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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 --FRIDAY, January 29, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Col. J. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, shewing the embarrassments resulting from the delay of the Senate in passing the appropriation bill; which was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed unanimously the joint resolution of the Senate (S. 25) of thanks to the Tennessee troops who have reenlisted for the war.
And they have concurred in the amendments of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the bill of the Senate (S. 159) to authorize the appointment of an agent of the Post-Office Department, and such clerks as may be necessary, to carry on the postal service in the States west of the Mississippi River.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate adjourned.
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SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 169) to repeal an act entitled "An act supplementary to an act to provide for the funding, and further issue of Treasury notes," approved April 30, 1863.
And they have concurred in the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 93) to organize a Treasury note bureau.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the bill (S. 158) to organize forces to serve during the war.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: I am directed by the House of Representatives to request that the Senate will furnish the House with a certified copy of the engrossed joint resolution of the Senate (No. 18) explanatory of a joint resolution on the subject of retaliation, approved May 1, 1863, the original resolution as it passed the Senate having been mislaid since it was transmitted to the House.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 92) to tax, fund, and limit the currency.
On the question to agree to the first amendment reported from the Committee on Finance,
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by striking out "so," in the fifth line of the third section, and inserting after "funded," in the same line, the words "under existing laws,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the amendment by inserting at the end of the third section thereof the words, "until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; after which date said Treasury notes shall not be fundable or exchangeable for new notes, nor be receivable in payment of public dues,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by inserting, after "issue," section 3, line 2, the words "not bearing interest,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by striking out "noninterest-bearing," section 4, line 1, and inserting after "issue," in the second line of the same section, the words "not bearing interest,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the amendment by striking out "instead thereof," section 4, lines 3 and 4; by striking out "one-third of the amount thereof in" in the fourth and fifth lines of the same section, and by inserting at the end of the section "as provided in the seventh section of this act,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by inserting after "all," section 6, line 1, the word "call,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by inserting after "date," section 5, line 3, "and until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by inserting after "converted," section 6, line 7, "until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,"
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It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the amendment by striking out of the seventh section the words "That Treasury notes of the old issue, bearing no interest, when received by the Government, shall not be reissued, nor shall any new notes, in lieu of such old notes received as aforesaid, be issued, unless the total amount outstanding of new notes, and of old notes not bearing interest," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "That the new notes authorized by this act shall not be issued until the amount of old notes not bearing interest,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hunter, to amend the amendment by inserting at the end of the seventh section the words
or to prevent the issue of new notes in exchange for old notes received in the payment of taxes, or in exchange for bonds which may have been sold at the rate of one dollar of the new issue for every three dollars of the old issue so received,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Jemison, to amend the amendment by striking out the words "on and after that date," section 5, lines 2 and 3, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "from and after the passage of this act,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment by inserting after "hundred," section 7, line 7, the words "and fifty," and by inserting after "hundred," in the ninth line of the same section, the words "and fifty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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