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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 29, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Maxwell (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 120) to grant commutation and allowances to naval storekeepers;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Johnson of Missouri submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing each clerk and other employee in the service of the Confederate States, in the city of Richmond, to purchase one ration from the commissary of subsistence.
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On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Caperton yesterday, inquiring into the expediency of allowing soldiers and citizens of the Confederate States now held as prisoners by the Government of the United States, or who have been recently exchanged, further time for the exchange of Treasury notes of the old issue for notes of the new issue.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, that the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Hill on the 9th instant, inquiring into the expediency of providing by law for the receipt, in payment of taxes and other public dues, of certificates and stated accounts given by the authorized agents of the Government for property and supplies impressed or purchased for the use of the Army and the Government,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S. 17) relative to the assessment of the value of the tax in kind, reported
A bill (S. 121) declaring the mode of ascertaining the value of the tithe deliverable to the Government under existing laws;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Walker, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 97) to prevent illegal impressments and to punish lawlessness, reported it with an amendment.
Ordered, That the bill and amendment be printed.
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 no further amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate and the amendment made as in Committee of the Whole was concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time and the title was amended.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be "An act declaring four per cent bonds and certificates there for receivable in payment of taxes on incomes and profits and salaries for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
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 or free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17, 1864; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That it be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 16) defining the position of the Confederate States, and declaring the determination of the Congress and the
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people thereof to prosecute the war till their independence is acknowledged; and
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The Senate adjourned.
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