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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 --TWENTIETH DAY--THURSDAY, December 31, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Minnigerode.
Mr. Clopton, from the Committee on Claims, to which had been referred the memorial of Ransom C. Gaines, praying compensation for Confederate States Treasury notes destroyed by fire, reported
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back the same and asked that the committee be discharged from its further consideration, and that it do lie upon the table.
It was so ordered.
Mr. Simpson, from the same committee, to which had been referred the memorial of Capt. Zimmerman Davis, Confederate States Army, asking increased compensation for horses killed in battle or lost in service, reported back the same and asked that the committee be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.
It was so ordered.
Mr. Clapp, from the same committee, to which had been referred the memorial of Mrs. Mary Clark, asking to be indemnified for the loss of a slave, who died from disease contracted while at work on the fortifications around Richmond, reported back the same, accompanied by a report from the committee, and asked that it be laid on the table and printed.
It was so ordered.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
The Senate have passed, with amendments, a bill of this House entitled
The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which bill and amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the Senate that, on the 28th instant, he did approve and sign a bill (S. 142) entitled "An act to prevent the enlistment or enrollment of substitutes in the military service of the Confederate States."
The Speaker announced the appointment of the Special Committee on the Veteran Soldiers' Home as follows, viz:
Messrs. Clapp of Mississippi, Curry of Alabama, Vest of Missouri, Chambliss of Virginia, and Swan of Tennessee.
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled.
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Baldwin, from the Special Committee on the Currency, reported
A bill to tax, fund, and limit the currency.
And the House, on motion of Mr. Kenan, resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
On motion of Mr. Lander, he was excused from service on the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments, and Mr. Davidson was appointed in his place.
Mr. Heiskell moved that the House adjourn until Saturday, 12 o'clock.
Mr. Foster demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered.
The motion of Mr. Heiskell was lost.
On motion of Mr. Sexton, it was ordered that the Chair appoint temporary members of the Committee on the Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments during the absence of regular members.
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The Speaker laid before the House
A bill to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes;
which had been returned from the Senate with an amendment, as follows, viz:
Strike out, in line 3, after the word "States," the words "do, therefore," and insert the words of "of America do."
Mr. Miles moved that the rule be suspended requiring the bill to be referred to a committee; which motion prevailed, and the amendment of the Senate was agreed to.
Mr. Miles moved that the rule be suspended requiring the bill to lie over two days to await a reconsideration.
The motion was agreed to.
And the House,
On motion of Mr. Ralls,
Adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session, took up for consideration the bill reported in open session by Mr. Baldwin, from the Special Committee on the Currency, to be entitled
An act to tax, fund, and limit the currency.
The bill having been read a first and second time,
Mr. Boyce, from the same committee, by unanimous consent, submitted a minority report and a bill to regulate the currency and provide means for carrying on the Government; which he offered as an amendment to the bill of the committee (in the nature of a substitute).
Mr. Baldwin moved that the bill and amendment be postponed until Monday next, printed, and made the special order for that day, and from day to day after the expiration of the morning hour; which motion was agreed to.
Mr. Baldwin, from the same committee, reported
A bill to organize the Treasury note bureau;
which was read first and second times, postponed until Monday next, ordered to be printed, and made the special order for that day, to be considered after the bill to tax, fund, and limit the currency.
Mr. Lyon, from the same committee, reported
A bill to levy additional taxes for the common defense and support of the Government; which was read a first and second time, postponed until Monday next, ordered to be printed, and made the special order for that day, to be considered after the bill to organize the Treasury note bureau.
Mr. Dargan moved to reconsider the vote by which it was ordered that the bill to tax, fund, and limit the currency be first considered; which motion was not agreed to.
Mr. Baldwin moved that the further consideration of the bill to tax, fund, and limit the currency be conducted in open session.
Mr. Jones moved that the motion of Mr. Baldwin be considered in open session; which motion was not agreed to.
Mr. Lyons moved that the further consideration of Mr. Baldwin's motion be postponed until Monday next; which motion was not agreed to.
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The question recurring on agreeing to the motion of Mr. Baldwin,
Mr. Curry demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Bell, Boyce, Bridgers, Clopton, Curry, Davidson, Farrow, Foote, Gaither, Gray, Hilton, Jones, Menees, Perkins, Read, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Villeré, and Welsh.
Nays: Ashe, Atkins, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Conrad, Conrow, Dargan, De Jarnette, Foster, Freeman, Funsten, Gardenhire, Garland, Goode, Graham, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Holcombe, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, McDowell, McLean, Miles, Moore, Preston, Ralls, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Wilcox, and Wright of Texas.
So the motion was not agreed to.
Mr. Gray moved that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the vote just taken; which motion was agreed to.
Mr. Lyons moved to reconsider the vote just taken, by which the motion of Mr. Baldwin was defeated.
Mr. Kenan of Georgia moved to lay the motion on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution of the following title, viz:
(Secret) S. 18. Joint resolution explanatory of a joint resolution on the subject of retaliation, approved May 1, 1863;
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Speaker laid before the House the joint resolution referred to in the message; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. McDowell, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to communicate to this House any correspondence with General Whiting relative to the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Second. That the President be also respectfully requested to inform this House whether any aid can be given by further legislation to the complete defense of that important post.
The House then resumed the consideration of unfinished business; which was the bill to provide for holding elections for Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States from the State of Missouri.
Mr. Lyons moved to reconsider the vote by which the House agreed to remove the injunction of secrecy from the vote by which the motion of Mr. Baldwin to consider the bill to tax, fund, and limit the currency in open session was lost.
Pending which,
On motion of Mr. Miles,
The House resolved itself into open session.
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