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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 24, 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. 163) to authorize the appointment of additional officers in the Engineer Corps.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 378) to provide for the immediate payment of arrears due to the Army and Navy, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 169) 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, reported thereon.
The bills received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times; and
Ordered, That the bill numbered 234 be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the bill numbered 379 to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Hunter,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Hunter (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 207) to authorize the issue of licenses for the sale of tobacco and cotton;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Wigfall submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote by which the Senate refused to pass to a third reading the joint resolution (H. R. 29) in relation to the services of Manuel and Rafael Armijo and Julian Tesorio be reconsidered.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was committed (on the 14th instant) the nomination of E. G. Lee, to be brigadier-general, reported back the same with the recommendation that it be not confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of E. G. Lee, to be a brigadier-general.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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