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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 --THURSDAY, December 15, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The President laid before the Senate the memorial of adjutants of regiments composing Benning's brigade, praying an increase of rank, and that they be placed in the line of promotion; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 243) to regulate the pay and mileage of members, and the compensation of officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.
Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 140) to guard against improper constructions of the tax laws by the officers charged with the execution of the same, 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 (H. R. 214) to define and punish conspiracy against the Confederate States.
The amendment reported from the Committee on the Judiciary having been agreed to,
On motion by Mr. Graham, further to amend the bill by striking out the following proviso:
Provided, That any person charged with any offense mentioned in this act, if such person be in the military or naval service of the Confederate States, may be tried by a military court or court martial, and, if found guilty, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, as hereinbefore provided, or such other punishment, not capital, as the court shall adjudge; and if the person charged be not in the military or naval service as aforesaid, such person shall be tried in the district court of the Confederate States for the proper district,
On motion by Mr. Graham,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Graham, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Orr, and Watson.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Caperton, Dortch, Garland, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Missouri, Semmes, and Sparrow.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendment be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
On the question,
Shall the bill now pass?
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
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Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Caperton, Dortch, Garland, Henry, Hill, Johnson of Missouri, Semmes, and Sparrow.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Graham, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Orr, and Watson.
So it was
Resolved, That this bill pass with an amendment.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment.
On motion by Mr. Hill,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Watson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 267) to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases for a limited time, reported it without amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and
On motion by Mr. Graham, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed to and made the special order for Saturday next, at 1 o'clock,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Henry,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed to and made the special order for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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