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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-THIRD DAY--SATURDAY, February 21, 1863.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 6]
THIRTY-THIRD DAY--SATURDAY, February 21, 1863.

OPEN SESSION.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Bishop Early.

Mr. Curry offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That to mark the distinguished services which Lieutenant-General James Longstreet has rendered the Confederate States of America, the Speaker do invite him to take a seat upon the floor of this House;
which was read and unanimously agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Atkins, the special committee appointed to investigate frauds in transportation on railroads was authorized to employ a clerk and to send for persons and papers.

Mr. Garnett presented the petition of John Prosser Tabb, of Gloucester County, Va., in relation to the sequestration laws; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.

Mr. Garnett also presented a petition of William H. Seawell, praying that compensation be allowed for the services of the Twenty-first Regiment Virginia Militia; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, without being read.

Mr. Garnett also offered a resolution; which is as follows, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to inform this House whether the Government holds, or has at any time held, itself liable for the value of slaves impressed by its authority and escaping to the enemy while so impressed, and whether the owners of such slaves have been paid; also the correspondence, if any, on this subject, between the Secretary of War, the Adjutant-General, the Quartermaster-General, the Engineer Bureau, and the Attorney-General;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Garnett also offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the clerks in the Government arsenal at Richmond a like increase of pay with the clerks benefited by the act of October twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Garnett offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to send to Congress Estimates of appropriations for the first half of the next fiscal year;
which was read and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Garnett also introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act to authorize the importation from Europe of machinery and skilled workmen, for the manufacture of cottons, and of iron for the use of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

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Mr. Garnett introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act to regulate the compensation for the use and occupation of real estate by the Army and Navy of the Confederate States;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Staples presented the memorial of A. Mahood, of Mercer County, Va., praying payment for horses lost, etc.; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.

Mr. Staples offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill authorizing a digest of such of the laws of the United States as are in force in the Confederate States, and also of the laws of the Provisional and Confederate Congress;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Staples introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act to provide compensation for horses belonging to Confederate officers or soldiers, lost or captured without the default of the owner and while such owner was in the discharge of his proper duties;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.

Mr. Russell presented the petition of sundry members of Company G, Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment, praying a transfer; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, without being read.

Mr. Boteler offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House, if not incompatible with the public interests, what amount of funds have been paid into the Confederate States Treasury under the operation of the act entitled "An act for the sequestration of the estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for the indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States," approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the act amending the same, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, together with such other information in reference to sequestered property in the hands of receivers as may be deemed pertinent to the above inquiry;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Collier presented the memorial of A. N. Douglas, praying compensation for a slave lost while impressed; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.

Mr. Collier also offered the following resolution, viz:

Whereas the Congress of the United States has by law authorized the raising of negro troops, to be used in the present war in the attempted subjugation of the Confederate States: Therefore,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary inquire into the expediency of providing by law that all negroes captured while so in the service of the United States shall, ipso facto, unless they be fugitive slaves, become the property of the captors, and shall thereafter be held and considered in all respects as slaves;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Baldwin offered a resolution; which is as follows:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the expediency of so amending the act numbered three hundred and thirteen of the Provisional Congress as to extend its provisions to all officers of the staff, including adjutants;
which was read and agreed to.

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Mr. Baldwin also offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to direct the Secretary of War to inform this House by what authority a number of Yankee prisoners have been admitted to take the oath of fidelity to the Confederate States and have been allowed to locate as free laborers in Rockbridge County, Virginia;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Baldwin also offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means inquire and report whether the increase of compensation provided by act of October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, chapter forty-seven, does not extend to persons employed as temporary clerks in the Executive Departments;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Baldwin also presented the memorial of James M. Lilley in relation to the sequestration law; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.

Mr. Baldwin also presented the memorial of Col. George H. Smith, asking pay for certain officers; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, without being read.

Mr. Foote offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the letter of Brigadier-General Pillow in regard to the means of increasing the strength of our Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of adopting such legislation as is therein recommended;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Lyons introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act relating to commissioners of Federal courts;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Lyons also introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act in relation to slaves tried and convicted in the Confederate courts;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Lyons also introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act in relation to the fees of jailors;" which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Lyons presented the memorial of Dr. M. B. Becks, praying compensation for services rendered the Government; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, without being read.

Mr. Lyons also presented the memorial of R. W. Tally, praying compensation for loss of a horse; which was referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments, without being read.

Mr. Lyons also presented the memorial of Miles C. Tunstal, praying compensation for injuries to a negro; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, without being read.

Mr. Lyons offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be authorized to pay the pages appointed under the resolution of the House three dollars per diem, estimating from the commencement of the present session, for their services, out [of the contingent] fund of the House;
which was read and agreed to.

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Mr. Russell offered the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the House General Loring's report of his expedition to the Kanawha Valley, with the accompanying reports of Brigadier-General Jenkins and other officers;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Baldwin introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act for the relief of S. B. Lowe;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Dargan introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act to amend the first section of an act entitled 'An act to amend the laws relative to the compensation of the attorneys of the Confederate States,' approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Foster offered a resolution; which is as follows, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to cause the Secretary of War to inform this House if official notice has been furnished the proper officers of the provisions of an act to protect the rights of owners of slaves taken by or employed in the Army. Also whether the provisions of the second and third sections of said act have been carried out;
which was read and agreed to.

Mr. Foster also introduced

A bill to be entitled "An act to conscribe certain persons therein named;"
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion of Mr. Hodge.

The House took up for consideration the special order of business; which was

A bill to be entitled "An act for the establishment and equalization of the grade of officers of the Navy."

The bill having been read as follows, viz:

• Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act the Navy of the Confederate States shall consist of the following commissioned and warrant officers, to wit: Four admirals, three vice-admirals, three rear-admirals, eight commodores, fifteen captains, thirty-one commanders, thirty-one lieutenant-commanders, one hundred first lieutenants, twenty-five second lieutenants, thirty masters in line of promotion, as many ensigns as may be necessary from time to time to absorb the class of passed midshipmen, one hundred and forty-eight midshipmen, twenty paymasters, twenty assistant paymasters, one surgeon in chief and ten fleet surgeons, fifteen surgeons, fifteen passed assistant surgeons, and hereafter as many as may be necessary to absorb the passing assistants, twenty-five assistant surgeons, one engineer in chief, ten chief engineers, twenty-five first assistant engineers, thirty second assistant engineers, thirty third assistant engineers, two constructors, five assistant constructors, thirty gunners, thirty boatswains, thirty carpenters, and ten sailmakers.
• Sec. 2. The vessels of the Confederate States Navy shall be divided into four classes, to be commanded as follows: First rate, having not less than four hundred officers, seamen, and marines, by commodores; second rate, having not less than two hundred and fifty and not more than four hundred officers, seamen, and marines, by captains; third rate, having not less than one hundred and twenty-five and not more than two hundred and fifty officers, seamen, and marines, by commanders; fourth rate, having one hundred and twenty-five or less officers, seamen, and marines, by lieutenant-commanders. Lieutenant-commanders may be assigned as executive officers of naval stations or of vessels commanded by commodores.
• Sec. 3. Two admirals, one vice-admiral, one rear-admiral, four commodores, five captains, ten commanders, ten lieutenant-commanders, and fifteen lieutenants shall

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  be appointed solely for highly distinguished conduct or extraordinary heroism in the line of their profession and in conflict with the enemy. During the war these appointments in all grades above that of lieutenant-commanders shall be made from the grade immediately below the grade to be filled and without reference to the rank of the officer in such grade, and the service for which the appointment shall be conferred shall be specified in the commission. During time of peace vacancies in these grades shall be filled by regular promotion from the next below.

• Sec. 4. The relative and assimilated rank between officers of the Army and Navy shall be as follows:
  • Admirals, ... Generals,
  • Vice-admirals, ... Lieutenant-generals,
  • Rear-admirals, ... Major-generals,
  • Commodores, ... Brigadier-generals,
  • Captains, ... Colonels,
  • Commanders, ... Lieutenant-colonels,
  • Lieutenant-commanders, ... Majors,
  • Lieutenants, ... Captains,
  • Masters and second lieutenants, ... First lieutenants,
  • Ensigns, ... Second lieutenants,
  • Midshipmen, ... Cadets.
• Sec. 5. The annual pay of the several new grades of the officers of the Navy established by this law shall be as follows: Vice and rear admirals, the same as now allowed by law to flag officers; commodores, that now allowed by law to captains; ensigns, the same as now allowed by law to passed midshipmen; assistant constructors, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Officers in all other grades and ranks will receive the same pay as now allowed by law.
• Sec. 6. The relative and assimilated rank of officers who resigned from the United States Navy to take service in the Confederate States Navy will be determined by reference to the date of commission or warrant held by them in the United States Navy. But seniority of commission in all new grades created shall determine rank.
• Sec. 7. All officers at sea or attached to sea-going vessels or receiving ships, or doing duty in camp ashore, shall be allowed one ration per diem.
• Sec. 8. Midshipmen, after their final examination and graduation, if successful, shall be commissioned ensigns, taking rank according to merit.
• Sec. 9. After forty-five years in the services of the United States and Confederate States combined, and faithful performance, an officer shall be permitted to retire upon leave-of-absence pay, and the President may, in his discretion, retire and officer coming within this description upon one-half the leave-of-absence pay of the grade to which he belongs.
• Sec. 10. For distinguished services in battle the President may cause suitable medals to be prepared and presented to such officers, seamen, and marines as have or may hereafter merit them, to be worn on suitable occasions, as an incentive to others to win the gratitude of the nation.
• Sec. 11. There shall be a sufficient number of midshipmen appointed to make up, with those already appointed, the number of one hundred and forty-eight; and the appointments to be made shall be in the States and Congressional districts which may now have none, upon the recommendation of the member of Congress from such district; and hereafter when vacancies occur, if from a district, they shall be filled upon the recommendation of the member of Congress from that district; if from the State at large (each State, under the law contemplated by this bill, being entitled to two appointments at large), upon nomination of the Senators thereof. Ten appointments shall be from the Confederacy at large, and shall be appointed by the President, in his discretion, and vacancies in them filled, in his discretion.
• Sec. 12. Before any officer shall be promoted to the grade of captain, his fitness in all respects for such grade, and his ability to perform all its duties, shall be inquired of by five members of such grade, whose report thereon shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, and he is empowered to convene such board.
• Sec. 13. The two constructors provided for in this act shall be commissioned officers, and the five assistant constructors shall be warrant officers.
• Sec. 14. All laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be, and are hereby, repealed: Provided, That an act entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of additional officers of the Navy," approved December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, is not to be affected by anything herein contained, nor any laws now in existence by which acting masters in the Navy are appointed.
• Sec. 15. The service performed in the United States Navy by medical officers who have resigned therefrom, and are now commissioned in the Confederate States Navy, shall be considered as having been performed under their present commissions.
• Sec. 16. This act shall take effect from and after its passage,

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Mr. Hodge, on the part of the committee, moved to amend the same by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz:

That from and after the passage of this act the Navy of the Confederate States shall consist of the following commissioned and warrant officers, to wit: Four admirals, three vice-admirals, three rear-admirals, eight commodores, fifteen captains, thirty-one commanders, thirty-one lieutenant-commanders, one hundred first lieutenants, twenty-five second lieutenants, thirty masters in line of promotion, as many ensigns as may be necessary from time to time to absorb the class of passed midshipmen, one hundred and forty-eight midshipmen, twenty paymasters, forty assistant paymasters, one surgeon in chief, twenty-three surgeons (senior surgeons to be fleet surgeons, with pay now allowed by law), fifteen passed assistant surgeons and hereafter as many as may be necessary to absorb the passing assistants, twenty-five assistant surgeons, one engineer in chief, fifteen chief engineers, fifty first assistant engineers, one hundred and fifty second assistant engineers, one hundred and fifty third assistant engineers, two constructors, five assistant constructors, thirty gunners, thirty boatswains, thirty carpenters, and ten sailmakers.

• Sec. 2. The vessels of the Confederate States Navy shall be divided into four classes, to be commanded as follows when said classes of ships shall be constructed, but until first and second rates are constructed the Secretary of the Navy may assign captains and commodores to the command of smaller vessels: First rate, having not less than four hundred officers, seamen, and marines, by commodores; second rate, having not less than two hundred and fifty officers, seamen, and marines, by captains; third rate, having not less than one hundred and twenty-five and not more than two hundred and fifty officers, seamen, and marines, by commanders; fourth rate, having one hundred and twenty-five or less officers, seamen, and marines, by lieutenant-commanders. Lieutenant-commanders may be assigned as executive officers of naval stations or of vessels commanded by commodores.
• Sec. 3. Two admirals, one vice-admiral, one rear-admiral, four commodores, five captains, ten commanders, ten lieutenant-commanders, and fifteen lieutenants shall be appointed solely for highly distinguished conduct or extraordinary heroism in the line of their profession and in conflict with the enemy. During the war these appointments in all grades above that of lieutenant-commanders shall be made from the grade immediately below the grade to be filled and without reference to the rank of the officer in such grade, and the service for which the appointment shall be conferred shall be specified in the commission. During time of peace vacancies in these grades shall be filled by regular promotion from the next below.
• Sec. 4. The relative and assimilated rank between officers of the Army and Navy shall be as follows:
  • Admirals will take rank with generals.
  • Vice-admirals will take rank with lieutenants-generals.
  • Rear-admirals will take rank with major-generals.
  • Commodores will take rank with brigadier-generals.
  • Captains will take rank with colonels.
  • Commanders will take rank with lieutenant-colonels.
  • Lieutenant-commanders will take rank with majors.
  • Lieutenants will take rank with captains.
  • Masters and second lieutenants will take rank with first lieutenants.
  • Ensigns will take rank with second lieutenants.
  • Midshipmen will take rank with cadets.
• Sec. 5. The annual pay of the several new grades of the officers of the Navy established by this law shall be as follows: Vice and rear admirals, the same as now allowed by law to flag officers; commodores, that now allowed by law to captains; ensigns, the same as now allowed by law to passed midshipmen; constructors, two thousand six hundred dollars; assistant constructors, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Officers in all other grades and ranks will receive the same pay as now allowed by law.
• Sec. 6. The relative and assimilated rank of officers who resigned from the United States Navy to take service in the Confederate States Navy will be determined by reference to the date of commission or warrant held by them in the United States Navy. But seniority of commission in all new grades created shall determine rank.
• Sec. 7. All officers at sea or attached to seagoing vessels or receiving ships, or doing duty in camp ashore, shall be allowed one ration per diem.
• Sec. 8. Midshipment, after their final examination and graduation, if successful, shall be commissioned ensigns, taking rank according to merit.

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• Sec. 9. After forty years in the services of the United States and Confederate States combined, and faithful performance of duty, an officer shall be permitted to retire upon leave-of-absence pay, and the President may, in his discretion, retire any officer coming within this description upon one-half the leave-of-absence pay of the grade to which he belongs.
• Sec. 10. For distinguished services in battle the President may cause suitable medals to be prepared and presented to such officers, seamen, and marines as have or may hereafter merit them, to be worn on suitable occasions, as an incentive to others to win the gratitude of the nation.
• Sec. 11. There shall be a sufficient number of midshipmen appointed to make up, with those already appointed, the number of one hundred and forty-eight; and the appointments to be made shall be in the States and Congressional districts which may now have none, upon the recommendation of the member of Congress from such district; and hereafter when vacancies occur, if from a district, they shall be filled upon the recommendation of the member of Congress from that district; if from the State at large (each State, under the law contemplated by this bill, being entitled to two appointments at large), upon nomination of the Senators thereof. Ten appointments shall be from the Confederacy at large, and shall be appointed by the President, in his discretion, and vacancies in them filled, in his discretion. All persons appointed shall be within the ages of fourteen and seventeen years.
• Sec. 12. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to establish a school for the instruction of midshipmen, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to be approved by the President, the annual expenditure for the support of which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars.
• Sec. 13. Before any officer shall be promoted to the grade of captain, his fitness in all respects for such grade, and his ability to perform all its duties, shall be inquired of by five members of such grade, whose report thereon shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, and he is empowered to convene such board.
• Sec. 14. The two constructors provided for in this act shall be commissioned officers, and the five assistant constructors shall be warrant officers.
• Sec. 15. The service performed in the United States Navy by medical officers who have resigned therefrom, and are now commissioned in the Confederate States Navy, shall be considered as having been performed under their present commissions.
• Sec. 16. All laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be, and are hereby, repealed: Provided, That an act entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of additional officers of the Navy," approved December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, is not to be affected by anything herein contained, nor any laws now in existence by which acting masters in the Navy are appointed.
• Sec. 17. The service performed in the United States Navy by medical officers who have resigned therefrom, and are now commissioned in the Confederate States Navy, shall be considered as having been performed under their present commissions.
• Sec. 18. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

The question being on agreeing to the amendment,

Mr. Russell moved to amend the tenth section thereof by striking out the word "nation" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "country;" which was agreed to.

Mr. H. W. Bruce moved to amend the eleventh section by striking out the word "seventeen" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighteen;" which was agreed to.

Mr. Lyons moved to amend the third section by striking out the words "and in conflict with the enemy."

Mr. Kenner demanded the question.

The question was ordered, and the amendment to the amendment was lost.

Mr. Kenner demanded the question; which was ordered, and the amendment of the committee as amended was agreed to.

The bill as amended was engrossed and read a third time.

Mr. Chambers moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

Mr. Chambers moved that the House resolve itself into secret session.

The motion was lost.

Mr. Machen demanded the question.

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The question was ordered, and the motion to reconsider was lost.

Mr. McLean demanded the question.

Mr. Foote moved that the House resolve itself into secret session.

The motion was lost, and the question was ordered.

Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, viz:
• Yeas ... 50
• Nays ... 21

Yeas: Atkins, Baldwin, Boteler, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Dargan, Davidson, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliot, Ewing, Foote, Freeman, Gaither, Garnett, Gartrell, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Hodge, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McLean, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Moore, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Read, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Smith of Alabama, Staples, Strickland, Trippe, and Wright of Georgia.

Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Bridgers, Chambers, Curry, Foster, Gardenhire, Hanly, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lyons, Marshall, McDowell, Perkins, Royston, Smith of North Carolina, Vest, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

So the bill was passed.

Mr. Foote moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.

Mr. H. W. Bruce demanded the question.

The question was ordered.

Mr. Foote demanded the yeas and nays;
which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, viz:
• Yeas ... 29
• Nays ... 43

Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Chambers, Chrisman, Clark, De Jarnette, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gardenhire, Garland, Hanly, Hilton, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lyons, Marshall, Perkins, Royston, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Vest, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

Nays: Atkins, Baldwin, Boteler, Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Gaither, Garnett, Gartrell, Graham, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hodge, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McDowell, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Read, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Staples, Strickland, Trippe, and Wilcox.

So the motion to reconsider was lost.

On motion of Mr. Kenner,

The House resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session;

When,

On motion of Mr. Atkins,

The House adjourned until 12 o'clock m. on Monday.

SECRET SESSION.

The House being in secret session,

Mr. Perkins presented a protest against the legislation of the House in regard to a foreign loan, to be negotiated by Messrs. Erlanger &

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Co., bankers, of Paris, under a contract drawn by their attorney, Jules Beer, signed by the following members, viz: Messrs. Royston, Foster, Chambers, Perkins, Hanly, Foote, Smith of North Carolina, Marshall, Chilton, and Clopton.

And the question being upon receiving the same,

Mr. Foote demanded the yeas and nays thereon;

Which were ordered,

And are as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 25
• Nays ... 39

Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Curry, Dargan, Farrow, Foote, Garland, Hanly, Hartridge, Kenan of North Carolina, Marshall, Miles, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Royston, Sexton, Trippe, and Mr. Speaker.

Nays: Baldwin, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Clark, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Davidson, Dupré, Ewing, Foster, Gaither, Garnett, Gartrell, Graham, Gray, Heiskell, Hilton, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Ralls, Read, Russell, Simpson, Strickland, Vest, Wilcox, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

So the House moved to reconsider the vote just taken.

And on motion of Mr. Curry,

The House resolved itself into open session.

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