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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-NINTH DAY--SATURDAY, April 18, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Seeley.
Mr. Graham moved that the rules be suspended to allow him to record his vote on agreeing to the report of the committee of conference on the bill defining who shall be exempt from military service in the armies of the Confederate States; which was agreed to, and Mr. Graham voted in the affirmative.
Mr. Lyon moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to record his vote upon the same question; which was agreed to, and Mr. Lyon voted in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Goode, the rules were further suspended to enable any members desiring to record their votes upon the same question, and the following members voted in the affirmative, to wit: Messrs. Chambers, Johnston, and Wright of Tennessee.
The following voted in the negative, to wit: Messrs. Ashe, Collier, Garnett, Goode, Holcombe, McLean, and Trippe.
Mr. Vest offered the following resolutions, to wit:
Resolved, That we have heard with deep regret of the death, in the city of Petersburg, Virginia, on the fourteenth instant, of the Honorable William M. Cooke, a member of this House from the State of Missouri, and that we tender to his family our earnest sympathy in their afflictive bereavement.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the deceased, and that a communication be sent to the Senate, informing that body of the action of this House.
Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn;
which were read and agreed to unanimously.
And the House adjourned until 11 o'clock on Monday.
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