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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, December 21, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Caperton presented a resolution of the general assembly of the State of Virginia in relation to the allowance of additional compensation to cavalrymen, for the use of their horses in service, and the payment of their actual value when lost or killed, and to the issue of rations of tobacco to the noncommissioned officers and privates, and single rations to commissioned officers; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate the petition of Richard Evans, late a captain in the United States Revenue Service, praying for an increase of pay; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Caperton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 155) to protect Senators and Representatives in Congress from annoyance when traveling in the Confederate States, reported it with an amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill 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.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 158) to organize forces to serve during the war; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate adjourned.
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