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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, March 18, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 17th instant he approved and signed the following acts:
Mr. Watson submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the hour fixed for the adjournment of the present session of Congress be extended to two o'clock post-meridian this day.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
Mr. Watson, from the Joint Select Committee on the Treatment and Exchange of Prisoners, submitted a report (No. 13); which was ordered to lie upon the table and be printed.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has to-day approved and signed the following acts:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Watson,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that, he has this day approved and signed the following acts:
The House of Representatives have agreed to the resolution of the Senate extending the hour fixed for the adjournment of the present session of Congress to 2 o'clock p. m. this day.
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On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the message of the President of the 1st instant communicating copies of the correspondence of the President and the War Department with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston while he was in command of the Army of Tennessee in the field, and that the message, together with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the Senate.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom had been referred the bill (H. R. 441) to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, submitted a report (No. 14); which was ordered to lie upon the table and be printed.
On motion by Mr. Wigfall,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the message of the President of the 7th instant communicating the report of Gen. J. B. Hood of the operations of the Army of Tennessee while under his command, and that the message, together with the accompanying documents, be printed for the use of the Senate.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 229) to regulate the assimilated rank between officers of the Army and Navy, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 228) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863, as amended by the act approved February 16, 1864.
Mr. Henry presented a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of the officers and men of the Thirty-first and Forty-third regiments of Tennessee cavalry, in relation to the prosecution of the war; which were ordered to lie upon the table and be printed.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has this day approved and signed an act (S. 181) to amend the law in relation to impressments.
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 bill (H. R. 442) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to diminish the number of exemptions and details;" in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
The bill (H. R. 442) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to diminish the number of exemptions and details" 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 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. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
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A bill (S. 228) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863, as amended by the act approved February 16, 1864.
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 225) to amend the tenth section of the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war."
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Watson submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That, a committee be appointed, to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives, to wait upon the President of the Confederate States, and inform him that if he has no further communication to make the two Houses are now ready to adjourn.
On motion by Mr. Watson,
Ordered, That the committee on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President pro tempore; and
Mr. Watson, Mr. Oldham, and Mr. Henry were appointed.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
A bill (H. R. 442) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to diminish the number of exemptions and details."
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have appointed a committee, to join the committee appointed by the Senate, to wait upon the President of the Confederate States and inform him that, if he has no further communication to make the two Houses are now ready to adjourn; and they have appointed Mr. Conrad of Louisiana, Mr. Clark of Missouri, and Mr. Gholson of Virginia, the committee on their part.
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has this day approved and signed an act (S. 228) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863, as amended by the act approved February 16, 1864.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar, their Clerk:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
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A bill (S. 225) to amend the tenth section of the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war."
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that he has this day approved and signed an act (H. R. 442) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to diminish the number of exemptions and details."
A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has this day approved and signed an act (S. 225) to amend the tenth section of the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war."
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Watson, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon the President of the Confederate States and inform him that if he has no further communication to make the two Houses are now ready to adjourn, reported
That they had discharged the duty assigned them, and that the President replied that he had no further communication to make.
The Senate proceeded to reconsider the bill (H. R. 420) entitled "An act to provide for the payment of arrears now due to the Army and Navy," returned by the President of the Confederate States to the House of Representatives, with his objections, and passed by the House of Representatives on a reconsideration of the same; and
On the question,
Shall this bill pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding?
The vote having been taken by yeas and nays, conformably to the Constitution,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Simms, Vest, Watson, and Wigfall.
Mr. Semmes voted in the negative.
The number of Senators voting not constituting a quorum of the Senate,
The President pro tempore announced that the hour fixed for the adjournment of the two Houses of Congress, by their resolution of this day, had arrived, and declared the Senate to be adjourned sine die.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 17th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 438) to raise coin for the purpose of furnishing necessary supplies for the Army.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
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Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the bill (H. R. 438) last mentioned.
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, March 18, 1865.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the grades affixed to their names, respectively.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
No. 279.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, March 17, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
The message was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on this day) the nominations of J. S. Marmaduke and T. J. Churchill, to be major-generals, and R. M. Gano, Walter P. Lane, W. P. Hardeman, R. Waterhouse, and Henry Gray, to be brigadier-generals, reported, with the recommendation that all of 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. Wigfall,
Ordered, That the vote on confirming the nomination of T. J. Churchill, to be major-general, be reconsidered.
The Senate proceeded to consider said nomination; and
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to the appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of December 16, 1864,
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transmitting certain correspondence between the Secretary of State and the commissioners of the Confederate States now in Europe, reported back the same and asked to be discharged therefrom.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred (on the 14th instant) the message of the President relative to the removal from office of W. H. Robertson, postmaster at Osborne's Ford, Davis County, Va., reported back the same and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the same.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
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