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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 --FRIDAY, December 9, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 190) concerning the emoluments and pay of the clerk of the district court of the Confederate States of America for the eastern district of Virginia.
Mr. Walker (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 132) to regulate the supplies of clothing to midshipmen of the Navy;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Hunter,
Ordered, That the petition of Lewis Porter be taken from the files of the Senate and referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Hunter 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 law in regard to the authentication of powers of attorney given by officers and soldiers for the collection of claims against the Government of the Confederate States.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Theophilus Nash.
Mr. Baker, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (S. 122) regulating the compensation of postmasters, special agents, and route agents, reported it without amendment.
Ordered, That it be printed.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted by Mr. Burnett on the 1st instant, that the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of J. Rodgers and twenty-seven others; and
The motion was agreed to. So it was
Ordered, That the Committee on Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of J. Rodgers and twenty-seven others.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 126) to authorize the President to furnish supplies to Confederate citizens held as prisoners by the Government of the United States; and
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri, that the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow,
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It was determined in the negative.
No amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
On the question,
Shall the bill now pass?
The vote having been taken by yeas and nays, conformably to the ninth clause of the ninth section of the first article of the Constitution,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Garland, Henry, Hill, Maxwell, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, and Watson.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Graham, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Orr, and Simms.
So it was
Resolved, That this bill do not pass, two-thirds of the Senate not voting therefor.
Mr. Orr submitted the following motion for consideration:
Ordered, That the vote by which the Senate refused to pass the bill (S. 126) to authorize the President to furnish supplies to Confederate citizens held as prisoners by the Government of the United States be reconsidered.
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Henry on yesterday, to reconsider the vote by which the Senate refused to pass the joint resolution (S. 19) respecting the exemption of State officers; and
The motion was agreed to.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the said resolution; and
On the question.
Shall the resolution now pass?
It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That this resolution pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to and made the special order for Monday next, at half past 12 o'clock.
Mr. Hunter (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 133) to regulate the impressment of slaves in the State of Virginia;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Ordered, That the bill be printed.
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
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the efficiency of the Army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17, 1864; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed indefinitely,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 267) to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases for a limited time; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill (H. R. 267) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Ordered, That it be printed.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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