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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 23, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Hunter (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 11) to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Yancey, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4) to regulate the action of the Secretary of the Navy upon the decisions of naval general courts-martial, reported it with an amendment.
On motion of Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of War be printed for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Haynes, that 500 additional copies of the report be printed,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 12) to provide for conscribing seamen and ordinary seamen; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law to pay the coupons of interest on all bonds, except those issued for the fifteen million loan, in cotton, delivered at one of the ports of Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, or New Orleans, within ninety days after the ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, upon the basis of twelve cents per pound for Orleans middling, and allowing interest on said coupons from the time they are payable, at the rate of six per cent per annum, when said coupons are presented in sums of five hundred dollars or over.
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On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 13) in relation to the public printing;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. Yancey submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire and report upon the expediency of amending the laws relative to payment for the loss of horses of officers in the Army so as to provide for the payment for all horses of officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates which [nay be lost, captured, or destroyed while said officer, noncommissioned officer, or private is engaged in the execution of orders; and that the standard of value of said horses shall be the value at the time of said loss or destruction, the evidence of said value relating to a period immediately preceding or following said loss or destruction.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate adjourned.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 20th instant) the nominations of Nathaniel E. Venable, Henry L. Graves, Henry M. Dock, to be second lieutenants, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Nathaniel E. Venable, Henry L. Graves, and Henry M. Dock as second lieutenants, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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