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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 --WEDNESDAY, March 5, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Haynes submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be requested to inquire into and report what compensation should be allowed to the various officers of the Senate.
Mr. Hill presented a resolution passed by a meeting of the citizens of Troup County, Ga., sustaining the cause and authorities of our new Government; which was read and laid upon the table.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. --) declaring the sense of Congress in regard to reuniting with the United States, reported the same without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution as in Committee
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of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The resolution was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution (S. 2) relative to the public defense, and that the same lie upon the table.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred (in secret session) the report of the Department of Justice, reported it back; and
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the said report lie upon the table, and that 50 copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of H. Franko, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Charles A. Farwell, and that the same lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolutions of the legislature of Texas relative to the payment of census takers under authority of the United States, for the year 1860, and that they lie on the table.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 5) to provide for the payment of the balances due those persons who, under the authority of the United States, took the census of the State of Louisiana in the year 1860, and that the same lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors being opened,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to inform the Senate that they have passed a bill to be entitled "An act to create the office of commanding general of the armies of the Confederate States."
Also a joint resolution relating to the manner of paying members of the Provisional Congress the arrearages of their pay and mileage.
And that they have concurred in a joint resolution originating in the Senate pledging the Government to maintain the territorial integrity of the Confederacy.
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The President laid before the Senate the following message received from the President on yesterday:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit the report of the Secretary of War, with accompanying documents, inviting attention to the facts therein presented, and commend the recommendations to your favorable consideration.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The report was read.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Robert Josselyn, his Secretary:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit to Congress the report of the Postmaster-General, and invite attention to the recommendations contained therein.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That said report be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill (H. R. --) this day communicated from the House to create the office of commanding general of the armies of the Confederate States; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The said bill was read the third time.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution (H. R. --) relating to the manner of paving members of the Provisional Congress the arrearages of their pay and mileage; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 upon the amendment proposed by Mr. Brown, viz:
At end of first section add 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,
Mr. Brown (by leave) withdrew the same.
Mr. Sparrow then offered an amendment to the bill by way of substitute for the first section.
Mr. Phelan offered an amendment to the last-mentioned amendment by way of substitute therefor;
When,
Mr. Hill moved to lay both of said amendments upon the table.
Pending which,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The President laid before the Senate the following communication from the President of the Confederate States, received on yesterday:
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, March 4, 1862.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
On motion by Mr. Johnson,
Ordered, That the communication be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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