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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 --THURSDAY, December 10, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 150) to limit and define the term of office of the Secretary or principal officer of each of the Executive Departments, established by the several acts entitled "An act to organize the Department of State," "An act to establish the Treasury Department," "An act to establish the War Department," "An act to establish the Navy Department," "An act to establish the Post-Office Department," "An
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act to organize and establish an executive department, to be known as the Department of Justice," all of which acts were approved February 21, 1861;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to lie upon the table and be printed.
Mr. Brown submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That in the present condition of the country Congress ought, with the least practicable delay, to enact the following laws:
On motion by Mr. Brown,
Ordered, That the resolution be printed.
Mr. Wigfall submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the subject of the treatment and subsistence of prisoners of war in the hands of the military authorities, and report the result of their investigation to the Senate.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 142) to prevent the enlistment or enrollment of substitutes in the military service of the Confederate States, and to repeal all laws permitting or authorizing the same, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to amend the bill by striking therefrom the words
and that all laws heretofore passed permitting or allowing persons liable to military service to furnish substitutes for the same, or authorizing the acceptance, enlistment, or enrollment of any such substitute in the military service, be, and the same are hereby, repealed,
It was determined in the negative.
No other 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.
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Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved by the Scuttle of the Confederate States of America, That the President be respectfully requested to inform the Senate whether the Quartermaster-General is now discharging the duties of that office, and if not, by whom they are discharged; and whether the person discharging said duties has been appointed to the office of Quartermaster-General, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; whether previously to his entering on the duties of his office he gave a bond, with good and sufficient surety, in the sum directed by the Secretary of War, and the date and amount of said bond; whether the person now discharging the duties of Quartermaster-General was, previously to, and at the time of, his assuming said duties in the military service of the Confederate States, what position he held, and under what law he had been appointed.
Mr. Brown presented the memorial of Z. McDaniel and F. M. Ewing, praying the passage of an act which would entitle them to receive indemnity for the destruction of the Federal gunboat Cairo and her equipments and armament on the Yazoo River on the 12th day of December, 1862; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads,
Ordered, That the report of the Postmaster-General be printed.
On motion by Mr. Oldham, and by unanimous consent,
Ordered, That 450 additional copies of said report be printed; 150 copies for the use of the Senate and 300 for the use of the Post-Office Department.
Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be requested, if in his judgment not incompatible with the public interests, to furnish the Senate with copies of the several reports of Major-General Whiting in relation to running the blockade at Wilmington, North Carolina.
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 151) authorizing the issue of certain bonds of the Confederate States, and making the coupons attached to the same a legal tender in the payment of debts;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
Ordered, That it be printed.
On motion by Mr. Phelan, that 100 additional copies of the said bill be printed for the use of the Senate,
Ordered, That the motion be referred to the Committee on Printing.
On motion by Mr. Clay, that he be excused from further service on the Committee on Military Affairs,
It was unanimously determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate adjourned.
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