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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, April 7, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Semmes (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 111) to authorize the issue of eight per cent bonds or certificates of stock in certain cases;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Davis on yesterday, for a daily recess of the Senate from half past 3 until 7 o'clock p. m.; and
The resolution was not agreed to.
Mr. Henry (by leave) introduced
A joint resolution (S. 12) relative to the navigation of the Mississippi River;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 112) to facilitate transportation for the Government;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Davis,
Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of a communication from the Attorney-General, transmitting reports upon certain claims on file in the Department of Justice.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 100) to amend an act to establish the Bureau of indian Affairs, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 100) last mentioned; and no amendment being made, it 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. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McDonald:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives insist on their amendment to the bill of the Senate (S. 97) to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Confederate States and the drivers of post coaches and hacks from military service, agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Chilton of Alabama, Mr. Holt of Georgia, and Mr. Atkins of Tennessee as managers on their part at said conference.
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 2d instant, approved and signed the following acts:
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On the 4th instant the President approved and signed the following acts:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Clay submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on passing the bill (H. R. 17) to aid committees of Congress in the investigation of matters referred to them, and to punish false swearing before said committees, be reconsidered.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to communicate to the Senate, in secret session, at as early a day as practicable, any information in possession of the Government relating to the sale or hypothecation of cotton, or cotton certificates or bonds, in Europe, stating the amount of cotton so sold or hypothecated, and the prices and the terms upon which cotton bonds may have been sold; and, specially, what amounts of cotton, acquired under the act entitled "An act to authorize the exchange of articles in kind," etc., approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, have been sold, to what market, for what price, and on what terms; and what is the probable limit, if any, to which sales of cotton may be effected if the cotton is accumulated in greater quantities.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 18) to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States.
Mr. Barnwell submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote on agreeing to the following amendment, viz: Section 1, line 9, strike out "one" and insert "two," be reconsidered.
On motion by Mr. Clark, to amend the amendment reported by the Committee on Finance by inserting after "That," section 1, line 1, the words "a tax of one-half of one per cent upon the value of all land and slaves be levied and collected,"
On motion by Mr. Clark,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who he voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Peyton, and Phelan.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Caperton, Clay, Davis, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Semmes, Sparrow, Wigfall, and Yancey.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, that the vote on rejecting the following
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amendment, viz; Section 1, line 1, strike out "ten" and insert "fifteen," be reconsidered,
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. Caperton, Clark, Clay, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Johnson of Arkansas, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Davis, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Phelan, Semmes, and Sparrow.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said amendment; and
On the question to agree thereto,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Caperton, Clark, Clay, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Johnson of Arkansas, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Simms, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Davis, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the amendment was agreed to.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "salt," section 1, line 2, "wines and spirituous liquors,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Henry, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "next," section 1, line 9, "and on all credits on which the holder has refused to receive Treasury notes in payment,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "moneys," section 1, line 8, "Confederate or State treasury notes, bank notes, or other currency,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 3, line 1, the words "for ten days,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Caperton, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "made," section 5, line 15, "except upon sales of land and slaves; and upon such sales, one per centum on the gross amount,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the reported amendment by striking out "two and a half," section 5, lines 53 and 54, and inserting "five,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Dortch, to amend the reported amendment by striking out "sixty," section 5, line 73, and inserting "twenty-five,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the reported amendment by striking out "twenty," section 5, line 81, and inserting "forty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
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On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "act," section 5, line 90, "persons who let rooms for lodging shall pay twenty dollars,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, to amend the reported amendment by striking out "and," section 5, line 81, and inserting after "taverns," in the same line, "and boarding houses;" by inserting after "sojourners," in the eighty-third line of the same section, "or boarders," and by striking out "or," line 85, and inserting after "tavern," in the same line, "or boarding house,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 5, lines 84 and 85, the words "the income of which amounts to five hundred dollars from that source,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the reported amendment by striking out, section 5, lines 88 and 89, the words "and every boarding house in which there shall be six boarders or more,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Caperton, to amend the reported amendment by inserting after "made," section 5, line 97, the words "every agent engaged in the business of selling slaves at private sale shall pay fifty dollars and one per centum on the gross amount of the receipts realized,"
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, the Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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