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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 --FORTIETH DAY--MONDAY, March 2, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business; which was
A bill authorizing the acceptance of troops from the States of Kentucky and Missouri for a term of service less than three years.
The question being on discharging the committee from its further consideration and laying the same upon the table,
Mr. Kenner demanded the question.
The question was ordered, and the committee was discharged from its further consideration.
The question then being on laying the same upon the table,
Mr. Harris demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Boteler, Breckinridge, Bridgers, Chambers, Chambliss, Clark, Clopton, Conrow, Currin, Curry, Davidson, Elliott, Freeman, Gardenhire, Garnett, Gartrell, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hilton, Kenan of Georgia, Lander, Lyon, McLean, Miles, Miller, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Read, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Swan, Tibbs, Vest, Villeré, Wilcox, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Ashe, Atkins, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chilton, Chrisman, Conrad, Dargan, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Garland, Goode, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lewis, Machen, Marshall, McDowell, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Moore, Preston, Simpson, Smith of Virginia, Strickland, Trippe, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
So the bill was laid upon the table.
Mr. Read moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the bill was 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 entitled
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
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. Wright of Texas,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
On motion of Mr. Kenner, resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Russell in the chair, on a bill to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose and, through their Chairman,
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reported that they had had under consideration the matter referred to them and had come to no conclusion thereon.
Mr. Chambers moved to reconsider the vote on the passage of the resolution offered by Mr. Lyon closing debate in Committee of the Whole, on a bill to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes.
Mr. Wright of Georgia demanded the question; which was ordered, and the motion to reconsider did not prevail.
Mr. Wright of Georgia moved to suspend the rule limiting debate in order to enable him to introduce a resolution to permit Mr. Kenner to conclude his remarks in Committee of the Whole, on a bill to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes.
The motion was lost, and
The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Russell in the chair, on a bill to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose and, through their Chairman, reported that they had had under consideration the matter referred to them and had come to no conclusion thereon.
And on motion of Mr. Wright of Texas,
The House resolved itself into open session.
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