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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 --MONDAY, May 9, 1864.


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Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
MONDAY, May 9, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Mitchel (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 10) to aid any State in communicating with and preparing records of its troops;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Mitchel (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 11) to extend the franking privilege;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. Watson submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of further legislation with a view to the prevention and punishment of illegal impressments, and also for the purpose of making just compensation to citizens from whom private property has been illegally taken for the public use without compensation.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolutions submitted by Mr. Wigfall on the 6th instant relative to the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus; and

On motion by Mr. Haynes,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.

On motion by Mr. Oldham,

The Senate adjourned.

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