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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 21, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance have leave to sit, to-day, during the session of the Senate.
Mr. Phelan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was recommitted the bill (S. 170) to provide for the auditing and payment of certain claims in the State of Mississippi, reported it with amendments.
Mr. Maxwell, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills 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.
The bill (H. R. 91) to fix the rank, pay, and allowances of adjutants of regiments and independent battalions, received yesterday from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 23) in relation to the salaries of the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States for the State of Virginia; and no amendments being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said resolution 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.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 94) to provide for wounded and disabled officers, soldiers, and seamen an asylum, to be called "The Veteran Soldiers' Home;" in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
The bill (H. R. 94) 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.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the following bills:
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the following bills:
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
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The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 186) to regulate the salaries of the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States.
On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the bill by striking therefrom the words "five thousand dollars" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "four thousand dollars,"
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Clay, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed indefinitely,
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, Clark, Clay, Jemison, Johnson of Missouri, Orr, Phelan, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Caperton, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Maxwell, and Sparrow,
So it was
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed indefinitely.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 195) creating the office of ensign in the Army of the Confederate States, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President of the Confederate States of the 23d of December last, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War relative to the Quartermaster General, submitted a report (No. 17) accompanied by the following resolutions:
Resolved, That, in the opinion of the Senate, A. C. Myers is now Quartermaster-General of the Confederate States Army, and is by law authorized and required to discharge the duties thereof.
Resolved, That A. R. Lawton is not authorized by law to discharge the duties of said office.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the report and resolutions, the message of the President, with the accompanying documents; the message of the President of the 12th of September, 1862, requesting the advice of the Senate as to the meaning of the first clause of the sixth article of the Constitution, together with the report of the Committee of the Judiciary thereon, made on the 19th of September, 1862; and a resolution passed by the Senate on the 23d of September, 1862, defining the meaning of the said first clause of the sixth article of the Constitution, be printed for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 51) to fix the pay and allowances of the master armorer of the Confederate States Armory at Richmond, Va., communicated by the House of Representatives to the Senate at the last session for concurrence; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
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The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 192) to regulate the allowance of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy and others traveling under orders.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting:
That officers of the Navy and others traveling under orders of the Navy Department shall be allowed the same pay as that allowed officers and other persons traveling under orders of the War Department,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 198) to provide for the organization of a bureau of polytechnics for the examination, experiment, and application of warlike inventions;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Henry,
The Senate adjourned.
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