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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 --TENTH DAY--THURSDAY, January 22, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Doggett.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the governor of Virginia, respecting the use of the Capitol by Congress.
Mr. Preston offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the communication of the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, this day made to this body, be spread upon the minutes, and that in the opinion of this House the governor of the State of Virginia has done all consistent with a sense of duty to add to the comfort of the members and furnish proper accommodation for the deliberations of Congress;
which was read and, together with the communication of the governor of Virginia, was, on motion of Mr. Currin, laid upon the table.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
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.
The Chair laid before the House a resolution of the Senate to amend the joint rules; which was read and referred to the Committee on Rules.
The Chair also presented a bill of the Senate, to be entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of assistants to the Register in signing bonds and certificates;" which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Dargan presented a design for a flag; which was referred to the Committee on Flag and Seal.
Mr. Foster offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Military Committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of the present passport system, and if in their judgment the necessity should exist to continue the same, then into the propriety of confining the duties on all railroads to the conductors thereof;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Foster also offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Military Committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing for the enrollment and placing into the ranks all sutlers between eighteen and forty-five years of age;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Dargan presented the memorial of J. M. Brown, praying compensation for loss of a steamboat, pressed into service and lost in the service of the Confederate Government; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.
Mr. Dargan offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire into and report what measures are necessary to secure representation in this body by the States and parts of States now or at any time in the occupancy of the enemy. And that they further report what measures are necessary and proper to preserve the constitutional governments of such States in the hands of those who are loyal to the Confederate States;
which was read and agreed to.
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Mr. Garland introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to provide for retaliation upon the Government of the United States for any attempt to execute the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, dated first January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or to incite insurrection among any of the slaves of any of the Confederate States;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Royston introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to increase and strengthen the Army of the Confederate States;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Royston offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to prevent commanding generals and other military officers of the Army of the Confederate States from fixing a tariff of prices upon provisions and other productions of the Confederate States, and that they report by bill or otherwise:
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Hilton introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to repeal certain clauses of an act entitled 'An act to exempt certain persons from military service,' etc., approved October eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two;"
which was read the first and second times.
Mr. Hilton moved that the rule requiring a reference of the bill to a committee be suspended.
The motion was lost, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Gartrell introduced the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation be instructed to inquire into the propriety of enacting a law requiring the Government to furnish transportation for the remains of officers and soldiers who have fallen in the service of their country, and report by bill or otherwise;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Gartrell also offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill making the requisite appropriation for the increase of the salaries of the civil officers of the Government employed in Richmond, granted by Congress toward the adjournment of its last session, but for which for want of time no appropriation was thus made;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Gartrell also offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested to furnish Congress with copies of the official reports of the battles of Fredericksburg, Murfreesboro, and of all other battles of which reports have not been already rendered, at an early a day as practicable;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Gartrell presented a design for a flag; which was referred to the Committee on Flag and Seal.
Mr. Clark offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the authority exercised by the Secretary of War under the conscription acts by which he has determined that when substitutes become subject to military service the exemption of the principal shall expire;
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which was read, and Mr. Clark moved to refer the same to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Hilton moved to amend the motion by striking out the words "Military Affairs" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Judiciary."
Pending the consideration of which,
The House proceeded to the consideration of the special order of business; which was
A bill to be entitled "An act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service."
The question being on recommitting the bill with instructions to the Committee on Military Affairs,
And the yeas and nays having been demanded thereon by Mr. Miles,
The same were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Ayer, Baldwin, Bell, Boyce, Bridgers, Burnett, Chambliss, Chrisman, Clapp, Clark, Collier, Conrad, Davidson, Dupré, Farrow, Foote, Gaither, Goode, Hilton, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyons, Machen, McDowell, McQueen, Menees, Perkins, Preston, Ralls, Russell, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Strickland, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Barksdale, Boteler, Chilton, Clopton, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davis, Ewing, Garland, Gartrell, Graham, Heiskell, Hodge, Holcombe, Holt, Lander, Lyon, McLean, McRae, Miles, Moore, Pugh, Read, Royston, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Tibbs, Vest, Villeré, and Wright of Tennessee.
So the bill was recommitted.
Mr. Hilton moved that the vote recommitting the bill be reconsidered.
Pending the consideration of which,
On motion of Mr. Moore,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
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