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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, June 14, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 162) to amend an act entitled "An act to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government," approved February 17, 1864; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 55) to authorize the formation of new commands, to be composed of supernumerary officers who may resign to join such commands, and to limit and restrict the appointment of officers in certain cases, with an amendment; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
And they have agreed to the report of the committee of conference 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.
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 bill (H. R. 162) to amend an act entitled "An act to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government," approved February 17, 1864, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 55) to authorize the formation of new commands, to be composed of supernumerary officers who may resign to join such commands, and to limit and restrict the appointment of officers in certain cases; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Watson, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and a joint resolution of the following titles:
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The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolution 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.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 1) to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field, 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. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred 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," reported thereon.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 61) last mentioned; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Johnson of Missouri, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
A bill (H. R. 160) to amend the laws relating to the commutation value of hospital rations.
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. 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 they have passed the bill of the Senate (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, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
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The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 72) last mentioned; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
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 House of Representatives have passed a resolution extending the hour for the adjournment of the two Houses of Congress to half past 2 o'clock p. m. this day; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution of the House of Representatives extending the hour for the adjournment of the two Houses of Congress to half past 2 o'clock p. m. this day; and
Resolved, That they concur therein.
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Walker, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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. Henry submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed, on the part of the Senate, 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, unless he may have some further communication to make, the two Houses are now ready to adjourn.
On motion by Mr. Henry,
Ordered, That the committee on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President pro tempore; and
Mr. Henry, Mr. Barnwell, and Mr. Graham were appointed,
Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
A message from the House of Representatives? by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: 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.
Mr. Walker, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
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importation of luxuries, or of articles not necessaries or of common use," approved February 6, 1864; and
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.
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 and joint resolutions:
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 appointed a committee to join the committee appointed by the Senate, to wait upon the President of the Confederate States and inform him that, unless he may have some further communication to make, the two Houses are now ready to adjourn; and they have appointed Mr. Russell of Virginia, Mr. Barksdale of Mississippi, and Mr. Foster of Alabama the committee on their part.
The House of Representatives have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 17) of thanks to Major-General Forrest and the officers and men of his command; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that he has, to-day, approved and signed the following acts:
The joint resolution (H. R. 17) of thanks to Major-General Forrest and the officers and men of his command was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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:
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Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.
Mr. Henry, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate to join the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon the President of the Confederate States and inform hint that, unless he may have some further communication to make, the two Houses are now ready to adjourn, reported
That they had discharged the duties assigned them; and that the President replied, "that he had no further communication to make."
The President pro tempers having announced that the hour fixed for the adjournment of the two Houses of Congress by their resolution of this day had arrived, declared the Senate to be adjourned sine die.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Henry, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of F. R. Lubbock, to bc aid-de-camp to the President, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel of cavalry; G. M. Jesses, to be lieutenant-colonel; W. T. Edwards, to be commissary, with the rank of major; Michael Lynch, to be major; C. F. Hopkins, to be colonel; Theodore W. Brevard, to be colonel; W. W. Scott and J. F. McClellan, to be lieutenant-colonels; and John Westcott and John H. Gee, to be majors, 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
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nominations of the President.
Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of M. A. Pringle, Mason Morfit, L. N. Webb, H. McD. McElrath, J. Hamilton, J. R. Arnold, William Bacon, J. B. E. Sloan, R. C. Saunders, E. Bradford, C. C. Yonge, J. H. Sereven, J. M. Hottel, Kensey Johns, A. E. Lassalle, C. M. Smith, R. P. Archer, H. F. Springer, E. Powell, A. M. Paxton, J. W. Young, C. F. Moore, J. L. McCluer, W. G. Ferguson, W. G. Bentley, T. C. Fearn, E. Taylor, J. P. Herback, E. H. Ewing, to be quartermasters, with the rank of major; George C. Orgain, Charles K. Mallory, James F. Cummings, R. J. Nugent, George J. Crafts, John M. Garnett, H. A. Troutman, R. Colston, A. P. Calhoun, R. T. Buckner, H. D. Cothran, W. H. Smith, W H. Kirker, J. J. P. Smith,
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C. J. Leigh, William S. Kemper, J. B. Hope, John L. Cobb, W. W. Barrett, H. W. Pflager, H. C. Fairfax, T. W. Wood, A. W. Dunn, William Johnston, S. Putney, W. W. Lester, J. K. Murphree, John F. Allen, F. M. Johnston, D. L. Hopkins, F. J. Lynch, G. D. Spurrier, R. V. Gaines, E. W. Davis, George E. Taylor, John F. Cage, Jos. L. Thomas, J. R. Bryan, jr., H. F. Cook, S. Fairbanks, E. G. Williams, R. R. Randolph, George A. Cuyler, John Lightfoot, L. B. Mitchell, H. C. Thorburn, E. M. Bacon, J. E. Peebles, Joseph Farley, B. J. Curry, Jno. D. Brandon, J. L. Cunningham, R. Manning, T. C. Clark, J. F. Craft, T. A. Gilham, A. B. McEachin, A. Dickinson, W. T. Holderness, R. K. Hines, T. L. Macon, F. L. Dancy, H. D. Brigham, W. D. Tapp, G. N. Eakin, W. J. Gordon, W. J. Bryant, F. F. Freeman, J. M. Phipps, B. F. Jones, F. H. Quitman, J. K. P. Pritchard, William Cooke, J. F. Cooper, C. A. Mallory, M. Glover, O. F. Simpson, Julius F. Coit, S. M. Finger, Charles R. King, J. H. Bryan, L. Hilliard, J. M. Govan, L. L. Marks, R. C. Saunders, John W. Jones, W. G. Cazenove, Orlando Smith, G. H. Fitzwilson, L. M. Wilson, C. C. Macmurdo, W. Van Benthuysen, D. Pender, John Brannon, V. Q. Johnson, J. H. D. Smoot, James H. Bull, A. S. Fletcher, A. S. Garnett, J. K. Vance, S. S. Kirkland, Henry C. Hart, R. Montgomery, J. P. Smith, G. J. Sumner, P. P. Barbour, James Sowers, John H. Stout, J. P. Bridger, R. C. Macmurdo, R. D. Gribble, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; C. A. Lathrop, A. M. Fowlkes, J. Shouk, C. McClenaghan, T. B. Trout, A. M. Allen, M. B. Miller, H. T. Hall, P. Campbell, A. B. Noyes, J. P. Baldwin, A. G. Sumner, W. O. Harvie, T. Robinson, W. M. Tate, Joseph Cloyd, James Sloan, P. W. White, John M. Galt, W. B. Street, J. D. Lockhart, Charles B. Pearre, Henry Cranston, John G. McGaughy, to be commissaries, with the rank of major; J. H. Franklin, J. M. Johnston, C. W. Venable, R. G. Lindsay, A. H. Cline, J. H. Dowell, D. F. Brashear, T. R. Foster, G. B. Scott, W. O. Rogers, W. B. Fitzpatrick, W. A. Thompson, J. J. Wheadon, Aug. O. Bacon, J. M. Murkland, W. T. Edwards, W. C. Hillhouse, T. E. Dudley, S. L. Butler, D. L. Thomson, H. W. Conner, J. P. Mason, B. R. Mason, T. H. McKoy, J. A. McRady, R. M. Doss, T. E. Mitchell, J. R. Hutchinson, W. B. Clarke, W. H. Wigg, M. J. M. Mason, T. C. Moore, Richard Irby, K. L. Simons, John F. Riley, T. S. Morgan, F. F. Myer, G. H. Cheever, T. H. Bostick, J. A. Bowie, J. W. Chapman, A. J. Hutchins, Z. S. Farland, S. S. Gresham, J. B. Fulton, M. B. Kittrell, H. Wade, J. A. Houser, J. H. Davis, C. F. Stubbs, J. G. Moffett, G. W. Hardie, T. H. Handy, W. B. Williams, D. C. Richardson, W. H. Johnson, J. P. Eggleston, C. M. Boyce, Joseph Palmer, R. W. Adams, G. B. Jones, F. J. Winkler, Charles Chaffe, J. Chestnutt, Thomas F. Patton, Charles H. Elms, Thomas S. Jeffereys, Duncan F. Jett, George Lee, John L. Holmes, T. H. Southall, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain; D. O. Merwin, to be major; M. W. Gary, to be brigadier-general, John S. Hope, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major; B. S. Johnson and A. H. Sevier, to be assistant adjutant-generals, with the rank of captain; and S. E. Barnwell, E. C. Gordon, P. Hamilton, Thomas Hunter, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenants, 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 nominations of the President.
The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, June 14, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. H. B. Lyon, of Kentucky, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, June 14, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. H. B. Lyon, of Kentucky, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command Hodge's late brigade, vice the nomination of G. B. Hodge rejected by the Senate, to rank from confirmation.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.
To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.
The message was read.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the nomination of H. B. Lyon, to be a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States; and it was
Resolved, That they advise and consent to the appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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