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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, December 15, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Clark,
Ordered, That the bill (S. 143) to amend the several acts now in force exempting certain persons from military duty, and for other purposes, be printed.
Mr. Oldham, front the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, who had been instructed by a resolution of the Senate to inquire into the subject, reported the following bills:
On motion by Mr. Davis,
Ordered, That the President pro tempore appoint a member on the Committee on Claims, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Peyton; and
Mr. Baker was appointed.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia,
Ordered, That he be excused from further service on the Committee on Naval Affairs, and that the President pro tempore appoint a member to serve on said committee in his stead; and
Mr. Dortch was appointed.
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 161) to repeal an act entitled "An act to regulate the destruction of property trader military necessity, and to provide for the indemnity thereof;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 149) to regulate the commencement and sitting of all future sessions of Congress; and
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned.
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