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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, January 4, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Johnson of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to lay before the Senate a statement showing the amount of property and credits that have been taken possession of under the laws of sequestration and confiscation; what amount is in judgment unsold and uncollected; what amount, in money, has been realized in the several States of the Confederacy and paid into the Treasury; where is the balance, if any, which, being collected by the various receivers, has not yet been paid into the Treasury; and what is the amount of property and credits still in litigation, and where such litigation is pending.
Mr. Caperton presented the petition of dental surgeons of ten years' practice, praying to be exempted from military service; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 80) to continue in force an act entitled "An act to provide for the compensation of certain persons therein named," approved May 1, 1863, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
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On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution inquiring into the propriety of providing by law for the appointment of chaplains for battalions in the Army.
Mr. Caperton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 79) to prohibit dealing in the paper currency of the enemy, reported it with an amendment.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 76) to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes.
And they have passed bills and a joint resolution of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Phelan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 170) to provide for the auditing and payment of certain claims in the State of Mississippi, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered,, That the bill be printed.
The bills and joint resolution received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times.
Ordered, That the bill numbered 81 be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs; the bill numbered 82 to the Committee on the Judiciary, and the joint resolution numbered 20 to the Committee on Claims.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that, they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and a joint resolution of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and the enrolled joint resolution last reported to have been examined, they were delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
The Senate adjourned.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolutions reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to sending an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Mexico; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Dortch,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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