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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 --SATURDAY, February 25, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Brown submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That Admiral Franklin Buchanan, of the Confederate States Navy, be invited to a privileged seat on the floor of the Senate, and that the presiding officer of the Senate be requested to furnish the Admiral with a copy of this resolution.
Mr. Henry submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the privilege of the floor of the Senate be extended to the Honorable Isham G. Harris, governor of the State of Tennessee, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to communicate a copy of this resolution to Governor Harris.
On motion by Mr. Henry, that the Hon. Landon C. Haynes have leave of absence until the close of the present session,
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Garland, Graham, Henry, Orr, Simms, and Walker.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Semmes, Watson, and Wigfall.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a resolution of the general assembly of the State of Virginia in relation to the Confederate States impressment laws; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie upon the table and be printed.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 234) to increase the number of ordnance sergeants in the Provisional Army, 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.
On the question,
Shall the bill be read a third time?
It was determined in the negative.
So the bill was rejected.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 30) expressing the sense of Congress on the subject of the late peace commission; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The House of Representatives have concurred in the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 377) to establish an arsenal and foundry in the valley of Deep River, in the State of North Carolina, and to the bill (H. R. 382) to amend the fourteenth section of an act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds."
Mr. Walker, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 384) for the relief of bonded agriculturists in certain cases, reported it without amendment.
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The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the Consideration of the said bill.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell, to amend the bill by inserting after "field," section 1, line 5, the words "not less than one month,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by striking out the first section,
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Garland, Henry, Hunter, Semmes, Simms, and Vest.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Brown, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr, Walker, Watson, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri, to amend the bill by inserting after "month," section 1, line 5, the word "continuously,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Oldham, to reconsider the vote on disagreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. Semmes, to strike out the first section of the bill,
On motion by Mr. Simms,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Garland, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Semmes, Simms, Vest, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Orr, Walker, and Watson.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendment proposed by Mr. Semmes; and
On the question to agree thereto,
It was determined in the affirmative.
The bill having been further amended on the motion of Mr. Semmes, it was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
Mr. Maxwell, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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The President pro tempore 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 joint resolution (H. R. 30) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 378) to provide for the immediate payment of arrears due to the Army and Navy; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
On the question,
Shall the bill be read a third time?
It was determined in the negative.
So the bill was rejected.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate proceeded to consider 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; and
On motion by Mr. Maxwell, that the further consideration thereof be postponed indefinitely,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
Resolved, That the Senate concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to said bill.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (respectively, on the 6th, 14th, and 29th December, 1864, and on the 25th ultimo) the nominations of William H. Capers, C. C. Morgan, B. H. Blanton, Charles W. Digges, P. G. Johnson, D. H. Reid, J. E. Porter, Graham Daves, H. L. Davis, J. Stephenson, W. Abercrombie, J. M. Davis, S. W. Oliver, James H. Murray, A. Huguenin, John R. Carwile, John E. Saunders, and Charles Haigh, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant, reported, with the recommendation that they lie upon the table.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That all of said nominations lie upon the table.
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Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That Major-General Stephen D. Lee, having been appointed lieutenant-general under the act of February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and having been relieved from the discharge of the duties in the command to which he was appointed, can not be confirmed by the Senate to the said command, but must now resume his former rank in the service.
The Senate proceeded to consider said resolution; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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