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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 --SIXTY-FIFTH DAY--WEDNESDAY, April 1, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Brown.
Mr. H. W. Bruce offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved. That the House of Representatives meet to-morrow in, and during the remainder of the present session occupy, the Hall of the House of Delegates of the general assembly of the State of Virginia, and that seats for the members in said Hall be selected by lot, as they have been selected in this Hall.
Mr. Heiskell demanded the question.
The question was ordered.
Mr. Jones demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Batson, Bell, Boyce, Breckinridge, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Clapp, Collier, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Davis, Dupré, Elliott, Freeman, Gaither, Garnett, Goode, Hanly, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Hodge, Holcombe, Johnston, Lander, Lewis, Machen, Martin, McDowell, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Read, Simpson, Singleton, Trippe, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Atkins, Baldwin, Boteler, Chambers, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, De Jarnette, Farrow, Foster, Gardenhire, Garland, Graham, Harris, Holt, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyon, Marshall, McRae, Menees, Perkins, Preston, Royston, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Strickland, Swan, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, Wilcox, and Wright of Texas.
So the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Boteler moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to offer a resolution; which was agreed to, and
Mr. Boteler offered the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That the papers relating to the claims of John McKown, Samuel McKown, and Mary C. Morgan be withdrawn from the files of the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Jones, moved to amend the same by striking out all thereof after the word "Resolved" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
That the Committee on Claims furnish to John McKown, Samuel McKown, and Mary C. Morgan a copy of the papers now in possession of said committee, in relation to their claim or claims against the Government of the Confederate States of America.
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Mr. Read demanded the question; which was ordered, and the amendment was lost.
Mr. Singleton moved to amend the same by adding thereto the following, to wit:
Provided, That the parties leave an authenticated copy of such papers with the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Read demanded the question; which was ordered, and the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Garland moved to amend the same by striking out all thereof after the word "Resolved" and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
That any claims that may be presented to this House may at any time be withdrawn, provided true copies of the same be filed in their stead.
The Chair ruled that the amendment was not in order, on the ground that the resolution before the House, under a suspension of the rule, applied to an individual case, and it was not in order, in considering that case, to offer an amendment proposing to make a general rule.
Mr. Garland appealed from the decision of the Chair.
And the question being,
Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?
It was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. Heiskell demanded the question; which was ordered, and the resolution as amended was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Holt, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Gartrell, on account of pressing business.
Mr. Menees moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to present a memorial.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act to provide for continuing in service seamen and ordinary seamen now in the service of the Confederate States; and
An act to authorize the discharge of certain civil officers from the military service of the Confederate States.
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Boudinot moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to introduce sundry bills.
The motion was agreed to, and
Mr. Boudinot introduced
A bill to provide certain regulations for holding elections for Delegates to the Congress of the Confederate States in certain Indian nations;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Boudinot also introduced
A bill supplemental to an act to establish judicial courts in certain Indian Territories, approved February 15, 1862;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion of Mr. McQueen, the rules were suspended to enable him to offer a resolution; and
Mr. McQueen offered the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be authorized to employ temporary assistance, such clerks employed to be paid out of the contingent fund, upon order of the Committee of Accounts;
which was read and agreed to.
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Mr. Batson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred
A bill explanatory of an act entitled "An act to authorize the President to accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions heretofore raised," approved on the 11th day of October, 1862, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was taken up, and the second section being under consideration, which is as follows, viz:
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the regiments and battalions aforesaid shall be chosen in the manner heretofore provided by law for the election of officers of regiments and battalions of volunteers,
Mr. Batson, on the part of the committee, moved to amend the same as follows, to wit: Strike out all of the same and insert in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
That said regiments and battalions shall have the right, within twenty days, on a day to be fixed the commander of the brigade for that purpose, to elect such officers as volunteers have heretofore been authorized to elect: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any case where such office has heretofore been filed by election.
The amendment was agreed to, and the bill as amended was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
On motion of Mr. Read,
The House proceeded to the consideration of the special order of business; which was
A bill continuing in pay all discharged soldiers by reason of wounds and injuries received in the service.
The bill having been read as follows, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all commissioned and noncommissioned officers and private soldiers who may now be discharged or who may hereafter be discharged from service by reason of wounds or injuries received in the service of the Confederate States, or that may have been received in the service of any of the States comprising this Confederacy, whose services and troops have been recognized and received into the service of the Confederate States, and who shall have been declared, wholly or in part, disabled by wounds or injuries received in the service, so as to disable them from further service, or so as to render them unfit for labor, in whole or in part, shall be continued in pay from the date of their discharge, until the present war shall have been concluded by a treaty of peace, at the rate and manner as hereinafter declared.
Mr. Read moved to amend the first section thereof by striking out the words "by a treaty of peace."
The amendment was agreed to.
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Mr. Holt moved to amend the same section by inserting after the words "injuries received" the words "or disease contracted."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Jones moved to amend the same section by striking out the words "by reason of wounds or injuries received or disease contracted in the service of the Confederate States" and insert in lieu thereof the words "by reason of wounds and injuries received or disease contracted in the service of the Confederate States and in the line of his duty."
Mr. Breckinridge moved to amend the amendment by striking out therefrom the words "and in the line of his duty."
Mr. Holt moved that the bill and amendment be laid upon the table.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Menees demanded the question; which was ordered, and the amendment to the amendment was lost, and the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Clark moved to amend the same section by adding thereto the following words, to wit:
Provided, That the officer, musician, or private has not heretofore received from the Government any office of pay or profit: And provided further, That on the appointment hereafter of any officer, musician, or private to any office of pay and profit, his pay under this act shall cease.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Sexton moved to amend the same section by striking out the words "may now be discharged" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "have been."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Read moved to amend the second section by striking out the word "pay" before the words "when discharged."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Read also moved to amend the same section by striking out the word "further," in the first proviso, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "That;" which was agreed to.
Mr. Read moved to amend the same section by striking out the words
Provided further, That all persons hereafter discharged for the reasons herein stated shall, upon the certificate of said board, be entitled to receive pay in the manner hereinbefore provided.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Hilton moved to amend the same section by striking out the words "pay per diem" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "half pay;" which was agreed to.
Mr. Machen moved to amend the same section by striking out the words "who have already been discharged;" which was agreed to.
Mr. Welsh moved to amend the same section by striking out the words "at the same rate as is now allowed by law to troops in the field" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "at the rate to which the was entitled while in actual service in the field."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Dupré moved to amend the second section by adding at the end thereof the following, to wit:
Provided further, That no person dis[charged] for the reasons herein stated shall be paid except in the event that he has no means of support, which shall be made to appear by the certificate of the county court or other parochial authority in which the disabled person resides.
The amendment was agreed to.
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Mr. Garland moved to amend the same section by striking out the word "half" before "disabled" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "partially."
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Clark moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Chilton moved to amend the motion by striking out the word "Judiciary" and inserting the words "the special committee of one from each State."
Mr. Hilton demanded the question; which was ordered.
The amendment to the motion was accepted by Mr. Clark, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Royston called for the special order of business.
Mr. Davidson moved a suspension of the rules to enable him to move to postpone the special order of business.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Lyons moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to offer a resolution; which was agreed to, and
Mr. Lyons offered the following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That the House will proceed, at two o'clock to-day, to draw for seats.
Mr. McDowell moved that the vote agreeing to the resolution to move into the Hall of the House of Delegates of Virginia be reconsidered.
Mr. Breckinridge moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words "two o'clock to-day" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "forthwith."
Mr. Jones moved to amend the amendment by striking out the word "forthwith" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three o'clock to-day."
Mr. Foster demanded the question; which was ordered, and the amendment to the amendment was lost.
The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution as amended was agreed to.
Mr. Garnett moved that the vote agreeing to the resolution be reconsidered.
Mr. Curry moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which was agreed to.
Mr. Chilton moved that the vote agreeing to the joint resolution of the Senate, authorizing the Postmaster-General to extend the time for receiving bids for transportation of the mails in the States therein named, be reconsidered.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Chilton, the third reading of the same was reconsidered, and
Mr. Chilton moved to amend by striking out thereof the words "first of June" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "first of May."
The amendment was agreed to, and the joint resolution as amended was read a third time and passed.
The House then proceeded to draw for seats under the resolution of Mr. Lyons, and the same is recorded as follows, to wit:
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On motion of Mr. Preston,
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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