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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 --FIFTY-FOURTH DAY--WEDNESDAY, March 18, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Bishop Early.
The Chair appointed Mr. Davidson as an additional member of the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments, to serve during the illness of Mr. Lander.
Mr. Curry moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to introduce a resolution.
Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Batson, Bell, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chambliss, Chilton, Clopton, Collier, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Foster, Gardenhire, Goode, Gray, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, McDowell, McLean, Menees, Miller, Moore, Preston, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of Virginia, Tibbs, Trippe, Welsh, and Wilcox.
Nays: Baldwin, Farrow, Garland, Graham, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Herbert, Hodge, Jones, McQueen, Miles, Simpson, Vest, and Villeré.
So the rules were suspended, and
Mr. Curry offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That hereafter the regular hour of meeting for this House shall be eleven o'clock antemeridian;
which was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Royston,
The House resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, again resolved itself into open session.
A message was received from the Senate; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled a bill of the Senate to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war; also
And the same were signed by the Speaker.
Mr. Foster moved that the House take a recess until 7.30 o'clock p. m.
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The motion was lost.
On motion of Mr. Garnett,
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session, went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Chilton in the chair, on a bill to lay taxes for the common defense and to carry on the Government of the Confederate States; 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.
Mr. Garnett moved that the Clerk of the House be allowed to have two additional clerks in the House during the secret sessions of the body.
The motion was agreed to, and
The House again went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Chilton in the chair, on a bill to lay taxes for the common defense and to carry on the Government of the Confederate States; 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. Goode,
The House went into open session.
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