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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, January 12, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Johnson of Missouri presented the credentials of the Hon. George G. Vest, appointed a Senator by the executive of the State of Missouri, to fill, until the next meeting of the legislature of that State, the vacancy occasioned by the inability of the legislature to elect a Senator conformably to the provisions of the Constitution of the Confederate States, owing to the occupancy of the said State of Missouri by the public enemy; which were read.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri, that the oath prescribed by the Constitution be administered to Mr. Vest,
On motion by Mr. Walker,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Burnett, Caperton, Dortch, Garland, Haynes, Henry, Hunter, Oldham, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, Watson, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Graham, Hill, and Walker.
Whereupon,
The oath prescribed by the Constitution was administered to Mr. Vest, and he took his seat in the Senate.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill and joint resolution of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
Mr. Hill submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire what legislation may be necessary for the relief of taxpayers residing in districts occupied or overrun by the enemy; and also what legislation may be expedient for the relief of agriculturists who have been unable to comply with their bonds required by the act of February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by reason of the depredations of the enemy, or by reason of the subsequent exaction of military service by State or Confederate authority since the execution of the bonds.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 160) to allow missionaries in the Army rations, and, in certain cases, forage for one horse to post chaplains;
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which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell, to amend the bill by inserting after "month," line 6, the words "shall, for the time of their service, be considered as employees of the Government, and,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being proposed, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill 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. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 306) to provide commissioned officers of the Army and Navy and Marine Corps with clothing, together with the amendment thereto reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported it without further amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, and the bill further amended on the motion of Mr. Sparrow, it was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
The bill and joint resolution received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times; and
Ordered, That the bill (H. R. 273) be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and that the joint resolution (H. R. 20) be referred to the Committee on Finance.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 106) to repeal in part an act to regulate the destruction of property, under military necessity, and to provide for the indemnity thereof, approved March 17, 1862, and no further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment 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.
On the question,
Shall the bill now pass?
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Missouri,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Caperton, Dortch, Garland, Graham, Haynes, Hunter, Maxwell, Oldham, Semmes, Sparrow, Walker, and Watson.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Henry, Hill, Johnson of Missouri, and Wigfall.
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So it was
Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be "An act to modify and amend an act to regulate the destruction of property, under military necessity, and to provide for the indemnity thereof, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two."
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Garland,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be requested to communicate to the Senate the contemporaneous correspondence and documents mentioned in the letter of the Secretary of War of the third instant, communicating a copy of the report of General Joseph E. Johnston called for by a resolution of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and
On motion by Mr. Barnwell, to amend the resolution by inserting after "Senate," line 4, the words "if in his opinion it be not incompatible with the public interests,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
The resolution as amended was then agreed to.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 157) to provide for the appointment of a directing general of the armies of the Confederate States; and
On motion by Mr. Garland,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to and made the special order for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock.
On motion by Mr. Henry,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 21st ultimo) the nominations of William E. De Moss, W. T. Robins, D. E. Scruggs, James C. Malone, John McAnerney, and R. O. Pickett, to be colonels; L. R. Terrell, G. W. Scott, W. E. Tanner, S. F. Sutherland, P. J. Ennis, and J. R. Powell, to be lieutenant-colonels; T. H. Ayres, Bolling Baker, E. M. Boykin, J. B. Vaughan, and W. P. Wrenn, to be majors; McP. Wright, J. C. B. Smith, W. J. Sloan, W. E. Cropp, J. H. Chamberlayne, R. A. Tompkins, M. Locke, and George Willcox, to be captains; James B. Horton, William H. Smith, and James E. Towson, to be first lieutenants; F. S. Spiller, F. K. Huger, O. N. Butler, R. S, Rutledge, and W. G. Simms, to be second lieutenants; D. Wintter, to be major; B. M. Harrod and John Howard, to be captains; R. A. Stiles, J. E. Roller, and William P. Welch, to be first lieutenants; Beverley Green, B. S. Long, Charles Minor, J. M. Beckham, W. R. Abbott, C. R. Venable, P. G. Scott, W. W. Dallam, F. Harris, John H. Houston, and C. N. B. Minor, to be second lieutenants of engineer troops, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
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The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 3d instant) the nomination of W. L. Jackson, to be brigadier-general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 9th instant) the nominations of H. J. Leovy, to be member of military court, with the rank of colonel of cavalry; E. L. Hobson, W. H. Clark, W. L. Doss, and James Dickcy, to be colonels; G. W. Hammond, K. Cloy, B. Taylor, R. J. Lawrence, C. A. Conn, John B. Lady, A. Savage, E. J. Goggans, James T. Adams, and J. P. Crawford, to be lieutenant-colonels; C. G. Tucker, J. R. Hurler, Waller M. Boyd, R. G. Prewitt, A. W. Gibson, and J. M. Jeffries, to be majors; J. R. Pringle, A. N. Ogden, and W. C. Ellis, to be captains; H. W. De Sanssure, J. D. Scott, F. M. Williams, J. B. Humphreys, J. B. Cleveland, C. L. C. Dupuy, and G. E. Strawbridge, to be first lieutenants; James B. Owens, A. C. Stallworth, W. F. Nelson, W. P. McLean, John R. Moore, T. H. B. Maddox, L. W. Grant, W. McR. Jordan, James H. Taylor, and R. L. Bassham, to be adjutants, with rank of first lieutenants; J. L. Robertson and Louis Colomb, to be second lieutenants of artillery, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent; to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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