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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 --WEDNESDAY, February 1, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 24) of thanks to the officers and men of the Ninth. Fourteenth, and Fifty-seventh regiments of Virginia Infantry; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
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The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 27th ultimo he approved and signed an act (H. R. 308) to provide more effectually for carrying out certain stipulations in the treaty made with the Cherokee Nation of Indians.
Mr. Baker (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 177) to amend an act to establish the judicial courts of the Confederate States of America;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Semmes presented the memorial of Power, Low & Co., praying for the issue of duplicates of certain bonds destroyed; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (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, reported thereon.
Ordered, That the amendments be printed.
Mr. Haynes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported
A bill (S. 178) to provide for the appointment of a solicitor of the War Department;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, 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. Semmes,
Ordered, That the President pro tempore ad interim appoint, temporarily, two additional members on the Committee on Finance; and
Mr. Orr and Mr. Oldham were appointed.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That the President pro tempore ad interim appoint, temporarily, an additional member on the Committee on Military Affairs; and
Mr. Garland was appointed.
The joint resolution (H. R. 24) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence 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. 169) to abolish the office of certain quartermasters and commissaries, and to provide for the appointment of bonded agents in said departments.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by striking out "two months," section 2, line 3, and inserting "one month,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, the vote on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Simms was reconsidered.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the said amendment; and On the question to agree thereto,
On motion by Mr. Simms,
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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Garland, Haynes, Johnson of Missouri, Orr, Simms, Vest, and Watson.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Dortch, Graham, Henry, Maxwell, Oldham, Semmes, Walker, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the bill by inserting after "bond," section 4, line 2, the words "payable to the Confederate States,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the bill by inserting after "departments," section 4, line 5, the words "and that their compensation shall not exceed that now allowed quartermasters and commissaries for similar duties,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the bill by striking out "sixty," section 5, line 4, and inserting "thirty,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, to amend the bill by inserting after "repealed," section 6, line 4, the words "and all details heretofore granted in these departments are hereby revoked,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Henry, to amend the bill by striking out all of the first section after the enacting clause and inserting:
That the office of all quartermasters and assistant quartermasters, commissaries and assistant commissaries, on duty at posts and depots, those engaged in purchasing and impressing supplies, and those engaged in collecting the tax in kind, be, and the same is hereby, abolished,
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 and the title was amended.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be "An act to abolish the office of certain quartermasters and assistant quartermasters, commissaries and assistant commissaries, and to provide for the appointment of bonded agents in said departments."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Simms,
The Senate adjourned.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 21st ultimo) the nominations of I. M. St. John, to be colonel; Richard Morton and W. R. Hunt, to be lieutenant-colonels; Isaac Read, T. J. Finnie, John Ellicott, Jas. F. Jones, and C. R. Barney, to be majors, and F. W. Smith, R. H. Temple, W. Gabbett, H. F. Reardon, R. C. Morton, B. A. Stovall, J. W. Pearce, S. Chalaron,
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and John R. Hale, to be captains in the Niter and Mining Bureau, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on 30th November, ultimo) the nomination of R. H. Renshaw, to be assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to the appointment of R. H. Renshaw, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 31st ultimo) the nomination of T. O. Stark, to be a quartermaster, with the rank of major, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to the appointment of T. O. Stark, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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