| 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 --ELEVENTH DAY--FRIDAY, January 23, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Doggett.
Mr. Clark having accepted the amendment of Mr. Hilton, the resolution was thereby referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Holt offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so changing the rules of this House as to limit debate on bills and resolutions unless the same are before the House for final action, and that said committee report at the earliest practicable day;
which was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Jones, he was excused from further service on the Committee on Rules and Officers of the House.
Mr. Gartrell introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service, and to repeal all acts of exemption heretofore passed;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Page 42 | Page image
Mr. Strickland presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Dawson County, Ga., praying change of a mail route; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, without being read.
Mr. Strickland also introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to provide for the visitation and general improvement of hospitals;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Medical Affairs.
Mr. Clark offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Hospitals inquire into and report by what authority sick and wounded soldiers are refused furloughs, and report the remedy;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Moore presented the memorial of John R. Cardwell for loss of slave; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.
Mr. Moore moved that the vote by which 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," was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs be reconsidered; which was agreed to.
And the question recurring on suspending the rule requiring the reference of the bill to a committee, the same was suspended.
Mr. Curry demanded the previous question; which was ordered, and the bill was engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Curry demanded the question; which was on the passage of the bill.
The question was ordered.
Mr. Swan demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Ayer, Baldwin, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Breckinridge, Bridgers, Burnett, Chambliss, Chilton, Chrisman, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Cooke, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Davis, Dupré, Elliot, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, Marshall, McDowell, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Miles, Moore, Perkins, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Sexton, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Strickland, Swan, Tibbs, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: None.
So the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. Foote,
Rule 42 was suspended, and the bill was sent immediately to the Senate.
Mr. Read introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act continuing in pay all discharged soldiers by reason of wounds and injuries received in the services;"
which was read the first and second times, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Chambliss and Cooke, on account of sickness in their families.
Page 43 | Page image
Mr. Machen introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act authorizing the acceptance of troops from the States of Kentucky and Missouri for a term of service less than three years;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Crockett introduced joint resolutions declaring the basis upon which alone peace propositions will be entertained by this Government; which was read the first and second times.
Mr. Crockett moved to refer the same to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Pending the consideration of which,
The hour for the special order of business, which was a bill to declare what persons shall be exempt from military duty, having arrived, the House proceeded to its consideration.
The question being on the motion of Mr. Hilton to reconsider the vote by which the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. McLean demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Boteler, Burnett, Chilton, Clopton, Conrow, Crockett, Curry, Ewing, Foster, Garland, Gartrell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Moore, Preston, Pugh, Royston, Singleton, Strickland, Vest, Villeré, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Ayer, Baldwin, Bell, Boyce, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chrisman, Clapp, Clark, Collier, Conrad, Dargan, Davidson, Dupré, Farrow, Gaither, Goode, Graham, Johnston, McDowell, Ralls, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
So the vote was reconsidered.
The question then recurring on the motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Military Affairs, the same was lost.
Mr. Boyce, by consent, moved that when the House adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet at 12 o'clock on Monday.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Hilton moved that the bill and amendments be referred to the Committee of the Whole; which was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Hilton,
The House then resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Curry in the chair; and having spent some [time] therein, the committee rose and reported, through their Chairman, as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Committee of the Whole have had under consideration the bill referred to them entitled "An act declaring what persons shall be exempt from military duty," and have come to no conclusion thereon.
Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act making appropriations to meet the increase of pay authorized by the act of Congress entitled 'An act to increase the pay of certain officers and employees in the executive and legislative departments,' approved October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two;"
which was read the first and second times, and
Page 44 | Page image
Mr. Kenner moved that the rule requiring the further consideration of the bill to be postponed and that it be placed upon the Calendar be suspended; which was agreed to.
Mr. Kenner also moved a suspension of the rule which required the consideration of the bill in Committee of the Whole; which was agreed to, and bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Perkins offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested to inform Congress, if not incompatible with the public interest, what steps, if any, have been taken to procure the liberation of exchange of persons who, taken from civil life, have been transported and confined beyond the limits of the Confederacy, and also whether any and what persons so confined have at the instance of this Government been set at liberty;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Chilton introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to provide for refunding to the State of Alabama the amount overpaid by said State on account of the war tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-two;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Lyons offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the President be requested to inform this House whether Richard Thomas, otherwise called Colonel Zarvona, was an officer of the Confederate Army at the time of his capture, under what circumstances he was captured, if those circumstances be known to the President, and why he has not been exchanged;
which was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Clapp,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock on Monday.
PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR
| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |