| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --THIRTY-NINTH DAY--THURSDAY, October 2, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Jones moved that the reading of the Journal be dispensed with.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Lyons, by consent, presented the petition of William B. Isaacs & Co., praying compensation for the transportation of troops; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.
Mr. Garland, by consent, offered a resolution; which is as follows, to wit:
Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of granting to the Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas Navigation Company the same privileges and franchises which were granted by an act of the Congress of the United States previous to the secession of the Southern States, and report by bill or otherwise.
On motion, the resolution was referred to the Committee on Commerce.
On motion of Mr. Chilton, the rules were suspended, and the House took up for consideration
Page 480 | Page image
A bill to enable the President of the Confederate States to provide the means of [military] transportation by the construction of a railroad between Blue Mountain, in the State of Alabama, and Rome, in the State of Georgia.
Mr. Hilton moved to amend the second section thereof, which appropriated $1,122,480.92 and providing for the ultimate repayment of the money so expended, by inserting after the word "expended" the words "with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum."
Mr. Ayer called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Hilton demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Atkins, Ayer, Baldwin, Batson, Bonham, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Chambers, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Dawkins, Dupré, Farrow, Freeman, Garnett, Goode, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, Machen, McDowell, McQueen, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Royston, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Tibbs, Trippe, Vest, Welsh, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Chambliss, Chilton, Curry, Dargan, Foster, Garland, Gartrell, Hanly, Johnston, Kenner, Lyon, Lyons, Marshall, Ralls, and Wright of Texas.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton demanded the previous question; which was ordered.
The bill was then engrossed and read a third time, and the question being on the passage of the same,
Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Collier, Cooke, Dargan, De Jarnette, Dupré, Foote, Foster, Gardenhire, Gartrell, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyon, Lyons, Marshall, McRae, Preston, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Tibbs, Vest, Wilcox, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Ashe, Atkins, Ayer, Batson, Bonham, Clopton, Curry, Dawkins, Farrow, Freeman, Garnett, Gentry, Goode, Hanly, Hartridge, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Lander, Machen, McDowell, McQueen, Miles, Pugh, Russell, Trippe, and Welsh.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Sexton, by consent, from the Committee on the Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, to whom was referred certain communications in relation to the meeting of requisitions upon the Treasury Department, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the same, and that they lie upon the table.
Mr. Perkins moved that the same be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means; which was agreed to.
The House then took up for consideration the special order, which was a bill to raise revenue.
Mr. Garnett moved a postponement of the consideration of the same; which was agreed to.
Page 481 | Page image
The next special order of business being a bill in reference to the writ of habeas corpus,
Mr. Jones moved that the rules be suspended to allow the Committee on Ways and Means to report; which was agreed to, and Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill making appropriations for the executive, legislative, and judicial expenses of the Government for the month of December, 1862, with the recommendation that it be postponed; which was agreed to.
Mr. Garnett moved that the bill be made the special order for 12 o'clock to-morrow; which was agreed to.
Mr. Gray moved that the vote by which the regular special order was postponed be reconsidered; which was agreed to, and the motion to postpone was laid upon the table.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the special order, which was a bill to raise revenue, and resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Heiskell in the chair; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose and reported, through their Chairman, that they had had under consideration the subject referred to them, and had come to no conclusion thereon.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments proposed to the bill (S. 80) entitled "An act to permit persons subject to enrollment to enlist in the Marine Corps."
They have also passed a bill of this House (H. R. 34) entitled "An act to enable the President of the Confederate States to provide the means of military transportation by the construction of a railroad between Blue Mountain, in the State of Alabama, and Rome, in the State of Georgia."
A message was also received from the Senate; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate disagree to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 62) to exempt certain persons from military duty, and to repeal an act entitled "An act to exempt certain persons from enrollment for service in the armies of the Confederate States," approved 21st April, 1862, ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and have appointed Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Orr, and Mr. Hill as managers at the same on their part.
Mr. Miles moved that the House insist on its amendments to the bill just reported from the Senate and agree to the conference proposed.
The motion was agreed to and the Chair announced as the managers on the part of the House at said conference Mr. Pugh, Mr. Perkins, and Mr. Garnett.
A message was received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison, informing the House that the President on the 30th of September approved and signed the following acts:
An act to amend the act to authorize payment to be made for certain horses purchased for the Army by Col. A. W. McDonald, approved August 21, 1861; and
Also, an act to amend acts Nos. 223 and 311 of the Provisional Congress so as to authorize an extension of the time for selling property for taxes in default.
Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled and ready for the signature of the Speaker
A bill to be entitled "An act to enable the President of the Confederate States to provide the means of military transportation by the construction
Page 482 | Page image
of a railroad between Blue Mountain, in the State of Alabama, and Rome, in the State of Georgia;" and
Also, in act to permit enlistments in the Navy and Marine Corps.
And the Speaker signed the same.
On motion,
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR
| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |