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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 --THIRTY-FIRST DAY--TUESDAY, September 23, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Moore.
Mr. Foote, by the consent of the House, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President be requested to cause estimates to be made out at the Navy Department and sent to this House, for the building and fitting out for the protection and defense of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, of twelve gunboats of suitable size and construction for said purpose, in order that the requisite appropriation may be at once made;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Foote, also by consent, offered
A resolution that the President be requested to cause estimates to be made out at the War Department and sent to this House of the expense necessary to be incurred in the establishment of complete military defenses along the banks of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, with a view of resisting any future advance of the enemy into the interior of the States of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi by water, in order that adequate appropriations for this purpose may be immediately made;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Conrad, by consent, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the expediency of authorizing the President to appoint officers of the rank of major to command and superintend such camps for the instruction of new levies as he may deem it advisable to establish;
which was read and agreed to.
On motion, leave of absence was granted Mr. Collier.
Mr. Lyons, by consent, introduced
A joint resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to cause certain alterations to be made in the building now occupied by the Post-Office Department;
which was read the first and second times;
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The rules were suspended, and the bill was taken up, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of sundry conscripts, asking a discharge from military service upon their reaching the age of 35 years, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the same, and that it lie upon the table; which was agreed to.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the special order of business, which was the resolutions of the Committee on Elections.
The question being on the amendment offered by Mr. Trippe to the amendment of Mr. Crockett, from the minority of the committee, to the resolution of the majority of the Committee on Elections,
Mr. Atkins moved that the contestant be allowed to speak one hour and that the sitting member be allowed the same time in which to reply, and that the House then proceed to take the vote upon the question; which was agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House.
They have also passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
Mr. Trippe called for the yeas and nays on his motion to amend the amendment of Mr. Crockett;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Atkins, Bridgers, Gray, McRae, Trippe, Wright of Texas, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Arrington, Ayer, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Bonham, Boyce, Breckinridge, Horatio W. Bruce, Eli M. Bruce, Burnett, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Chrisman, Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Dawkins, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Gartrell, Gentry, Goode, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hedge, Holcombe, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lander, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, McDowell, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Swan, Vest, Welsh, Wilcox, and Mr. Speaker.
So the amendment was lost.
The question recurring on the amendment of the minority of the Committee on Elections,
Mr. Chilton offered the following resolution:
Whereas the Committee of Elections have excluded all the proof that was offered in the contested election by J. P. Johnson of the seat occupied in this House by A. H. Garland, and yet said proof, if properly taken and submitted, has an important bearing in said contest: Therefore,
Resolved, That the matter of the said contested election be recommitted to the Committee of Elections, with instructions further to investigate said contest, and to
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allow the respective parties a reasonable time within which to retake their proof and adduce such legal evidence as they may be able to adduce, such proof to be taken according to the existing law.
Mr. Chilton called for the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Atkins, Ayer, Baldwin, Bonham, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Dargan, Davis, Dawkins, Foster, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyons, McRae, McQueen, Miles, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Arrington, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Breckinridge, Horatio W. Bruce, Eli M. Bruce, Burnett, Chrisman, Crockett, Curry, Davidson, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Foote, Gentry, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hodge, Jones, Lander, Lyon, Machen, McDowell, Menees, Moore, Perkins, Preston, Read, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Vest, and Wright of Texas.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Davis moved a reconsideration of the vote agreeing to the resolution of Mr. Chilton.
Mr. Swan moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which was agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
With amendments; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have agreed to the amendment of this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 78) entitled "An act to determine the annual pay of the engineer in chief and passed assistant surgeons of the Navy."
On motion of Mr. Miles, the bill to provide for filling up existing companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments, reported from the Senate with sundry amendments, was taken up and ordered to be printed.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the special order, viz: A bill to raise revenue.
The House went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Curry in the chair; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose, and reported, through their Chairman, that they had had under consideration the bill referred to them, and had come to no resolution.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
On motion of Mr. Miles, the bill reported from the Senate was taken up, read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message was received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison.
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The Chair laid before the House a message from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
Richmond, Va., September 13, 1862.
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War in further answer to your resolution of the 21st, August, requesting copies of all the reports of engagements with the enemy received since the adjournment of Congress.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
A motion to print 1,000 extra copies of the same was offered and referred to the Committee on Printing.
The Chair also laid before the House a message from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
I herewith transmit for information a communication from the Secretary of War in answer to your resolution of the 17th instant, asking what disposition is made of the negroes captured by the Army.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which, with its accompanying documents, was read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Chair also laid before the House a message from the President; which is as follows, to wit:
I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate "to supply the deficiencies in the engineer appropriations for engineering purposes."
I recommend an appropriation of the amount, and for the purposes specified.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
which was read and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The Chair also laid before the House a bill of the Senate in relation to substitutes; which was read the first and second times, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
The Chair also presented
A bill of the Senate to amend an act to establish a patent office, and to provide for the granting and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, improvements, and designs, approved May 21, 1861:
which was taken up, read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Patents.
Mr. Bell moved a reconsideration of the vote referring the bill to the Committee on Patents.
On motion, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Wright of Georgia.
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
A bill of the Senate amendatory of an act to reorganize the Marine Corps; and
A bill of the Senate to change the time for the assembling of Congress for its next, regular session;
And the Speaker signed the same.
On motion of Mr. Hilton
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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