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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 --TUESDAY, February 10, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Brown presented the petition of C. K. Mallory and others, acting midshipmen of the Confederate States Navy, praying an increase of pay; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Orr submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be requested to inform the Senate what proceedings, if any, have been instituted in any of the courts of the Confederate States to sequester the shares held by alien enemies in the Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company; whether any decree of sequestration has been rendered, and if so, whether said decree includes the profits realized by the company since the separation of these States from the United States, and if such proceedings have not already been instituted, the reason why. That he further inform the Senate the several amounts paid by all the Departments since the establishment of the Government for messages transmitted by said line, and whether it be practicable or expedient for the Government to appropriate to its use the shares held in said company by alien enemies.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the message of the President, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster-General in response to a resolution of the Senate in relation to commutation, etc., of officers serving in cities.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 39) to suspend for a limited period the several acts authorizing furloughs to be granted;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Orr submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote by which, on the 9th instant, the bill (S. 26) granting furloughs to wounded officers and soldiers was laid on the table be reconsidered.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dixon, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have refused to concur in the resolution of the Senate rescinding rule No. 16 of the joint rules of the two Houses of Congress.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
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Ordered, That he be excused from serving on the Committee on Naval Affairs, and that Mr. Baker be appointed thereon in his stead.
On motion by Mr. Haynes.
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 11) to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Sparrow to the amendment reported by the Committee on Finance, viz:
Strike out, section 1, lines 7, 8, and 9, the words
but shall be receivable in payment of public dues, and payable six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace as specified on their face,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 1, line 12, the word "seven" and inserting "six,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 1, line 15, the words "inyears from the date thereof" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
at any time not exceeding thirty years from the date thereof, according to such plan as may be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after the word "payable," section 1, line 24, the word "ten,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 1, line 31, the words "the end of" and inserting "a date not exceeding thirty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 1, line 30, the word "six" and inserting the word "four,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after the word "payable," section 9, line 9, the word "ten,"
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the proposed amendment by striking out "ten" and inserting "not more than thirty nor less than ten,"
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Barnwell,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 3, lines 11 and 12, the words "the end of years from the expiration of said six months" and inserting
any time not exceeding thirty years from the expiration of said six months, according to such plan as may be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the reported amendment by striking out the following section:
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purchase of Treasury notes bearing no interest, and issued after the passage of this act, until the whole amount of Treasury notes in circulation shall not exceed one hundred and seventy-five millions of dollars,
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Mr. Phelan voted in the affirmative.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Caperton, Clark, Clay, Davis, Haynes, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Semmes, Sparrow, and Yancey.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the reported amendment by inserting, section 7, line 23, after the word "delivered" the words
at any time within six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 7, line 3, the words "at the end of twenty years" and inserting the words "as hereinbefore directed,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the reported amendment by inserting, section 7, line 6, after the word "by" the words "any of;" by inserting after the word "Confederacy," line 6, the words "upon such plan as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury;" by inserting after the word "advisable," line 7, the words "to the highest bidder, and not below par;" by inserting after the word "exceed," line 9, the words "two hundred;" by striking out, lines 16 and 17, the words "at the end ofyears from their date" and inserting the words "as hereinbefore directed," and by inserting, line 21, after the word "of" the word "eight,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hunter, to amend the reported amendment by inserting, section 7, line 15, after the word "issue" the words "and sell at not less than par as estimated in Treasury notes,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the reported amendment by striking out all of the seventh section after the word "dollars," in the fourteenth line,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia, to amend the reported amendment by inserting, section 7, line 15, after the word "option" the words "after the first of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the reported amendment by striking out all after the word "dollars," in the fourteenth line of the seventh section, and inserting:
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue and sell, at not less than their par value, at his option, coupon bonds of the Confederate States for Treasury notes issued since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum and payable as herein-before directed,
It was determined in the negative.
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On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the reported amendment by adding thereto the following independent section:
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Barnwell, the vote on agreeing to the following amendment, viz: Insert after the word "payable," section 1, line 24, the word "ten," was reconsidered.
The proposed amendment having been amended, on the motion of Mr. Barnwell, by striking out "ten" and inserting "at any time not exceeding thirty," was as amended agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, the vote on agreeing to the following amendment, viz: Insert after the word "payable," section 2, line 9, the word "ten," was reconsidered.
The proposed amendment having been amended, on the motion of Mr. Barnwell, by striking out "ten" and inserting "at any time not exceeding thirty," was as amended agreed to.
No further amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments made as in Committee of the Whole were concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill 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.
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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