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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 --THURSDAY, September 4, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have appointed Mr. Foote of Tennessee, Mr. Barksdale of Mississippi, Mr. Lyons of Virginia, Mr. Dupré of Louisiana, and Mr. Boyce of South Carolina as the committee to act in connection with the committee of the Senate to investigate the management of the Naval Department.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S, 62) to amend an act entitled "An act to exempt certain persons from enrollment for service in the Army of the Confederate States," approved 21st April, 1862.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to amend the bill by inserting, line 7, after the word "post-office," the words "and justices of the peace,"
After debate,
The hour of 12.30 o'clock having arrived,
The order of the day was called for; and
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration thereof, it being a bill (S. 71) to amend an act entitled "An act to further provide for the public defense," approved 16th April, 1862.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting:
That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, and it shall be his duty, to make requisition upon the executive authorities of the several States of the Confederacy for their proper proportion or quota of -- troops, to be raised from citizens between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five, and to be received in companies of not less than erie hundred nor more than one hundred and twenty men, officered under the laws of the State furnishing them. Said troops to be received into the service of the Confederate States for the term of three years or during the war, to be organized in such manner as the President may deem most conducive to the public interest, and in all respects to be considered as part of the Army of the Confederate States.
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ages of thirty-five and forty-five years, in addition to those subject to enrollment under the act further to provide for the public defense, approved sixteenth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, who shall be organized under the provisions of that act: Provided, That no officers, civil or military, of the governments of any of the States shall be enrolled, either under this act, or under the act further to provide for the public defense, approved sixteenth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: And provided further, That all men now in the Army over forty-five years shall be entitled to an immediate discharge within sixty days after the passage of this act,
On motion by Mr. Yancey, that the Senate resolve into executive session,
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Yancey,
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Haynes, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clark, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Hill, Maxwell, Phelan, Preston, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the amendment was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Oldham, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following proviso:
Provided further, That each soldier upon arriving at the age of forty-five years shall be discharged,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "service," in the nineteenth line, the words "from the respective States," and by striking out after the word "be," in the twenty-first line, the words "assigned to the other companies, battalions, squadrons, and regiments," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "assigned to organizations formed from each State since the passage of that act or placed in new organizations,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following proviso:
Provided further, That the President is authorized to suspend the execution of this act, or the acts to which this is an amendment, or any special provision or provisions of said acts, in any locality where he believes such suspension will promote the public interest,
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time, by unanimous consent.
On the question,
Shall the bill now pass?
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clark, Clay, Davis,
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Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Maxwell, Mitchel, Peyton, Phelan, Preston, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Oldham and Orr.
So it was
Resolved, That the bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Browne:
Executive Department,
September 4, 1862.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit to your honorable body an estimate of appropriation called for by the Secretary of War.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.
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