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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, March 31, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Maxwell submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on passing the bill (S. 4) to regulate the action of the Secretary of the Navy upon the decisions of naval general courts-martial be reconsidered.
Mr. Orr presented the memorial of the heads of bureaus and clerks in the different Departments of the Government in the city of Richmond, praying an increase of their salaries; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance have leave to sit during the sessions of the Senate for the remainder of the present session of Congress.
Mr. Haynes (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 101) regulating the fees and compensation of district attorneys;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
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Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of certain officers of the Army, praying the passage of a resolution before the Senate to regulate the issue of clothing to officers in the Army, and that it lie upon the table.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 95) conferring temporary rank and command on officers of the Confederate States Army in the bureaus of the Quartermaster-General, Commissary-General, and Surgeon-General, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow.
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 102) to amend the several acts fixing the pay and allowances to chaplains in the Provisional Army;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, 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.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, reported
A bill (S. 103) to authorize the increase of the compensation of route agents, and to increase the per diem allowance of special agents of the Post-Office Department;
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 Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 48) to authorize the discharge of certain civil officers from the military service of the Confederate States; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Maxwell submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance, in considering the memorial of certain clerks, praying for increase of compensation, referred this morning, do further consider the propriety of increasing the compensation of the ladies acting as clerks in the Treasury Department.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 12) to provide for continuing in service seamen and ordinary seamen now in the service of the Confederate States, without amendment.
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The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 15) for the establishment and equalization of the grade of officers of the Navy of the Confederate States, and for other purposes.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow,
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment:
Insert after "surgeon in chief," section 1, line 11, the words "with the name of Medical Director-General,"
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "General" the words "to be promoted by seniority,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
The amendment as amended was then agreed to.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment:
Insert at the end of section 4 the following:
The Medical Director General shall have the pay and rank allowed by law to the Surgeon-General of the Army. Fleet surgeons and inspectors of naval hospitals shall have the pay allowed by law, as at present established to fleet surgeons, and the rank allowed by law to inspectors of hospitals in the Army. Surgeons shall have the pay as at present established by law, and the rank allowed by law to surgeons in the Army. Assistant surgeons shall have the pay as at present established by law, and the rank allowed by law to assistant surgeons in the Army,
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, in the fourth line, the words "allowed by law," and in the fifth line the word "established," and by inserting after "present," line 5, the words "allowed by law,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
The amendment as amended was then agreed to.
The residue of the amendments reported by the Committee on Naval Affairs were then agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting after "Navy," section 6, line 5, the words "the grade of first lieutenant in the Navy of the Confederate States shall not be construed to be a new grade,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell, to amend the bill by striking out the seventeenth section,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the tenth section
and the President shall, whenever in his opinion any officer, seaman, or marine has performed any gallant and meritorious act as aforesaid, cause to be prepared and engrossed on parchment a resolution of thanks, which shall recite the act or acts that entitle him to thanks; which shall be presented to said officer, seaman, or marine,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the bill by striking out the fifteenth section,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Yancey,
Ordered, That the further consideration of this bill be postponed to and made the special order for to-morrow at half past 12 o'clock.
Mr. Oldham (by leave) introduced
A joint resolution (S. 10) authorizing the Postmaster-General to
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extend the time for receiving bids for transportation of the mails in the States therein named;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, the resolution was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said resolution 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 Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill (S. 73) to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field, to serve during the war; which was again read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That a general commanding a department or an army in the field may assign to duty, as chief of staff, one of the general officers under his command, who shall, under his direction, be charged with the general administration of such department or army. There shall also be allowed to a general commanding as above, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one inspector-general, one adjutant-general, one chief quartermaster, one chief commissary, and one chief of ordnance, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry; and one surgeon, as medical director, with the pay and allowances of a colonel or cavalry; one aid-de-camp, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry; one with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, and one with the rank, pay, and allowances of a captain of cavalry.
On motion by Mr. Henry, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "general," section 1, line 7, the words "with the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general,"
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It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Henry, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "inspector-general," section 2, line 3, the words "with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry,"
it was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 2, line 1, the words "corps d'armé" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "army corps,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "general," section 3, line 3, the words "with the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 4, line 2, the words "as heretofore" and inserting "by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Clark, to amend the reported amendment by inserting at the end of the sixth section "or distinguished themselves in battle,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "inspectors," section 7, line 3, the word "general,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "army," section 1, line 5, the words "and one of the brigadier-generals under his command as inspector-general,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 1, line 7, the words "one inspector-general, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the reported amendment as amended,
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was 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.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 78) to prevent the absence of officers and soldiers without leave.
On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the bill by inserting after "leave" section 1, line 6, the words "or beyond the leave granted,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, line 6, the words "in hospitals,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the second section the following proviso:
Provided, That this section shall not take effect until it shall have been first proclaimed to the Army in general orders,
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It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the bill by inserting the following independent section:
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the bill by inserting the following independent section:
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments 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.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 14) to authorize newspapers to be mailed to soldiers free of postage; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was 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.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of 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; and
On motion by Mr. Baker,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 22) allowing the Comptroller of the Treasury the privilege of obtaining the legal advice of the Attorney-General; and
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Phelan on the 25th instant, that the vote on passing the bill (S. 93) to provide tobacco for the Army be reconsidered; and
The motion was agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 93) last mentioned; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate adjourned.
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