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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 --MONDAY, September 22, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following bills and joint resolution, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
Mr. Yancey submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to inform the Senate if any and what steps have been taken to comply with the resolution of the Senate adopted sixteenth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, calling upon him to furnish to the Senate, at this session, a list of the commissioned officers in the Regular and Provisional Army, stating their rank and dates of their commissions, and the States from which they were appointed.
Mr. Yancey submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be requested to have prepared, and furnish to the Senate by the opening of the next session, a list of the commissioned officers of the Regular and Provisional Navy, showing the rank of each and date of their commission, and the States from which appointed.
Mr. Burnett submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the resolution passed by Congress, fixing the time at which Congress shall adjourn on the thirtieth day of September, at twelve o'clock meridian, be, and the same is hereby, rescinded.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
Mr. Yancey submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That during the balance of this session the Senate will assemble at eleven o'clock a. m. on each day.
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Mr. Dortch (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 93) for the reorganization of the Navy;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Maxwell, from the Committee on Patents, reported
A bill (S. 94) to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a patent office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements, and designs," approved May 21, 1861;
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 be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate to inquire into the subject, reported
A bill (S. 95) in relation to substitutes;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and having been amended, on motion by Mr. Orr, by striking out in lines 3 and 4, the words "have heretofore, or," and by striking out in line 8, the words "has, or," the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Preston,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution inquiring into the expediency of revoking any military order interfering with the transportation of seed wheat on railroads.
The following bills and joint resolution this day communicated from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs:
The bill (H. R. 12) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to offer a reward for the apprehension and conviction of persons engaged in forging or uttering counterfeit Confederate Treasury notes, communicated this day for concurrence from the House of Representatives, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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The bill (H. R. 14) to empower certain persons to administer oaths in certain cases, communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (H. R. 15) to provide for the filling up of existing companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, with instructions to report thereon, to-morrow, at 12 o'clock.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That it be printed.
Mr. Simms, from the special committee appointed to investigate the complaints made by the sick and wounded in the Army of the Confederate States of inattention and neglect on the part of the medical officers, submitted a report (No. 4), accompanied by a bill (S. 96), to better provide for the sick and wounded of the army in hospitals; which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar.
On motion by Mr. Simms,
Ordered, That the bill and report be printed.
On motion by Mr. Simms,
Ordered, That the committee have leave to sit again.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 75) to regulate the nomination and appointment of brigadier-generals.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting:
That the act creating the office of brigadier-general be, and the same is hereby, amended by the addition of the following clause: "That the troops which have been, or may be raised or enrolled in any State, shall be divided and organized into brigades, and there shall be created as many brigadier-generals for the troops of each State as it has brigades in the field, and a brigadier-general shall be appointed for each of said brigades, and no one shall be qualified to fill or exercise the office of brigadier-general for the troops of any State, unless at the time of his appointment he shall be a citizen of the Confederate States, and of the State in which the troops of his brigade shall have been raised,"
After debate,
Mr. Yancey demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
Will the Senate agree to the amendment?
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. Clark, Haynes, Oldham, Semmes, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Burnett, Clay, Davis, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Lewis, Maxwell, Orr, Phelan, Preston, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the amendment was rejected.
No amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
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On the question.
Shall the bill now pass?
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. Clark, Lewis, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Burnett, Clay, Davis, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Maxwell, Orr, Phelan, Preston, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So it was
Resolved, That this bill do not pass.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.
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