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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, January 4, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
The Hon. Louis T. Wigfall, from the State of Texas, attended.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
The bills (H. R. 304 and H. R. 321.) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
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 Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.
Mr. Brown submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire whether it is not expedient to provide by law, and without delay, for taking a census of the farms and plantations in the Confederate States with a view to ascertain the capacity of each to produce supplies for the Army and Navy, and whether the time has not come when it is incumbent on Congress to require every farmer and planter, under suitable penalties to be provided by law, to employ all his available land, stock, and labor in the production of supplies, and to make a full and fair report of such productions to the Government, to the end that each may be required to yield his fair proportion to the support of the common cause.
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Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled
A bill (H. R. 284) to issue a further foreign loan.
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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