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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 --TUESDAY, March 4, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of J. J. Amonett.
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Henry,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
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SECRET SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That the report of the Department of Justice, communicated by the President to the Senate on yesterday, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A message from the House of Representatives, by their Clerk, Mr. Dixon:
Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution declaring the sense of Congress in regard to reuniting with the United States.
They have also passed a joint resolution providing that the expenses of the inauguration of the President and Vice-President be paid ratably out of the contingent funds of the two Houses of Congress.
And they have also passed a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to act in conjunction with the President in relation to the subjects therein named;
In which they ask the concurrence of the Senate.
The joint resolution (H. R. --) this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, providing for the payment of the expenses of the inauguration of President and Vice-President, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be read the third time.
The said resolution was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.
The joint resolution (H. R. --) to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with the President in relation to certain subjects therein named, this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times; and
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
The joint resolution (H. R. --) declaring the sense of Congress in regard to reuniting with the United States, this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message from the President of he Confederate States, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary:
Mr. President: I am directed by the President to present two communications in writing.
The bill (S. 7) to regulate the destruction of property under military necessity, coming up as the unfinished business of yesterday, and the question being on the amendment proposed by Mr Hill, viz:
Strike out, in the seventh line of the first section, the words "that might be of use to the enemy" and insert in lieu thereof the words "which may aid the enemy in the prosecution of the war,"
Mr. Wigfall moved to commit the bill to the Committee on Military Affairs; which was disagreed to.
The question then recurring upon the amendment offered by Mr. Hill, it was put and decided in the affirmative.
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So the amendment was agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Orr, to lay the second and third sections of the bill upon the table,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Baker, Burnett, Clay, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Hill, Maxwell, Mitchel, Orr, Oldham, Peyton, Preston, Semmes, and Simms.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Henry, Johnson, Phelan, and Sparrow.
On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the first section of the bill by inserting after the word "authorized," in the fourth line, the words "and directed,"
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clay, Clark, Haynes, Hill, Mitchel, Oldham, Peyton, and Simms.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Dortch, Henry, Johnson, Maxwell, Orr, Phelan, Preston, Sparrow, and Semmes.
Mr. Brown moved to amend the bill by adding at the end of the first section the words
and for all property thus destroyed the Government of the Confederate States hereby pledges itself to make compensation according to its true value.
Pending the consideration of which,
On motion by Mr. Henry,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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