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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, November 19, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 100) to amend the act to provide an invalid corps, approved February 17, 1864;
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. Haynes submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the twelfth section of the act approved on the seventeenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds," as to substitute the certificate of the cashier of the bank or branch bank of any State, verified by his affidavit, in the room of the certificate therein required of the governor, of the amount of Treasury notes received and held by any State before said notes become taxable under said act, and on deposit with said cashier to the credit of any State or the treasurer thereof.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill (S. 101) to authorize the exchange of registered bonds issued under the act of February 28, 1861, for coupon bonds of like amounts and times for payment;
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.
On motion by Mr. Dortch,
Ordered, That James Page, Doorkeeper of the Senate, have leave of absence until Saturday, the 26th instant.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
Mr. Sparrow (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 103) to amend an act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved February 17, 1864;
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.
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. Semmes,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Barnwell (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 102) to authorize the exportation of produce and merchandise bought from the Government;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred, on the 18th instant, the nominations of J. Gorgas and S. R. Anderson, to be brigadier-generals, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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