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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, November 28, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Garland submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing and directing money collectors in all localities to take up receipts in the hands of all those producers who have, through ignorance, paid their tax in kind in good faith to unauthorized persons for the use of the Army, and to give credit for such receipts in satisfaction of the money value.
Mr. Garland (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 118) to prevent companies, associations, or persons, unless employed by the Post-Office Department, from carrying letters, papers, or any mailable matter whatever;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Baker 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 allowing transportation to officers traveling with leave of absence.
Mr. Maxwell presented the petition of adjutants of certain Florida regiments, praying an increase of rank for that class of officers, and that they be placed in the line of promotion; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Hill presented the memorial of the adjutants of the regiments composing Colquitt's brigade, praying that the rank of adjutants, may be raised to that of captain of infantry, and that they be placed in the line of promotion, or that they be included in the bill organizing a general staff, with the rank of captain of cavalry; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Semmes submitted the following resolutions; which were severally considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be requested to inform the Senate whether or not the almshouse of the city of Richmond, heretofore occupied and used as a hospital for sick and wounded officers of the Army, has been diverted from such use, and, if so, the reasons therefor; and whether adequate provision has been made for the comfortable accommodation of such officers.
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a Confederate court for that portion of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River during the war.
Mr. Caperton submitted the, following resolutions; which were severally considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance he instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing further time, for the exchange of Treasury notes of the old issue for notes of the new issue to soldiers and citizens of the Confederate States now held as prisoners by the Government of the United States, or who have been recently exchanged.
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the promotion of adjutants of regiments to the rank of captains.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The Speaker of the, House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I ant directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
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Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 84) to construe and declare more explicitly the meaning of an act to increase the compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury and of the Assistant Attorney-General and the Comptroller of the Treasury and other officers therein named, approved June 14, 1864, reported it with an amendment.
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
Mr. Walker, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 107) to provide supplies for the Army, and to prescribe the mode of making impressments, reported it with amendments.
Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.
Mr. Dortch, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 92) to exempt the cargoes of vessels owned by the States of the Confederacy from existing restrictions upon exports and imports, reported it with an amendment.
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 19) of thanks to Gen. N. B. Forrest and the officers and men of his command, 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.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 87) for extending the assessment of prices for the Army to all citizens of the Confederate States; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until the second Monday in December next.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 85) declaring four per cent bonds and certificates therefor receivable in payment of all taxes due and payable for the year 1864; and
On motion by Mr. Simms,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, on the 25th instant, that the said committee be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Orr on the 15th instant, inquiring whether the late order, No. 77, Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, revoking the details of all men between 18 and 45, requires any modification by legislation to preserve the producing and industrial interests of the country; and
On motion by Mr. Orr,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next.
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Mr. Dortch, 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.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 109) to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the Army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17, 1864.
On motion by Mr. Caperton, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the second section the following proviso:
Provided, That the slaves so impressed shall not be employed for any other than the purposes contemplated by this and previous laws,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Garland, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the second section the following additional proviso:
Provided further, That under no circumstances shall the Secretary of War be allowed to keep in service more than forty thousand slaves for the purposes indicated in this act,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Graham,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Semmes submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of suspending appropriations for the construction of vessels of war and of limiting the operations of the Naval Department during the war.
Mr. Brown submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety of instructing our commissioners abroad to engage skilled mechanics in foreign countries to come to the Confederate States, under assurances that they shall receive liberal compensation and constant employment in the service of the Government, and that they shall be exempt from military duty.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Caperton on the 25th instant, instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to bring in a bill for the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus; and
Mr. Caperton (by leave) withdrew the resolution.
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Mr. Caperton (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 119) to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
Ordered, That the committee be instructed to report the bill at as early a day as practicable.
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 10th instant) the nominations of John Wilkinson, Beverly Kennon, Æneas Armstrong, Edward Lakin, and John Lewis, to be first lieutenants: Orris A. Browne, John T. Mason, Raphael J. Moses, and William W. Wilkinson, to be masters, in the line of promotion; R. R. Gibbes and Charles M. Morfit, to be passed assistant surgeons; John H. Tucker, Howell A. Venable, George C. Daniel, James G. Thomas, and Thomas J. Wheeden, to be assistant surgeons; Thomas P. Barry, Nelson Tift, and William B. Runyan, to be assistant paymasters; Charles H. Levy, Loudon Campbell, J.J. Darey, and Wilson Youngblood, to be chief engineers in the Provisional Navy, reported, with the recommendation that all of 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. Caperton,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate upon the nominations of T. R. Dunn and J. H. Munford, who were nominated for second lieutenants in the First Virginia Battalion on the 10th day of March, 1862.
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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