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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 --MONDAY, June 13, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
MONDAY, June 13, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the, consideration of the bill (S. 71) in relation to the salary of the President; and

On motion by Mr. Walker,

Ordered, That it lie upon the table.

Mr. Walker (by leave) introduced

A joint resolution (S. 15) in relation to the President's salary; which 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 be engrossed and read a third time.

The said resolution was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the tithe thereof be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

Mr. Hill (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 82) relative to the salary of the judge of the district courts of the Confederate States for the district of Georgia; which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

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Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

On the question,

Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the negative.

So it was

Resolved, That the bill do not pass.

The Senate resumed the reconsideration of the joint resolution (S. 8) directing the settlement of the claim of Zedekiah McDaniel and Francis M. Ewing, for destroying the Federal gunboat Cairo by means of a torpedo, returned by the President of the Confederate States with his objections; and

On the question,

Shall the resolution pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding?

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 9
• Nays ... 7

The vote having been taken by yeas and nays, as required by the Constitution of the Confederate States,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burnett, Graham, Henry, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Simms, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Barnwell, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Semmes, and Walker.

So it was

Resolved, That the resolution do not pass, two-thirds of the Senate not agreeing to pass the same.

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. 158) making additional appropriations for the support of the Government; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

And they have passed the joint resolution of the Senate (S. 12) for the relief of Wellington Goddin.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The House of Representatives have agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 107) to amend the tax laws.

Mr. Barnwell, from the committee of conference on the part of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 107) to amend the tax laws, reported

That they have met the managers on the part of the House of Representatives, and, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House of Representatives do recede from their amendment to the sixth amendment of the Senate; that the Senate recede from their said sixth amendment; and that the bill be amended by striking out the second paragraph of the first section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

• "II. On the value of gold and silver wares and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, ten per cent.
• "III. The value of property taxed under this section shall be assessed on the basis of the market value of the same or similar property in the neighborhood where assessed in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, except in cases where land, slaves, cotton, and tobacco have been purchased since the first day of January, eighteen

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  hundred and sixty-two; in which case the said land, slaves, cotton, and tobacco so purchased shall be assessed at the price actually paid for the same by the owner: Provided, That land purchased by refugees, and paid and occupied by them for their own use and residence, shall be assessed according to its market value in the year eighteen hundred and sixty."

That the bill be amended by striking out all of the second section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"That section two of an act entitled 'An act to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government,' approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. And it is hereby declared that all the property and assets of corporations, associations, and joint stock companies of every description, whether incorporated or not, shall be assessed and taxed in the same manner and to the same extent as the property and assets of individuals; the tax on such property and assets to be assessed against and paid by such corporations, associations, and joint stock companies: Provided, That no bank or banking company shall be liable to pay a tax upon deposits of money to the credit of and subject to the checks of others: Provided further, That the stock, shares, or interests, representing property or assets in corporations or joint stock companies or associations, shall not be assessed or taxed: And provided further, That all property within the enemy's lines be, and the same is hereby, exempted from all taxation so long as it remains in the enemy's lines."

That the House of Representatives recede from their disagreement to the eleventh amendment of the Senate, and agree to the said amendment amended so as to read as follows: "That paragraph I, of section three, of an act entitled 'An act to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government,' approved seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four," be, and the same is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: "Upon the amount of all gold and silver coin, gold dust gold or silver bullion, moneys held abroad or bills of exchange drawn therefor, promissory notes, rights, credits, and securities payable in foreign countries, five per cent, to be paid in specie, or in Confederate Treasury notes, at their value as compared with specie at the time the tax is payable; the relative value of specie and Confederate Treasury notes for the purposes of payment under this act to be fixed by regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner of taxes under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury."

That the Senate recede from their twelfth and thirteenth amendments, and that the bill be amended by striking out the second paragraph of section three.

That the Senate recede from its fourteenth amendment.

That the House of Representatives recede from its disagreement to the fifteenth and sixteenth amendments of the Senate.

That the House of Representatives recede from its amendment to the seventeenth amendment of the Senate, and that the Senate recede from its said amendment.

That the House of Representatives recede from its disagreement to the nineteenth amendment of the Senate.

That the Senate recede from its twentieth amendment.

That the House of Representatives agree to the twenty-first amendment of the Senate with the following amendment: Strike out the word "twenty" and insert the word "thirty."

That the House of Representatives agree to the twenty-third Senate amendment with the following amendment, to wit: Strike out after the word "production," in paragraph III, the words "of pig metal or pig iron the cost of fuel," and insert the following words in lieu thereof: "or manufacture of pig metal or other iron the cost of fuel."

That the House of Representatives recede from its disagreement to the twenty-fourth Senate amendment.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and

On the question to concur therein,

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 11
• Nays ... 4

On motion by Mr. Graham,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Oldham, Semmes, Watson, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

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Messrs. Baker, Graham, Johnson of Missouri, and Simms.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate concur in the said report and that the bill be amended accordingly.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

The bill (H. R. 158) making additional appropriations for the support of the Government 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 third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion by Mr. Jemison,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 60) to amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of luxuries, or of articles not necessaries or of common use," approved February 6, 1864; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 72) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October 9, 1862; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill and joint resolution of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:

• H. R. 159. An act further to amend an act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds, approved February 17, 1864; and
• H. R. 15. Joint resolution in reference to the exportation of cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores, sugar, molasses, and molasses, and rice, exported by any of the Confederate States, and to the vessels in which said articles are shipped.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 152) to amend the first section of an act entitled "An act to organize the clerical force of the Treasury Department," approved February 13, 1862; 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.

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So the bill was rejected.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Hill (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 83) relative to the salaries of the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States;
which 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 be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

The joint resolution (H. R. 15) in reference to the exportation of cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores, sugar, molasses, and rice, exported by any of the Confederate States, and to the vessels in which said articles are shipped, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The bill (H. R. 159) further to amend an act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds, approved February 17, 1864, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Graham,

The Senate took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m.

8 O'CLOCK P. M.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the Senate of the following titles:

• S. 49. An act to authorize the manufacture of spirituous liquors for the use of the Army and hospitals;
• S. 53. An act to amend the several acts in relation to a volunteer navy; and
• S. 62. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a provisional navy of the Confederate States," approved May 1, 1863.

And they have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 58) to authorize the appointment of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters and commissaries and assistant commissaries in the Provisional Army in certain cases, with amendments: in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

Mr. Watson, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:

• H. R. 12. An act to provide for the enrollment and conscription of certain noncommissioned officers and privates in the Trans-Mississippi Department;
• S. 20. An act to establish a bureau of foreign supplies; and
• S. 77. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," approved February 17, 1864.

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.

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 15) in reference to the exportation of cotton, tobacco, military and naval stores, sugar, molasses, and

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rice, exported by any of the Confederate States, and to the vessels in which said articles are shipped, 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.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 159) further to amend an act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds, approved February 17, 1864, 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.

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.

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:

• H. R. 160. All act to amend the laws relating to the commutation value of hospital rations; and
• H. R. 161. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to audit the accounts of the respective States against the Confederacy," approved August 3, 1861.

And they have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 52) providing for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the Army.

The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that he has to-day approved and signed an act (H. R. 123) making appropriations ions for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America from July 1 to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency.

Mr. Graham, from the committee of conference on the part of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 138) to increase the compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury, reported

That, having met and considered the several subjects of difference, do agree to recommend for adoption the following, viz:

That all the amendments of the Senate to said bill be concurred in.

That the amendments of the House proposed with their concurrence in the amendment of the Senate be adopted with this amendment, to wit: Strike out all of the said amendment of the House from its commencement to the word "that," in the ninth line; also strike out the word "fifty," in the twelfth line, and insert "thirty-three and one-third," so that said amendment will read as follows, to wit: "That the salaries of all the clerks and employees in the various Departments located in the city of Richmond be increased thirty-three and one-third per cent, and at all other points throughout the Confederate States twenty-five per cent, for one year from and after the passage of this act: Provided, That clerks detailed from the Army or Navy shall not he entitled to the benefits of this act."

To amend the title by adding the words "and other officers therein named."

The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and

On motion by Mr. Graham,

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Resolved, That the Senate concur therein.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 58) to authorize the appointment of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters and commissaries and assistant commissaries in the Provisional Army in certain cases; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

The bill (H. R. 160) to amend the laws relating to the commutation value of hospital rations was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The bill (H. R. 161) to amend the act entitled "An act to audit the accounts of the respective States against the Confederacy," approved August 3, 1861, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 47) to facilitate the settlement of the claims of deceased soldiers; and

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed indefinitely.

Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 160) to amend the laws relating to the commutation value of hospital rations, 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 re 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.

On motion by Mr. Watson,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

The following message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S.70) to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,'" approved February 13, 1864.

And they have passed the bill or the Senate (S. 61) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts [o attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 61) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts;" and

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On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A message from the President of the Confederate States, by M,. B. N. Harrison. his Secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has, to-day, approved and signed an act (S. 59) to authorize the owners of the registered eight per cent ten-year convertible bonds issued under the provisions of the act approved May 16, 1861, to exchange the same for coupon bonds.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion by Mr. Graham,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

Mr. Walker, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the following titles:

• H. R. 107. An act to amend the tax laws;
• H. R. 155. An act in relation to the pay of clerks in the office of the depositary;
• S. 12. Joint resolution for the relief of Wellington Goddin; and
• S. 14. Joint resolution for the relief of James Lyons.

The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions 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.

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it he to 9 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

On motion by Mr. Walker,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 16) declaring the dispositions, principles, and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

And they have passed the joint resolution of the, Senate (S. 13) declaring the dispositions, principles, and purpose of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States.

The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that he has this day approved and signed an act (H. R. 133) making appropriations for the redemption of the seven per cent foreign loan authorized by act of Congress approved 29th January, 1863.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.

Mr. Watson, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled

A joint resolution (S. 13) declaring the dispositions, principles, and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States.

The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled joint resolution 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.

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On motion by Mr. Watson,

Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the passage of the joint resolution (S. 13) declaring the dispositions, principles, and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States.

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the accompanying lists to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 49.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
• Major.
  • Capt. John S. Hope, of Kentucky, to take rank from confirmation.
• Captains.
  • B. S. Johnson, of Arkansas, to take rank from confirmation.
  • A. H. Sevier, of Arkansas, to take rank from confirmation.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 11, 1864.

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 rank affixed to their names, respectively,

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America.
Richmond, May 24, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment:in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Commissaries--majors.
• W. B. Street, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• J. D. Lockhart, of Georgia, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• Charles B. Pearre, of Texas, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• Henry Cranston, of Georgia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
• John G. McGaughy, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 23, 1864.

Assistant commissaries--captains.
• Joseph Palmer, of Florida, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• R. W. Adams, of Virginia, to take rank from March 7, 1864.
• G. B. Jones, of North Carolina, to take rank from February 19, 1864.

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• F. J. Winkler, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• Charles Chaffe, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• J. Chestnutt, of North Carolina, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• Thomas F. Patton, of Louisiana, to take rank from March 19, 1864.
• Charles H. Elms, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 13, 1864.
• Thomas S. Jeffereys, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 25, 1864.
• Duncan F. Jett, of Tennessee, to take rank from March 10, 1864.
• George Lee; of Tennessee, to take rank from April 7, 1864.
• John L. Holmes, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
• T. H. Southall, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 25, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate D. O. Merwin, of Mississippi to be a major (under act approved October 8, 1862) in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of D. O. Merwin, of Mississippi, to be a major (under act approved October 8, 1862) in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command a vacant camp of instruction in Mississippi, to rank from February 19, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. M. W. Gary, of South Carolina, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. M. W. Gary, of South Carolina, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command a new brigade in Department of Richmond, to rank from --.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 10, 1864.

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 rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 38.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 4, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, being renominations of those whose cases were postponed at the last session of Congress:

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Quartermasters--majors.
• M. A. Pringle, of South Carolina, to take rank from November 13, 1862.
• Mason Morfit, of Maryland, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• L. N. Webb, of Virginia, to take rank from November 17, 1862.
• H. McD. McElrath, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• J. Hamilton, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. R. Arnold, of Texas, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• William Bacon, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. B. E. Sloan, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• R. C. Saunders, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• E. Bradford, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• C. C. Yonge, of Florida, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. H. Screven, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 15, 1863.
• J. M. Hottel, of Texas, to take rank from September 18, 1863.
• Kensey Johns, of Texas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• A. E. Lassalle, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 28, 1863.
• C. M. Smith, of Virginia, to take rank from July 6, 1863.
• R. P. Archer, of Virginia, to take rank from July 6, 1863.
• H. F. Springer, of Louisiana, to take rank from September 4, 1863.
• E. Powell, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• A. M. Paxton, of Mississippi, to take rank from October 2, 1863.
• J. W. Young, of Mississippi, to take rank from September 23, 1863.
• C. F. Moore, of Mississippi, to take rank from September 23, 1863.
• J. L. McCluer, of Missouri, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. G. Ferguson, of Virginia, to take rank from October 23, 1863.
• W. G. Bentley, of Virginia, to take rank from October 23, 1863.
• T. C. Fearn, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• E. Taylor, of Virginia, to take rank from November 14, 1863.
• J. P. Horback, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 25, 1863.
• E. H. Ewing, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 3, 1863.

Assistant quartermasters--captains.
• George C. Orgain, of Virginia, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• Charles K. Mallory, of Virginia, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• James F. Cummings, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• R. J. Nugent, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• George J. Crafts, of South Carolina, to take rank from October 15, 1862
• John M. Garnett, of Virginia, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• H. A. Troutman, of Georgia, to take rank front October 20, 1862.
• R. Colston, of Virginia, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• A. P. Calhoun, of Alabama, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• R. T. Buckner, of Arkansas, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• H. D. Cothran, of Alabama, to take rank from October 23, 1862.
• W. H. Smith, of Virginia, to take rank from October 23, 1862.
• William H. Kirker, of Virginia, to take rank from November 5, 1862.
• J. J. P. Smith, of South Carolina, to take rank from November 3, 1862.
• C. J. Leigh, of Virginia, to take rank from November 4, 1862.
• William S. Kemper, of Virginia, to take rank from November 6, 1862.
• J. B. Hope, of Virginia, to take rank from October 30, 1862.
• John L. Cobb, of Alabama, to take rank from October 30, 1862.
• W. W. Barrett, of Texas, to take rank from October 30, 1862.
• H. W. Pflager, of Mississippi, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• H. C. Fairfax, of Virginia, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• T. W. Wood, of Virginia, to take rank from December 17, 1862.
• A. W. Dunn, of Virginia, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
• William Johnston, of Kentucky, to take rank from June 20, 1863.
• S. Putney, of Virginia, to take rank from June 25, 1863.
• W. W. Lester, of Mississippi, to take rank from July 6, 1863.
• J. K. Murphree, of Alabama, to take rank from February 12, 1863.
• John F. Allen, of Virginia, to take rank from October 31, 1863.
• F. M. Johnston, of Georgia, to take rank from September 24, 1863.
• D. L. Hopkins, of Virginia, to take rank from October 2, 1863.
• F. J. Lynch, of Texas, to take rank from May 10, 1863.
• G. D. Spurrier, of Maryland, to take rank from June 24, 1861.
• R. V. Gaines, of Virginia, to take rank from October 1, 1863.
• E. W. Davis, of Georgia, to take rank from October 17, 1863.

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• George E. Taylor, of Virginia, to take rank from October 19, 1863.
• John F. Cage, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 16, 1863.
• Joseph L. Thomas, of Missouri, to rank from July 24, 1863.
• J. R. Bryan, jr., of Virginia, to take rank from November 14, 1863.
• H. F. Cook, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 21, 1863.
• S. Fairbanks, of Florida, to take rank from November 21, 1863.
• E. G. Williams, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 21, 1863.
• R. R. Randolph, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 25, 1863.
• George A. Cuyler, of Georgia, to take rank from November 25, 1863.
• John Lightfoot, of Virginia, to take rank from November 19, 1863.
• L. B. Mitchell, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 25, 1863.
• H. C. Thorburn, of Virginia, to take rank from December 2, 1863.
• E. M. Bacon, of Texas, to take rank from May 26, 1863.
• J. E. Peebles, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• Joseph Farley, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• B. J. Curry, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• John D. Brandon, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. L. Cunningham, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• R. Manning, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• T. C. Clark, of Alabama, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. F. Craft, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• T. A. Gilham, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• A. B. McEachin, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• A. Dickinson, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• W. T. Holderness, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• R. K. Hines, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• T. L. Macon, of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• H. D. Brigham, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• F. L. Dancy, of Florida, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• W. D. Tapp, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• G. N. Eakin, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• W. J. Gordon, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• W. J. Bryant, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• F. F. Freeman, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. M. Phipps, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• B. F. Jones, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• F. H. Quitman, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. K. P. Pritchard, of Arkansas, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• William Cooke, of Texas, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. F. Cooper of Georgia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• C. A. Mallory, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• M. Glover, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• O. F. Simpson, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• Julius F. Coit, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• S. M. Finger, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• Charles R. King, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. H. Bryan, of North Carolina, to take rank from Juno 16, 1863.
• L. Hilliard, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• J. M. Govan, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• L. L. Marks, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• R. C. Saunders, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• John W. Jones, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• W. G. Cazenove, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• Orlando Smith, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• G. H. Fitzwilson, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• L. M. Wilson, of Virginia, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• C. C. Macmurdo, of Virginia, to take rank from May 14, 1863.
• W. Van Benthuysen, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 24, 1863.
• D. Pender, of North Carolina, to take rank from July 2, 1863.
• John Brannon, of Virginia, to take rank front July 9, 1863.
• V. Q. Johnson, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 14, 1863.
• J. H. D. Smoot, of Virginia, to take rank from July 20, 1863.
• James H. Bull, of Florida, to take rank from July 20, 1863.
• A. S. Fletcher, of Alabama, to take rank from September 19, 1863.
• A. S. Garnett, of Virginia, to take rank from September 8, 1863.
• J. K. Vance, of South Carolina, to take rank from August 20, 1863.
• S. S. Kirkland, of North Carolina, to take rank from October 13, 1863.
• Henry C. Hart, of Alabama, to take rank from October 27, 1863.

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• R. Montgomery, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 11, 1863.
• J. P. Smith, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 11, 1863.
• G. J. Sumner, of Virginia, to take rank from November 21, 1863.
• P. P. Barbour, of Virginia, to take rank from August 6, 1863.
• James Sowers, of Virginia, to take rank from August 6, 1863.
• John H. Stout, of Virginia, to take rank from August 6, 1863.
• J. P. Bridger, of North Carolina, to take rank from September 11, 1863.
• R. C. Macmurdo, of Virginia, to take rank from July 1, 1863.
• R. D. Gribble, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 2, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 11, 1864.

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 rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 40.]
War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 4, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, being renominations of those whose cases were postponed at the last session of Congress:

Commissaries--majors.
• C. A. Lathrop, of Alabama, to take rank from July 20, 1863.
• A. M. Fowlkes, of Alabama, to take rank from August 3, 1863.
• J. Shouk, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 26, 1863.
• C. McClenaghan, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• T. B. Trout, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• A. M. Allen, of Georgia, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• M. B. Miller, of Georgia, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• H. T. Hall, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• P. Campbell, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• A. B. Noyes, of Florida, to take rank from October 5, 1863.
• J. P. Baldwin, of Florida, to take rank from October 5, 1863.
• A. G. Sumner, of Florida, to take rank from October 5, 1863.
• W. O. Harvie, of Virginia, to take rank from May 22, 1863.
• T. Robinson, of Virginia, to take rank from September 23, 1863.
• W. M. Tate, of Virginia, to take rank from July 1, 1863.
• Joseph Cloyd, of Virginia, to take rank from December 5, 1863.
• James Sloan, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• P. W. White, of Florida, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• John M. Galt, of Virginia, to take rank from August 8, 1863.

Assistant commissaries--captains.
• J. H. Franklin, of Virginia, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. M. Johnston, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 13, 1863.
• C. W. Venable, of Virginia, to take rank from June 2, 1863.
• R. G. Lindsay, of North Carolina, to take rank from July 19, 1863.
• A. H. Cline, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. H. Dowell, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• D. F. Brashear, of Texas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
• T. R. Foster, of Virginia, to take rank from August 25, 1863.
• G. B. Scott, of Virginia, to take rank from August 25, 1863.
• W. O. Rogers, of Louisiana, to take rank from August 25, 1863.
• W. B. Fitzpatrick, of Georgia, to take rank from September 3, 1863.
• W. A. Thompson, of Tennessee, to take rank from August 11, 1863.
• J. J. Wheadon, of Alabama, to take rank from July 31, 1863.
• Aug. O. Bacon, of Georgia, to take rank from September 13, 1863.
• J. M. Murkland, of Virginia, to fake rank from September 28, 1863.
• W. T. Edwards, of Arkansas, to take rank from September 22, 1863.

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• W. C. Hillhouse, of South Carolina, to take rank from September 26, 1863.
• T. E. Dudley, of South Carolina, to take rank from October 1, 1863.
• S. L. Butler, of Georgia, to take rank from October 5, 1863.
• D. L. Thomson, of South Carolina, to take rank from October 8, 1863.
• H. W. Conner, of South Carolina, to take rank from November 9, 1863.
• J. P. Mason, of North Carolina, to take rank from August 3, 1863.
• B. R. Mason, of Virginia, to take rank from August 19, 1863.
• T. H. McKoy, of Louisiana, to take rank from August 18, 1863.
• J. A. McRady, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 31, 1863.
• R. M. Doss, of Alabama, to take rank from August 22, 1863.
• T. E. Mitchell, of Alabama, to take rank from August 1, 1863.
• J. R. Hutchinson, of Virginia, to take rank from September 5, 1863.
• W. B. Clarke, of Arkansas, to take rank from September 8, 1863.
• W. H. Wigg, of South Carolina, to take rank from August 1, 1863.
• M. J. M. Mason, of Alabama, to take rank from August 13, 1863.
• T. C. Moore, of Georgia, to take rank from July 31, 1863.
• Richard Irby, of Virginia, to take rank from June 23, 1863.
• K. L. Simons, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• John F. Riley, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• T. S. Morgan, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 27, 1863.
• F. F. Myer, of Maryland, to take rank from August 15, 1863.
• G. H. Cheever, of Georgia, to take rank from October 13, 1863.
• T. H. Bostick, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 13, 1863.
• J. A. Bowie, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 30, 1863.
• J. W. Chapman, of Alabama, to take rank from August 18, 1863.
• A. J. Hutchins, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
• Z. S. Farland, or Virginia, to take rank from October 11, 1863.
• S. S. Gresham, of Virginia, to take rank from October 11, 1863.
• J. B. Fulton, of Georgia, to take rank from October 9, 1863.
• M. B. Kittrell, of Georgia, to take rank from October 9, 1863.
• H. Wade, of Alabama, to take rank from October 17, 1863.
• J. A. Houser, of Georgia, to take rank from October 23, 1863.
• J. H. Davis, of Georgia, to take rank from October 23, 1863.
• C. F. Stubbs, of Georgia, to take rank front May 2, 1863.
• J. G. Moffett, of Virginia, to take rank from November 1, 1863.
• G. W. Hardie, of Georgia, to take rank from October 28, 1863.
• T. H. Handy, of Maryland, to take rank from November 20 1863.
• W. B. Williams, of Virginia, to take rank front November 20, 1863.
• D. C. Richardson, of Texas, to take rank from November 27, 1863.
• W. H. Johnson, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 13, 1863.
• J. P. Eggleston, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 28, 1863.
• C. M. Boyce, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 17, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of C. J. Polignac and J. F. Fagan, to be major-generals; C. I. Walker, to be lieutenant-colonel; George Howard King and Charles W. Wailey, to be captains of ordnance; N. W. Murphy, Thomas A. Woods, Morris S. Belknap, and Thomas H. Bacon, to be first lieutenants of ordnance; M. J. Atkins, Jacob R. Stevens, Daniel McGill, and Thomas C. Dupree, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captains; W. S. Griffin, to be commissary, with the rank of major; and John B. Sydnor, to be assistant commissary, with the rank of captain, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was

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Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

The Senate having again resolved into executive session,

The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, May 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate W. T. Edwards, of Arkansas, to be commissary, with the rank of major in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, May 26, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of W. T. Edwards, of Arkansas, to be a commissary, with rank of major in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty at Post Demopolis, Ala., to date from May 17, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. G. M. Jessee, of Kentucky, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Confederate Battalion Cavalry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Capt. G. M. Jessee, of Kentucky, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Confederate Battalion Cavalry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (the battalion being increased to over six companies), to rank from May 21, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. Michael Lynch, of Georgia, to be major of the Twenty-first Georgia Regiment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Capt. Michael Lynch, of Georgia, for promotion, to be major of the Twenty-first Georgia Regiment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Major Glover, promoted, to rank from April 18, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

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Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

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 rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Colonels.
• Lieut. Col. C. F. Hopkins, of Florida, to be colonel Tenth Florida Regiment (formed by consolidating four companies with First Florida Battalion), to take rank from June 11, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. Theodore W. Brevard, of Florida, to be colonel Eleventh Florida Regiment (formed by consolidating three companies with Fourth Florida Battalion), to take rank from June 11, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. W. W. Scott, of Florida, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth Florida Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Col. C. F. Hopkins), to take rank from June 11, 1864.
• Maj. J. F. McClellan, of Florida, to be lieutenant-colonel Eleventh Florida Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Colonel Brevard), to take rank from June 11, 1864.

Majors.
• Capt. John Westcott, of Florida, to be major Tenth Florida Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Colonel Hopkins), to rank from June 11, 1864.
• Capt. John H. Gee, of Florida, to be major Eleventh Florida Regiment (see explanation under nomination of Colonel Brevard), to rank from June 11, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, Va., June 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

I hereby nominate Lieut. Col. F. R. Lubbock, of Texas, to be aid-de-camp to the President, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry, vice Col. James Chesnut, resigned.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

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 rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 51.]Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, June 13, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Aids-de-camp--first lieutenants.
• S. E. Barnwell, of South Carolina, for duty as aid-de-camp to Brigadier-General Elliott (original vacancy), to rank from June 9, 1864.
• E. C. Gordon, of Georgia, for duty as aid-de-camp to Brigadier-General Evans (original vacancy), to rank from June 9, 1864.
• P. Hamilton, of Mississippi, for duty as aid-de-camp to Brigadier-General Sears (original vacancy), to rank from February 19, 1864.

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• Thomas Hunter, of Louisiana, for duty as aid-de-camp to Lieut. Gen. R. Taylor vice Lieutenant Bonford, resigned, to rank from March 17, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Graham,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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