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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 --FRIDAY, February 17, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
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And they have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 94) to amend the law in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The House of Representatives have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 336) to authorize the establishment of an office of deposit in connection with the Treasury.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 14th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 364) appropriating $10,000 to pay claims in the recruiting service of the Confederate States.
Mr. Johnson of Georgia presented a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of the officers and men of the Second, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth regiments of Benning's brigade in relation to the prosecution of the war and recruiting the Army; which were ordered to lie upon the table and be printed.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That Power, Low & Co. have leave to withdraw their memorial and accompanying papers.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 195) to authorize the Secretary of War to negotiate with the governors of the several States for slave labor;
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.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 303) for the further organization of the field artillery of the Confederate States, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and no amendment being proposed, it 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.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was recommitted the bill (S. 184) to exempt from military service skilled artisans and mechanics, reported it with amendments.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was recommitted the bill (H. R. 350) to diminish the number of exemptions and details, reported it with amendments.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow, and that the bill and amendments be printed.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 184) to exempt from military service skilled artisans and mechanics.
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On motion by Mr. Orr, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow,
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the first reported amendment, to wit: Insert after "States," line 7, the words "or in the public workshops of any of the States,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On the question to agree to the second reported amendment,
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the bill (H. R. 368) for the relief of James Sykes, agent of James W. Sykes, and the joint resolution (H. R. 27) for the relief of the legal representatives of John R. Cardwell, reported them severally without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 84) to regulate, for a limited period, the compensation of the officers, clerks, and employees of the civil departments of the Government in the city of Richmond, with the amendments thereto reported from the Committee on Finance; and
The reported amendments having been amended and agreed to,
Resolved, That the Senate concur in the amendments of the House of Representatives to the said bill, with amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
The bills (H. R. 319 and H. R. 373)received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 94) to amend the law in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 29) in relation to the services of Manuel and Rafael Armijo and Julian Tesorio; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 190) to provide for raising 200,000 negro troops.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment, to wit: Strike out the fourth section and insert:
That all slaves received into the service under the provisions of this act shall be valued and paid for according to existing laws, and that said slaves, or any of them, upon a faithful performance of their duties, shall be manumitted by general orders from the War Department, if the consent of the State in which the said slaves may be at the time is given for their manumission,
On motion by Mr. Walker, to amend the amendment by striking out the words "upon a faithful performance of their duties," lines 5 and 6,
It was determined in the affirmative.
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On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the amendment by striking out the words "or any of them," line 5,
On motion by Mr. Garland, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed indefinitely,
On motion by Mr. Garland,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
Ordered, That the message of the President of the Confederate States of the 9th of January last, transmitting the official report of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston of the operations of the Army of Tennessee, together with the accompanying documents, be printed; and that the injunction of secrecy be removed therefrom.
The joint resolution (H. R. 29) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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