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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 --WEDNESDAY, January 21, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Phelan submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That hereafter the Senate will assemble at eleven o'clock antemeridian and adjourn at three o'clock postmeridian, each day.
The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolution; and
The resolution was not agreed to.
Mr. Phelan submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That hereafter the Senate will adjourn at three o'clock postmeridian, each day, until otherwise ordered.
The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution; and
The resolution was not agreed to.
Mr. Phelan submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That hereafter the Senate shall assemble at eleven o'clock antemeridian and adjourn at two o'clock postmeridian, and reassemble again at half past three o'clock postmeridian, each day.
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The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution; and
The resolution was not agreed to.
Mr. Clark submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on agreeing to the report of the special committee appointed to organize and report the standing committees of the Senate be reconsidered.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 8) to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of W. T. Park, M.D., praying for a change in the Medical Department of the Army.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the message of the President in relation to the subject, reported
A bill (S. 9) to authorize a foreign loan;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The bill (H. R. 1) to amend an act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods, communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The bill (H. R. 2) to authorize a foreign loan, communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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