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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 --SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY--WEDNESDAY, April 15, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The Chair laid before the House a bill of the Senate to abolish supernumerary officers in the Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.
Also, a bill of the Senate to abolish all ports of delivery in the Confederate States; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Also, a House bill, returned from the Senate with an amendment, entitled "An act to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property;" which was referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.
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Mr. Clopton, from the Committee on Claims, reported back and recommended the passage, with an amendment, of a bill to refund to the State of Alabama the sum paid by said State for the steamer Florida.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:
The committee moved to amend the same by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz:
That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the proper authorities of the State of Alabama the sum of ninety thousand dollars, being the sum paid by said State for the steamer Florida, which vessel was turned over by said State to the Confederate States for a gunboat.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said sum of ninety thousand dollars be paid in bonds of the Confederate States, bearing interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum and payable at not less than twenty nor more than thirty years, and redeemable at the option of the Government after five years; which bonds the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue.
Mr. Smith of North Carolina moved to amend the bill by filling the blank therein with the words "ninety thousand dollars;" which was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Chilton, the rule requiring the consideration of the bill in Committee of the Whole was suspended.
Mr. Foote demanded the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Holt demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Baldwin, Boteler, Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Davis, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyons, Marshall, Martin, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Miller, Moore, Munnerlyn, Read, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Villeré, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Batson, Bridgers, Machen, and Smith of North Carolina.
So the amendment of the committee was agreed to, and the bill as amended was engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Chilton demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Baldwin, Boteler, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Davis, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Garland, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyons, Marshall, Martin, McLean,
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McRae, Miller, Munnerlyn, Read, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Trippe, Villeré, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Batson, Boyce, Bridgers, Jones, Machen, and Perkins.
So the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. Clopton, the title of the bill was amended by striking out the whole of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz:
An act to liquidate a claim due to the State of Alabama for the steamer Florida.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with an amendment, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
In which amendment I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The President of the Confederate States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 4th instant, approve and sign a joint resolution (S. 8) relating to the production of provisions.
On the 11th instant, the President approved and signed an act entitled
Mr. McLean, from the Committee on Claims, reported back and recommended the passage of a joint resolution of the Senate for the relief of Capt. John F. Divine.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The joint resolution was taken up, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Clopton, from the same committee, reported joint resolutions to provide for the payment of certain accounts of the acting quartermaster and other officers of the Indian troops; which were read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The joint resolutions were engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Clopton, from the same committee, reported
A joint resolution for the relief of H. H. Epping;
which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The joint resolution was taken up, engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Clopton also, from the same committee, reported
A bill for the relief of John Prosser Tabb;
which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
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Mr. Clapp, from the same committee, to which was referred
A bill for the relief of S. B. Lowe,
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 having been read as follows, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the Treasurer of the Confederate States be, and is hereby, authorized to pay over to S. B. Lowe, or to his legal representatives, the sumof dollars, the amount paid by S. B. Lowe and Company as duties on certain railroad cars entered at the port of New Orleans on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
Mr. Clopton, on the part of the committee, moved to amend the same as follows, to wit: By filling the blank with the words "twenty-three hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty cents."
The amendment was agreed to.
The bill as amended was engrossed and read a third time.
The rule requiring the consideration of the bill in Committee of the Whole was suspended, and the Constitution requiring that the vote upon the passage of the bill shall be taken by yeas and nays,
Yeas: Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Batson, Boteler, Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Curry, Dargan, Davidson, Davis, De Jarnette, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Garland, Goode, Graham, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of Georgia, Lewis, Lyons, Machen, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Read, Royston, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, and Wilcox.
Nays: Dupré and Smith of North Carolina.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Clopton, from the Committee on Claims, reported
A joint resolution to authorize payment for articles supplied the cutter Morgan; which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The joint resolution was taken up, and having been read as follows, viz:a
[Note a: a The resolution is not recorded in the Journal.]
Mr. Dargan moved to amend the same by striking out the word "Navy" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Treasury;" which was agreed to.
The rule requiring the consideration of the joint resolution in Committee of the Whole was suspended.
Mr. Clopton moved to amend the same by striking out the words "and pay;" which was agreed to.
The title of the same being under consideration,
Mr. Clopton moved to amend the same by striking out all of the original and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:b
[Note b: b The amendment is not recorded in the Journal.]
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Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Clopton, from the Committee on Claims, to which was referred the following memorials, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from their further consideration, and that the same do lie upon the table; which was agreed to, to wit:
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House:
Mr. Lyons moved that the memorial of the county of New Kent, Va., praying reimbursement for the destruction of the county jail, reported back unfavorably from the Committee on Claims, be recommitted to that committee.
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Mr. Machen demanded the question; which was ordered, and
Mr. Lyons demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Horatio W. Bruce, Collier, Goode, Hilton, Johnston, Jones, Lewis, Lyons, and Miller.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Conrow, Curry, Davidson, Davis, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Garland, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hodge, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Machen, Marshall, Martin, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Moore, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Wilcox, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Pugh, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses upon a bill defining who shall be exempt from military service in the armies of the Confederate States, reported as follows, viz:
The committee of conference on the part of the House of Representatives on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill entitled "A bill to be entitled 'An act defining who shall be exempt from military service in the armies of the Confederate States,'" have met the committee of the Senate, and, after full and free conference, the said committee have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House to said bill with the amendments herewith submitted, and that the House of Representatives shall concur in said amendments, the bill reported by the committee being as follows, etc.
Mr. Baldwin moved that the same be printed.
Mr. Clark demanded the question; which was ordered, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. Pugh moved that 200 extra copies of the report be printed, and also that the rule requiring the reference of the motion to the Committee on Printing be suspended.
The motion was lost, and the motion to print was referred to the Committee on Printing.
On motion of Mr. Pugh, the further consideration of the report was postponed and made the special order of business for Friday next at 11 o'clock, to be continued from day to day until concluded.
Mr. Holcombe, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses upon a bill to amend an act entitled "An act to secure copyrights to authors and composers," approved May 21, 1861, reported as follows, to wit:
The undersigned, on the part of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, to whom the disagreement of the two Houses upon a bill to be entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to secure copyrights to authors and composers,' approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," was referred, have had the same under consideration, and, after free and full conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend that the Senate recede from its amendment to the second section of said bill, and that the following be inserted at the end of said section: "Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prejudice any interest which may be held by a loyal citizen of the Confederate States, other than the author, in any copyright owned by an alien enemy, or the rights of the Confederate States, under the sequestration acts, to the copies of any book, map, musical composition, print, or engraving published by an alien enemy."
Signed by the managers on the part of both Houses.
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The report was agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
They have also passed, without amendment, a bill of this House entitled
Mr. Chilton moved that the vote by which the report of the committee of conference on the bill defining who shall be exempt from military service was postponed and made the special order for Friday be reconsidered.
Mr. Singleton demanded the question: which was ordered.
Mr. Chilton demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Barksdale, Batson, Chambers, Chilton, Clark, Collier, Conrow, Currin, Curry, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Garland, Gray, Jones, Kenan of Georgia, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Royston, Simpson, Singleton, Strickland, Swan, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Clapp, Clopton, Dargan, Davidson, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Farrow, Freeman, Gaither, Goode, Graham, Hanly, Harris, Heiskell, Herbert, Hilton, Holcombe, Johnston, Lyons, Martin, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Pugh, Russell, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, and Wright of Texas.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Munnerlyn, from the Committee on Claims, reported joint resolutions authorizing the payment of rent for the use of the buildings occupied by the Quartermaster's Department; which was read the first and second times.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Machen, the rule requiring a consideration of the joint resolution in Committee of the Whole was suspended, and the same having been read as follows, to wit:
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Paul Bargamin, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred dollars, for the rent of the building occupied by the Quartermaster's Department, on the corner of Main and Tenth streets, during the quarter ending on the twenty-fourth December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
Mr. Lyons moved to amend the same by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to J. P. Bargamin the unpaid rent due to him, and that which may hereafter become due, as it shall become due, for the building now occupied by the Quartermaster-General.
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Mr. Machen moved to amend the amendment by striking out all of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:
Resolved, That the Committee on Public Buildings be instructed to certify the claim of Mr. Bargamin, so as to authorize its payment by the Quartermaster's Department.
Mr. Swan demanded the previous question.
The main question was ordered, and the amendment to the amendment was lost.
The amendment was lost, and the joint resolution was engrossed and read a third time.
The Constitution requiring that the vote on the passage of the bill shall be taken by yeas and nays,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrow, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Davis, De Jarnette, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Goode, Harris, Herbert, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyons, Machen, Martin, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Miller, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Swan, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Batson, Dupré, Freeman, Garland, Gray, Heiskell, Perkins, and Welsh.
So the joint resolution was passed.
Mr. Harris, by consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred
A bill for the relief of certain officers and soldiers from the State of Missouri,
returned from the Senate with an amendment, reported the same back, with the recommendation that the House concur in the amendment of the Senate.
The question being on postponing and placing the same upon the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative, and the bill was taken up, and having been read as follows:a
[Note a: a The bill is not recorded in the Journal.]
The amendment of the Senate having been read as follows, to wit:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert
"That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the officers and men of the Missouri State Guard (after their transfer to the Confederate States) who from imprisonment, absence, and other accidental causes have not received their pay, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe."
The amendment was concurred in.
Mr. Sexton moved that the House do now adjourn.
Mr. Ralls demanded the yeas and nays.
The demand was not sustained,
And the House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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