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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 --TUESDAY, May 17, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 5) to provide passports for Senators and Representatives in Congress when traveling in the Confederate States, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
And they have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 25) for the relief of the widow and heirs of the late Brig. Gen. Leroy A. Stafford of the Confederate States Army.
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The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas on the 4th instant, fixing a day for the adjournment of the present session of Congress; and having been further amended, it was agreed to as follows:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourn their respective Houses, sine die, on Tuesday, the thirty-first day of May, instant, at twelve o'clock meridian.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the resolution.
Mr. Baker (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 30) to amend an act to impose regulations upon the foreign commerce of the Confederate States to provide for the public defense, approved February 6, 1864;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 68) to exempt railroad companies from the payment of certain duties, reported it with an amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 20) to establish a bureau of foreign supplies, reported it with an amendment.
On motion by Mr. Graham,
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed, by contract or otherwise.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved by the Senate of the Confederate States of America, That the President be respectfully requested to inform the Senate whether the order, No. 48, issued from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, in the city of Richmond, on the eleventh day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, relative to the termination of the appointments of general officers and officers of the general staff in the Provisional Army, has ever been revoked, if any officers have ever been dismissed the service under it, and if any, what officers, and when they were so dismissed.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 31) to promote the efficiency of the cavalry of the Provisional Army, and to punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Walker,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
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A bill (S. 32) to authorize the appointment of general officers with temporary rank and command, and to define and limit the power of assigning officers to commands;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be authorized and required to cause to be printed as speedily as possible fifty-two copies of the regular annual report of the Secretary of War at this session, at any printing office in Richmond, and that the same shall be printed on the best terms at which it can be obtained, and shall be paid for out of the contingent fund of the Senate.
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 joint resolutions:
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 21) to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved 17th February, 1864.
On motion by Mr. Graham, to amend the bill by striking out of the second section the words one-half of such amount as the said State is entitled to claim in Treasury notes of the new issue, and the other half in said six per cent bonds, or, at the option of the State, in coupon bonds, payable in twenty years, with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, payable half yearly; the said four per cent bonds not to be taxable either upon principal or interest; and this provision shall extend to any portion of the amount which such State may be entitled to claim,
and inserting in lieu thereof the words
such amount as said State may be entitled to in Treasury notes of the new issue,
It was determined in the negative.
An amendment having been proposed by Mr. Hill,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Walker,
The Senate adjourned.
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, May 17, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate William J. Cave, of Virginia, to be first, lieutenant and aid-de-camp in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, May 16, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of William J. Cave, of Virginia, to be aid-de-camp, with the rank, etc., of first lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. L. Kemper, to rank from May 16, 1864.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
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. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the President of the Confederate States of the 4th instant in relation to the conflicting claims of F. M. Green and W. B. Lowry for promotion in the Eleventh Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers, submitted a report (No. 1) accompanied by the following resolutions:
Resolved, That F. M. Green at the time of the nominations for field officers of the Eleventh Mississippi Regiment to the Senate at its last session was by law the senior and ranking officer of said regiment.
Resolved further, That a copy of the report of the Judiciary Committee on the executive message of the fourth May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, accompanying the nomination of F. M. Green as colonel of the Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, and also a copy of these resolutions, be transmitted to the President and to F. M. Green and W. B. Lowry.
The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on the Judiciary on the conflicting claims of F. M. Green and W. B. Lowry for promotion in the Eleventh Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers; and
On motion by Mr. Orr, that the report be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to embody in their report the general orders of the Adjutant and inspector General regulating promotions under the act of the 15th of April, 1862, in the decisions of the case by the Adjutant and Inspector General and Secretary of War, and the opinion of the Attorney-General in the case of Major Bass,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Walker,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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