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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, May 12, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Caperton presented the petition, of S. Bassett French, praying that certain cotton and stock contributed for the erection of an equestrian statue of Gem T. J. Jackson be released from taxation and export duties; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 67) to continue in force and amend the provisions of an act approved January 30, 1864, increasing the compensation of certain officers and employees in the civil and legislative departments in Richmond, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and
On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Missouri, to amend the bill by inserting the following proviso:
Provided, That no person shall be entitled to the benefit of this act unless they make an affidavit that they have no other means of subsistence,
It was determined in the negative.
No amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas on the 4th instant, fixing a day for the adjournment of the present session of Congress; and
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Ordered, That it lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following resolution; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
"Resolved, That a joint committee of the two Houses be appointed whose special duty it shall be to collect intelligence from every reliable source, official or other, touching any movement of the enemy threatening a forcible interruption of the deliberations of Congress, and to concert and report reasonable measures for avoiding a surprise that would involve an interregnum in that department of the Government, a contingency greatly to be deprecated for considerations intimately connected with the public safety and interest."
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and
On motion by Mr. Graham, to amend the resolution by inserting after "Resolved," the words "(the Senate concurring),"
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It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Graham, to amend the resolution by adding thereto the following:
Resolved, That the committee consist of three members on the part of the Senate andon the part of the House of Representatives,
It was determined in the affirmative.
The resolution as amended was then agreed to.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
On motion by Mr. Graham,
Ordered, That the committee on the part of the Senate to collect intelligence touching any movement of the enemy threatening a forcible interruption of the deliberations of Congress, and to concert and report reasonable measures for avoiding a surprise that would involve an interregnum in that department of the Government, be appointed by the President pro tempore; and
Mr. Graham, Mr. Barnwell, and Mr. Brown were appointed.
Mr. Graham and Mr. Barnwell were, on motions severally made by them, excused from serving on said committee; and Mr. Orr and Mr. Semmes were appointed in their stead.
Mr. Semmes was, on his motion, excused from serving on the committee; and Mr. Caperton was appointed in his stead.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
The Senate having again resolved into secret legislative session,
On motion by Mr. Burnett, that the vote on agreeing to the resolution of the House of Representatives providing for the appointment of a joint committee of the two Houses to collect, intelligence touching any movement of the enemy threatening a forcible interruption of the deliberations of Congress, and to concert and report reasonable measures for avoiding a surprise that would involve an interregnum in that department of the Government, be reconsidered,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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