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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 --WEDNESDAY, May 4, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourn their respective Houses, sine die, on Monday, the sixteenth day of May, instant, at twelve o'clock meridian.
Mr. Hill presented the memorial of officers of Anderson's brigade, praying a change in the law granting rations to officers of the Army;
which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow presented the memorial of Messrs. Wedderburn & Alfriend, proprietors of the Southern Literary Messenger, praying exemption from military service; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow (by leave) introduced
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A bill (S. 1) to provide and organize a general staff for service in the field, to serve during the war;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Brown (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 2) for the establishment and equalization of the grades of officers of the Navy, and for other purposes;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Dortch (by leave) introduced
A joint resolution (S. 1) of thanks to Major-General Hoke and Commander Cooke and the officers and men under their command for the brilliant victory over the enemy at Plymouth, N. C.;
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 resolution 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. Graham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act to tax, fund, and limit the currency, passed at the last session of Congress, so as to provide that bonds of the Confederate States to be received by any State in pursuance of the twelfth section of said act shall be coupon bonds, and exempt from taxation, and that all Confederate notes of any of the old issues held by any State on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, may, at the option of such State, be exchanged for such bonds, or for Treasury notes of the new issue; and further, that all just demands of any State against the Confederate Government accruing but unpaid, prier to the said first day of April, shall be paid in Treasury notes of the new issue provided for by said act.
Mr. Orr (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 3) to authorize officers of the Army and Navy to purchase ration
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Orr presented the petition of employees and detailed men in the Quartermaster's and other departments at Columbia, S. C., praying additional compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Orr submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Printing be instructed to inquire and report the causes of delay in executing the printing of the laws passed by the Provisional Congress and other public printing ordered by the Senate during the last Congress, and what, if any, order is necessary to secure its execution.
Mr. Caperton presented the petition of the governor, treasurer, and auditor of public accounts of the State of Virginia, praying that provision may be made for the redemption of the Confederate States Treasury notes held by the State of Virginia on the first day of April, 1864; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Maxwell (by leave) introduced
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A joint resolution (S. 2) of thanks to General Finegan and the officers and men of his command;
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 resolution 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. Johnson of Arkansas (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 4) to provide means of transit across the Mississippi River for members of Congress residing west of said river in going to and returning from the Confederate States Congress;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr Hill,
The Senate adjourned.
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