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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, February 22, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Orr, from the joint committee to superintend the arrangements for the inauguration of the President and Vice-President of the Confederate States, presented a report in relation thereto; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
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On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the Senate take a recess until 25 minutes past 11 o'clock.
11 O'CLOCK AND 25 MINUTES.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate proceeded, in the order prescribed by the report of the committee of arrangements, to the hall of the house of delegates of Virginia, thence by the eastern door of the capitol to the statute of Washington, on the public square, where, after the delivery of his inaugural address, the oath of office was administered to the President of the Confederate States by the Hon. J. D. Halyburton, judge of the district court for the eastern judicial district of the Confederate States of America in Virginia; and to the Vice-President by the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, President pro tempore of the Senate.
The Senate having returned to their Chamber,
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 12 o'clock.
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