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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, November 15, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Simms submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of entering into some proper and satisfactory arrangement with the military authorities of the United States, whereby the tobacco rattan allowed by act of Congress may be forwarded to such of the soldiers of our Army as may be held as prisoners of war by the enemy.
Mr. Sparrow submitted the following resolutions; which were severally considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to provide for the sequestration of the property of all persons who, being liable to military duty, have left, or may hereafter leave, the Confederacy without the sanction of the Confederate authorities.
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Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the time within which it is now provided that the act entitled "An act for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the Army," shall cease and determine.
Mr. Orr submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire whether the late order, No. 77, Adjutant and Inspector, General's, Department, revoking, the details of all men between eighteen and forty-five, requires any modification by legislation to preserve the producing and industrial interests of the country.
Mr. Orr (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 92) to exempt the cargoes of vessels owned by the States of the Confederacy from existing restrictions upon exports and imports;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Sparrow (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 93) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the safe custody, printing, publication, and distribution of the laws, and to provide for the appointment of an additional clerk in the Department of Justice," approved August 5, 1861;
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.
Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 89) to repeal a part of the twenty-sixth section of an act approved February 15, 1862, entitled "An act to alter and amend an act entitled 'An act for the sequestration of the estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States,' approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of said bill; 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.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Thursday next.
On motion by Mr. Garland,
Ordered, That the Hon. Robert W. Johnson have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Wednesday, the 7th day of December next.
On motion by Mr. Garland,
The Senate adjourned.
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