble and resolutions adopted by a meeting of cotton and tobacco planters held in the city of Richmond on the 27th instant [ultimo], urging the Government to adopt measures for the purchase of the entire crops of cotton and tobacco now on hand throughout the Confederacy, in order to prevent their appropriation by the enemy; which were read and laid upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
Having again resolved into secret session,
On motion by Mr. Clark,
The vote by which the bill (S. 7) to regulate the destruction of property under military necessity was ordered to be printed was reconsidered.
Mr. Hill then moved to amend the first section of the bill by inserting before the word "property," in the sixth line thereof, the word "perishable."
Pending the remarks of Mr. Semmes on the motion to amend as last aforesaid,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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