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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 --WEDNESDAY, February 18, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills and joint resolutions of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill
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(S. 35) to authorize the issue of bonds for funding Treasury notes, reported them without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said amendments; and
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of C. K. Mallory and others, acting midshipmen in the Confederate States Navy, praying an increase of pay, reported
A bill (S. 50) to increase the pay of acting midshipmen in the Navy; 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.
The bills and joint resolutions received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times.
Ordered, That the bills numbered 10 and 12 and the joint resolutions numbered 1, 2, and 3 be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and that the bill numbered 11 be referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 motion by Mr. Mitchel, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "come," section 1, line 8, the words
and persons declared to be unfit for duty in the field under this act, or under the act entitled "An act to establish places of rendezvous for the examination of enrolled men," approved October eleven, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall not be afterwards subject to be again examined and enrolled,
On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Mitchel by adding thereto the words
except in such cases as the enrolling officer may have reasonable grounds to believe ought to undergo reexamination,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to reconsider the vote last mentioned,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Mitchel by inserting after "eighteen hundred and sixty-two" the words "by reason of any organic disease or permanent disability,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Mitchel, as amended,
It was determined in the affirmative.
So the amendment as amended was agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting after "officers," section 1, line 15, the words "other than those heretofore named,"
It was determined in the negative.
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On motion by Mr. Oldham, to amend the bill by striking out, in the eleventh line of the first section, the words "appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate,"
After debate,
Mr. Hill demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Clark, Haynes, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Mitchel, Oldham, Peyton, Semmes, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Orr, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting after "officers," section 1, line 15, the words "excepting judges, chancellors, and sheriffs,"
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Haynes, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Peyton, Semmes, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Caperton, Clark, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Orr, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, lines 19, 20, and 21, the words
all clerks in the offices of the Confederate and State governments authorized by law, and receiving salaries or fees fixed by law,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting after "printers," section 1, line 40, the words "engineers and pressmen,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting after "printer," section 1, line 42, the words "engineers and pressmen,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to amend the bill by inserting after "pressmen," section 1, line 40, the words "and stenographic reporters,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, lines 45, 46, and 47, the words
every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the rules of his sect, and now in the regular discharge of ministerial duties; and,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to amend the bill by inserting after "last," section 1, line 55, the words "and for two years prior thereto,"
It was determined in the negative.
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On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the bill by inserting after "stated," section 1, line 63, the words
Provided, That the exemption of shoemakers shall not be construed to include persons engaged in stitching and binding shoes and boots; nor shall the exemption of blacksmiths, millers, and millwrights extend to persons who, before or since the sixteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, were, and have been, working sometimes at said employments and sometimes at agricultural or other industrial pursuits,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by striking out the word "at," section 1, line 60, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "as,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "last," section 1, line 60, the words "continuously and,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, line 61, the words "in one of the above trades" and inserting the same after the word "employed," in the sixtieth line of the same section,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the bill by striking out "twenty," section 1, line 74, and inserting "fifty,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by inserting after "mechanics," section 1, line 64, the words "and in card factories and factories for the manufacture of wire for cotton and wool cards,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "a," section 1, line 74, the word "next,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the bill by inserting after the word "the," section 1, line 75, the words "value of,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the bill by striking out "twenty," section 1, line 74, and inserting "thirty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by inserting after "invested," section 1, line 75, the words "and paid in,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, to amend the bill by striking out "five," section 1, line 91, and inserting "three,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia, to amend the bill by inserting after "eighteen hundred and sixty-two," section 1, line 87, the words
or who were engaged in teaching school as a profession on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and who are now so engaged,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, lines 104 and 105, the words
no more than six cents per pound is asked or received for the salt so produced by them, and,
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It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the bill by inserting before the word "All," section 1, line 102, the words "All superintendents and employees engaged at salt works conducted under authority of any State; and,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
A further amendment having been proposed to the bill by Mr. Henry,
On motion by Mr. Davis,
Ordered, That it be printed.
When,
On motion by Mr. Dortch,
The Senate adjourned.
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