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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, March 15, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 437) to grant transportation to discharged and disabled soldiers; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The House of Representatives agree to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 419) to amend an act providing for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the Army, approved 14th June, 1864.
The bill (H. R. 437) to grant transportation to discharged and disabled soldiers 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.
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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 referred the joint resolution (H. R. 37) of thanks to, and for the relief of, Maj. Gaspar Tochman, formerly of the Polish army, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said resolution; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.
The said resolution was read the third time.
On the question,
Shall the resolution now pass?
The vote having been taken by yeas and nays, conformably to the Constitution,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Caperton, Graham, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr, Simms, Vest, Watson, andWigfall.
Mr. Semmes voted in the negative.
So it was
Resolved, That this resolution pass, two-thirds of the Senators present toting therefor.
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,
Mr. Brown presented the petition of O. L. Kimbrough, praying the passage of a law authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue duplicates for certain bonds and Treasury notes destroyed by fire;which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
Ordered, That the leave of absence heretofore granted to J. W. Anderson, recording clerk of the Senate, be extended until the close of the present session.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 438) to raise coin for the purpose of furnishing necessary supplies for the Army; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill (H. R. 438) last mentioned was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 14th instant) the nominations of Julius G. Tucker, to be colonel; W. L. De Rosset and D. J. Godwin, to be colonels, and J. T. Rosser, to be major (for retirement, under act approved January 27, 1865); A. Harris, George W. Bolling, Charles S. Taylor, Thomas Mahool, J. M. Williams, A. L. Huntt, and John W. Kincheloe, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; Fred. Philips, to be assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain; and W. W. Foote, to be adjutant, with the rank of first lieutenant, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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