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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 --MONDAY, February 16, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate proceeded, in conformity to the thirty-second rule, to the appointment, by ballot, of a member to fill the vacancy occasioned in the Committee on Foreign Affairs by the retirement of Mr. Hunter.
And Mr. Clark was appointed.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the special committee appointed at the last session to investigate the complaints made by the sick and wounded in the Army of the Confederate States of inattention and neglect on the part of the medical officers, be revived and continued during the present session.
Mr. Sparrow presented a communication from C. H. Morrison in relation to commutation for hospital services; which was referred to the Special Committee on Hospitals.
Mr. Semmes presented the memorial of W. H. S. Taylor, Second Auditor of the Treasury Department, praying for increased compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Dortch presented a resolution of the general assembly of North Carolina, vindicating the loyalty of the State of North Carolina and its general assembly; which was read.
On motion by Mr. Dortch,
Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.
Mr. Dortch submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending and making more stringent the laws in regard to persons guilty of aiding and abetting, or harboring, deserters from the Army.
Mr. Brown (by leave) introduced
A joint resolution (S. 5) to regulate the issue of clothing to officers in the Army;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Orr presented the petition of Joseph A. Yates, praying to be allowed compensation for the appropriation by the officers of the Government of a patent to him granted for improved machinery for traversing guns; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Orr (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 47) making Columbia, S. C., a port of delivery for goods imported into Charleston, S. C., and Wilmington, N. C.
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Orr (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 48) to authorize the discharge of certain civil officers from the military service of the Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 44) to amend the law in relation to assistant treasurers and depositaries, reported it with an amendment.
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On motion by Mr. Barnwell.
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Sample, praying to have his son, J. A. Sample, lieutenant, Company A, Seventh Mississippi Regiment, allowed back pay; and that it be referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 45) to amend an act entitled "An act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America," reported it with an amendment.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
Mr. Yancey (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 49) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to employ the best pilots for service m the Confederate Marine;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it 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. Hill,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution inquiring into the expediency of so amending the acts in relation to the sequestration of the estates, etc., of alien enemies as to require the payment to the Government, at an early day, of moneys duo to said enemies, etc.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 42) to amend the tenth section of an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America, approved March 16, 1861, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 34) to amend an act entitled "An act to alter and amend an act for the sequestration of estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States, and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States," approved February 15, 1862, reported it with amendments.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 43) for the relief of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company, and of the petition of C. L. Schlatter, praying for relief for said company, and that they be referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 22) allowing the Comptroller of the Treasury the privilege of obtaining the legal advice of the Attorney-General, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
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The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 21) for the condemnation to public use of all cotton within the Confederate States, providing for the payment thereof, and for other purposes.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed hills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on the 14th instant, approved and signed an act (S. 1) to authorize the appointment of assistants to the Register in signing bonds and certificates.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Richmond, Va., February 16, 1863.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War in response to your resolution of the 19th ultimo, in reference to impressments of flour, etc., in Petersburg and Lynchburg.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The message was read.
On motion by Mr. Simms,
Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the mode in which those acts of Congress which make appropriations for ministers or agents abroad have been administered in that Department; which was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the delivery of bonds to the president of the Bank of Louisiana; which was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
The bills communicated from the House of Representatives this day for concurrence were severally read the first and second times.
Ordered, That the bill numbered 8 be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and that the bill numbered 9 be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That the message of the President of the Confederate States of the 4th instant, 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, be printed.
Mr. Simms submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on ordering the message of the President of the Confederate States, received this day, in response to a resolution
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of the Senate in relation to impressments of flour, etc., in Petersburg and Lynchburg, to be printed, be reconsidered.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 27) defining who shall be exempt from military service in the armies of the Confederate States.
On the question to agree to the motion submitted by Mr. Phelan, that the bill lie on the table,
After debate,
Mr. Sparrow demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Maxwell, Phelan, and Simms. Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Clay, Davis, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Semmes, Sparrow, Wigfall, and Yancey.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "unfit," section 1, line 5, the words "for service in the field,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "come," section l, line 8, the words
Provided, That those who may have been exempted upon surgeons' certificates, setting forth specifically that they labored under some organic disease, shall not be required to undergo reexaminations,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Orr, that the vote on rejecting the amendment proposed by Mr. Dortch, viz, to insert after the word "unfit," section 1, line 5, the words "for service in the field," be reconsidered,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That 50 copies of the bill be printed for the use of the Senate.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned.
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