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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, January 14, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Johnson of Georgia (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 185) for the relief of Capt. William W. Paine, assistant quartermaster of the First Georgia Regulars; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Hill (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 186) to regulate the salaries of the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the following subjects:
A resolution of the general assembly of the State of Alabama in relation to the enforcement of the conscript laws of the Confederate States; and
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The petition of dental surgeons, of ten years' practice, praying to be exempted from military service.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 171) for the establishment and regulation of territorial commands in the Army, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
Mr. Phelan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 82) to grant a special copyright to W. J. Hardee and S. H. Goetzel for Hardee's Rifle and Infantry Tactics, 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 amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
On the question,
Shall the bill now pass?
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 150) to limit and define the term of office of the Secretary or principal officer of each of the Executive Departments, established by the several acts entitled "An act to organize the Department of State," "An act to establish the Treasury Department," "An act to establish the War Department," "An act to establish the Navy Department," "An act to establish the Post-Office Department," "An act to organize and establish an executive department, to be known as the Department of Justice," all of which acts were approved February 21, 1861, reported it with amendments.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.
Mr. Semmes also submitted a report (No. 16) in relation to the subject; which was read.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That it be printed.
Mr. Hill submitted the views of the minority of the committee on the same subject; which were read and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee o n the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 180) to provide for the investigation and settlement of the transactions and accounts of quartermasters, commissaries, contractors, and other financial and disbursing officers, agents, and employees of the Confederate States, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That it be printed.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That the President pro tempore appoint, temporarily, an additional member on the Committee on Claims; and
Mr. Jemison was appointed.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 21) in relation to the war; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
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The joint resolution (H. R. 21) last mentioned was read the first and second times and referred to the special committee appointed to prepare, on behalf of Congress, an address to the country.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate the report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1863; which was referred to the Committee on Patents.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
That when the Senate adjourn it be to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 158) to organize forces to serve during the war. On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to reconsider the vote on agreeing to the following amendment, viz:
Insert at the end of the tenth section the following:
teachers whose schools are composed of not less than twenty male students, and who are now engaged, and have been continuously engaged, in teaching for three years next preceding the passage of this act,
It was determined in the affirmative.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said amendment; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the proposed amendment by striking out the word "male,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Clark, to amend the proposed amendment by striking out "three years" and inserting "two years,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
The amendment as amended was then agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the tenth section the following:
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri, to amend the proposed amendment by inserting after "millwrights" the words "over fortyfive years of age,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hunter, to amend the proposed amendment by substituting therefor the following:
That there shall be exempted one shoemaker, one blacksmith, and one wagonmaker for every three hundred white persons in the county in which he resides; one miller for every mill grinding for the public and making annually, by way of toll, eight hundred bushels of corn or eight hundred bushels of wheat and corn, or which may manufacture, annually, four hundred barrels of flour; one millwright for every three counties in the State, who shall be selected by the commanding officer of the department: Provided, however, That the court or board having jurisdiction of roses and bridges for the county or parish in which such person claiming exemption may reside shall certify that he is entitled to it raider the provisions of this law, and that he is regularly employed in the said trade: Provided further, That no shoemaker,
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blacksmith, or wagonmaker shall be exempted when there is a sufficient number over forty-five years of age, or of other persons, not liable to military duty, who will furnish one of each trade specified for every three hundred white persons,
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Clay, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, and Sparrow.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Burnett, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, and Simms.
On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the proposed amendment by inserting at the end thereof the following proviso:
Provided further, That said exemption shall only embrace shoemakers, blacksmiths, wagonmakers, millers, and millwrights over forty years of age,
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs Brown, Burnett, Clay, Haynes, Henry Jemison, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, Simms, and Sparrow.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Caperton, Dortch, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, and Maxwell.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Dortch, as amended,
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Caperton, Clay, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, and Orr.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Jemison, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Phelan, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the tenth section the following:
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the third clause of the tenth section the following proviso:
Provided, That where the occupations enumerated in this clause have been suspended by the invasions of the enemy, and have been resumed at the place of residence, or at any other place, the persons herein mentioned shall still be entitled to exemption if in other respects meeting the requirements of this and other exemption acts,
It was determined in the affirmative.
An amendment having been proposed by Mr. Hill,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, January 14, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Jones S. Hamilton, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel, under the act to raise an additional force approved October 11, 1862, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Jones S. Hamilton, to be lieutenant-colonel; and it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, January 14, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of State, I hereby nominate the persons named in his letter to the offices designated.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Department of State, Richmond, January 13, 1864.
To the President:
The Hon. James M. Mason, of Virginia, having been appointed on the 12th of November last, during a recess of the Senate, as commissioner to represent the Confederate States to such foreign nations as the President may deem expedient, under the act of Congress approved 20th August, 1861; and James E. Macfarland, of Virginia, having on the same day been appointed secretary to the commissioner, under said act, I have now the honor to recommend their nomination to the Senate for confirmation as commissioner and secretary aforesaid.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State.
The message was read,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, January 14, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, I hereby nominate the person named upon the annexed list to the office designated.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Navy Department, Richmond, January 12, 1864.
The President.
Sir: I have the honer to recommend the following nomination for appointment in the Navy:
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
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The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, January 14, 1864.
To the Senate:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
War Department, Richmond, December 8, 1863.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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