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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 --FORTY-FIRST DAY--TUESDAY, March 3, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Reed.
On motion of Mr. Kenan of Georgia, the rules were suspended to enable him to offer a resolution, and
Mr. Kenan offered the following resolution, viz;
Resolved, That the further consideration of all questions, reports, bills, and resolutions be suspended until the currency and tax bills are acted upon, and that immediately upon the reading of the Journal each morning the House will proceed to the consideration of these measures.
Mr. Kenan of Georgia demanded the question; which was ordered, and
Mr. Harris demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Barksdale, Batson, Boteler, Boyce, Breckinridge, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chrisman, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Foster, Freeman, Gardenhire, Garland, Garnett, Gartrell, Goode, Hanly, Hartridge, Hilton, Hodge, Holcombe, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lander, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, McDowell, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Russell, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Strickland, Tibbs, Trippe, Welsh, Wilcox, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Baldwin, Farrow, Foote, Graham, Harris, Marshall, McLean, Sexton, Simpson, and Wright of Texas.
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So the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Foster moved that the House reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Royston demanded the question.
The question was ordered, and the motion to reconsider was lost.
On motion of Mr. Jones,
The House resolved itself into secret session;a and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
[Note a: a The Journal of this secret session has not been found.]
Mr. Baldwin, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported
A bill for the assessment and collection of direct taxes and internal duties;
which was read the first and second times.
And the question being on postponing the same and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Baldwin, the bill was ordered to be printed and made the special order immediately after the bill to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States, and from day to day until disposed of.
On motion of Mr. Wright of Texas,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
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