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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 --MONDAY, January 30, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
The President and President pro tempore of the Senate both being absent,
Mr. Graham stated that he had received a message from the Vice-President requesting him to preside over the deliberations of the Senate to-day;
Whereupon,
Mr. Graham, by unanimous consent, took the chair.
Mr. Caperton, the forty-eighth rule of the Senate having been suspended therefor, submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the following be adopted as one of the standing rules of the Senate:
"In case of the temporary absence of both the President and President pro tempore of the Senate, the Senate may appoint any Senator who, as President pro tempore ad interim, shall preside over the body during such temporary absence of the President
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and President pro tempore; and when such Senator shall thus preside, his powers and duties shall be the same as those of the President and President pro tempore in these rules specified."
Mr. Caperton submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Honorable William A. Graham be appointed President pro tempore of the Senate ad interim.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the Hon. Edward Sparrow have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Thursday next.
Mr. Dortch submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making reputation prima facie evidence of the fact of desertion in all prosecutions under an act entitled "An act to prevent the procuring, aiding, and assisting persons to desert," etc., approved January twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Mr. Henry (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 173) to receive volunteer troops for the war;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Oldham presented a resolution of the legislature of the State of Texas concerning peace, reconstruction, and independence; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie upon the table and be printed.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, the Secretary wait upon the President of the Confederate States and inform him that, in the absence of both the President and President pro tempore of the Senate, temporarily, the Senate have chosen the Hon. William A. Graham President pro tempore of the Senate ad interim.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country, with amendments: in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The House of Representatives insist on their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 336) to authorize the establishment of an office of deposit in connection with the Treasury; agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Messrs. Lyon, Wickham, and Barksdale managers at said conference on their part.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Hill presented the memorial of the mechanics and artisans of the city of Columbus, Ga., praying to be relieved from the hardships laid upon them by their present organization into "reserved corp;" which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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certain moneys deposited by postmasters with the depositaries of the Government created under the act approved February 17, 1864.
The President pro tempore ad interim having signed the enrolled bills last reported to have been examined, they were delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 199) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country; and
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 174) to encourage the production of cotton in the Trans-Mississippi Department;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced the following bills; which were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 242) to provide for sequestrating the property of persons liable to military service who have departed, or shall depart, from the Confederate States without permission; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the joint resolution of the Senate (S. 25) to amend a joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution on the subject of retaliation," approved May 1, 1863, with an amendment; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution (S. 25) last mentioned; and
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
Ordered, That it be referred to the joint select committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war held by the Confederate and United States Governments.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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