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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 --EIGHTY-SECOND DAY--WEDNESDAY, April 22, 1863.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 6]
EIGHTY-SECOND DAY--WEDNESDAY, April 22, 1863.

OPEN SESSION.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Duncan.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday; which was the consideration of the amendment proposed by the special committee of five to a bill of the Senate (S. 34) to amend an act entitled "An act to alter and amend an act for the sequestration of estates, property, and effects of alien enemies, and for indemnity of citizens of the Confederate States and persons aiding the same in the existing war with the United States," approved February 15, 1862.

On motion of Mr. Gray, the original amendment of the Committee on the Judiciary to the Senate bill was laid on the table.

A message was received from the Senate, by the Secretary of that body, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, with amendments, a bill of this House of the following title, viz:

• H. R. 26. An act for the assessment and collection of taxes;

In which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

They have passed, without amendment, a joint resolution of this House entitled

• H. R. 12. Joint resolution authorizing the payment of rent for the building occupied by the Quartermaster's Department.

They have concurred in the amendment of this House to the bill of the Senate (S. 14) to authorize newspapers to be mailed to soldiers free of postage.

And the question being upon agreeing to the amendment of the committee; which is as follows, to wit:

• Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all enactments authorizing, directing, or permitting the sale of sequestered real property or

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  slaves are hereby repealed, but the courts provided for by the original act and its amendments may make such orders and decrees for the custody and management of real property and slaves as shall preserve the same from waste and damage.

• Sec. 2. Whenever a sale of lands or other property has been or shall be made and confirmed, and terms of sale fully complied with by the purchaser, such sale shall pass the title to such property, not only of the person as whose property it has been sequestered, but of all others, alien enemies of the Confederate States, as whose property it would have been liable to sequestration or confiscation, whether named or not in the proceedings therefor.
• Sec. 3. The proceedings for the sequestration or confiscation of any property, money, rights, or credits of any alien enemies of the Confederate States shall bind and operate against the claim and title, not only of the person named in the proceedings therefor, but also of any and all other alien enemies who would have been liable to such proceedings. And no cause of action, in any manner, or for any purpose whatever, shall ever exist, and no suit allowed, on behalf of any person who was an alien enemy of the Confederate States, in regard to any property sequestered and sold, money collected, or any other proceedings under the sequestration or confiscation laws, nor of any person claiming rights under or from such alien enemy, by title, or interest, or agreement, subsequent to the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
• Sec. 4. All claims or suits of any citizen or alien friend, for any right, or credit, or other property sequestered in proceedings against an alien enemy, shall be asserted by institution of suit therefor within one year after the ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, and all such claims not so asserted shall be barred.
• Sec. 5. Where negotiable notes or bills have been delivered, or other debts contracted to or with an alien enemy, and have been or may be sequestered, and they can not be produced in suits against debtors, or where the ownership of them is unknown, and no notice of a transfer to a citizen or alien friend or neutral has been given, the presumption shall be that such notes, bills, or debts were the property of an alien enemy and liable to sequestration. And where an assignment of any such claim is alleged to a citizen or neutral, the burden of proving that such transfer or assignment was made in good faith, and for value, before it became liable to sequestration, shall rest on the party asserting the same.
• Sec. 6. All judgments and decrees which have been or may be rendered, for debts to alien enemies, under the acts to which this is supplemental, shall be subject to and regulated by the laws of the State in which they are rendered, concerning the liens of judgments and the manner of proceeding on executions in such State. And the district courts respectively shall mold their processes so as to give effect to such laws.
• Sec. 7. Any citizen who shall, in good faith, and without notice of a transfer of any note, bill, or other credit sequestered as the property of an alien enemy, pay the debt evidenced thereby to the receiver or marshal of the Confederate States authorized to collect the same, and who shall hereafter be made liable or compelled to pay the same by judgment or decree of a court of the Confederate States to a party who was not an alien enemy, shall be reimbursed by the Government of the Confederate States in the amount so paid to such receiver or marshal, together with interest thereon at the same rate which the debt paid was drawing and cost of suit incurred: Provided, That the debtor shall have notified the attorney of the Confederate States of the pendency of such suit, that he may defend the same, or in case such notice be not given, that the judge presiding at the trial shall certify that the suit was defended in good faith by the debtor.
• Sec. 8. In all cases when execution shall be issued, for interest on judgment or decrees, the defendants shall be liable for the costs accruing on such executions: Provided, That executions shall not issue within thirty [days] after the interest becomes due.
• Sec. 9. The clerk shall have power, without order of the judge, in vacation, to issue execution on any judgment or decree, when the receiver shall make oath, in writing, that he has reasonable grounds to believe that the debtor is fraudulently conveying or disposing of his effects with intent to evade the judgment or decree, or is about to remove his effects beyond the jurisdiction of the court, which execution shall be discharged on the defendant giving bond and security, in double the amount of the debt, to be approved by the clerk, and paying costs of the proceedings.
• Sec. 10. All sales of real estate made by the provisions of the acts to which this is supplemental, under order, judgment, or decree of the court, may be reported to the judge and confirmed in vacation, under the same regulations as are required in cases of confirmation during the term of the court,

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Mr. Hodge moved to amend the amendment by striking out the first section of the same and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:

All enactments authorizing, directing, or permitting the sale of sequestered real property or slaves are hereby repealed, but the courts provided for by the original act and its amendments may make such orders and decrees for the custody and management of real property and slaves as shall preserve the same from waste and damage.

Mr. Foote demanded the yeas and nays;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 34
• Nays ... 25

Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Bell, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Clark, Clopton, Crockett, Elliott, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gaither, Garnett, Hanly, Hodge, Holt, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyon, Martin, Munnerlyn, Read, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, and Wright of Tennessee.

Nays: Boteler, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Collier, Conrow, Curry, Farrow, Garland, Goode, Graham, Gray, Heiskell, Hilton, Lyons, McLean, McQueen, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Sexton, Singleton, Swan, and Wright of Texas.

So the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Perkins moved that the bill and amendments be indefinitely postponed.

A message was received from the Senate, by the hands of Mr. Nash, the Secretary of that body; which is as follows, to wit:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:

• S. 118. An act to authorize the establishment of express mails; and
• S. 119. An act to declare Treasury notes and bonds, inclosed in boxes for transmission by the Treasury Department, mailable matter, and to regulate the rates of postage;

In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:

• S. 131. An act to increase the pay of third assistant engineers in the Navy; and
• S. 132. An act to establish the flag of the Confederate States;

In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

On motion of Mr. Chilton, Senate bills (S. 118) entitled "An act to authorize the establishment of express mails," and (S. 119) entitled "An act to declare Treasury notes and bonds, inclosed in boxes for transmission by the Treasury Department, mailable matter, and to regulate the rates of postage," were taken up, read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. Royston demanded the previous question.

The main question was ordered.

And the question being on agreeing to the motion of Mr. Perkins to postpone indefinitely the further consideration of the bill and amendments,

Mr. Gray demanded the yeas and nays thereon;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 26
• Nays ... 42

Yeas: Boteler, Chambliss, Chilton, Clopton, Conrow, Curry, De Jarnette, Farrow, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Heiskell, Hilton, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, McLean, McQueen, Menees, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Royston, Russell, Swan, Vest, and Wright of Tennessee.

Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Boyce,

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Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Clark, Conrad, Currin, Dupré, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gaither, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Hodge, Holt, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, Miller, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.

So the motion did not prevail.

And the question being upon agreeing to the amendment of the committee as amended,

Mr. Conrad demanded the yeas and nays thereon;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 36
• Nays ... 34

Yeas: Arrington, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Boyce, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Clopton, Conrad, Dupré, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gaither, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Herbert, Hodge, Holt, Jones, Kenner, Lyon, Martin, Menees, Munnerlyn, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

Nays: Boteler, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Collier, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, De Jarnette, Farrow, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Johnston, Lyons, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Simpson, Singleton, Swan, and Vest.

Mr. Gray moved to reconsider the vote just taken.

The motion did not prevail, and the bill as amended was engrossed and read a third time.

And the question being on the passage of the same,

Mr. Lyon demanded the yeas and nays;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 31
• Nays ... 39

Yeas: Arrington, Baldwin, Batson, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Conrad, Dupré, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gaither, Graham, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Hodge, Holt, Jones, Kenner, Martin, Munnerlyn, Read, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

Nays: Atkins, Barksdale, Boteler, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, De Jarnette, Farrow, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Gray, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Johnston, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Simpson, Singleton, Swan, and Vest.

So the bill was lost.

A message was received from the Senate, by the hands of the Secretary of that body, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:

• S. 126. An act to provide for the compensation of certain persons therein named; and
• S. 129. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments by officers of the Army;"

In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

The Senate have refused to concur in the amendments of this House [to a bill] entitled

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• S. 75. An act to provide for having the laws relating to military and naval affairs digested and published.

They have passed bills of the following titles, viz:

• S. 116. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to purchase or lease real estate; and
• S. 128. An act to authorize the appointment of a chief constructor in the Navy, and to fix the pay;

In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.

Mr. Conrad, from the special committee appointed to inquire and report upon the propriety of furnishing homesteads to officers and soldiers, and to which had been referred joint resolution to provide a homestead for the officers and privates of the Army of the Confederate States, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.

The consideration of the joint resolution and amendment was postponed and the same placed on the Calendar.

Mr. Conrad, from the same committee, to which had been referred

A bill continuing in pay all discharged soldiers by reason of wounds and injuries received in the service,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.

The further consideration of the bill and amendment was postponed and the same was placed on the Calendar.

Mr. Foote, from the special committee appointed to examine into frauds in transportation on railroads, reported and recommended the adoption of the following resolution, to wit:

Resolved, That [there] be appointed a committee of this House, whose duty it shall be during the recess of Congress to travel along the various lines of railroads in the Confederate States for the purpose of investigating all alleged frauds and abuses in the transportation service, whose necessary expenses shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. That he shall have power to employ a competent clerk and to send for persons and papers; and that he report his proceedings herein to this House at its next session.

On motion of Mr. Chilton, the further consideration of the resolution was postponed until after the consideration, in secret session, of

A bill to appoint commissioners to investigate the accounts of Government officials, etc.

A message was received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison, notifying the House that on the 18th instant the President approved and signed

• H. R. 29. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to secure copyrights to authors and composers," approved May 21, 1861.

On motion of Mr. Chilton, leave of absence was granted Mr. Davidson.

The Chair presented the following bills:

• S. 128. A bill to be entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of a chief constructor in the Navy, and to fix the pay;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
• S. 13. A bill to be entitled "An act in relation to the public printing;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Printing.
• S. 126. A bill to be entitled "An act to provide for the compensation of certain persons therein named;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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• S. 129. A bill to be entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to regulate impressments by [officers] of the Army;'"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
• S. 56. A bill to be entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,' approved October ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• S. 88. A bill to be entitled "An act in relation to the custody of persons charged with offenses against the Confederate States;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• S. 116. A bill to be entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of War to purchase or lease real estate;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
• S. 131. A bill to be entitled "An act to increase the pay of third assistant engineers in the Navy;"
  which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs; also
• S. 75. A bill to be entitled "An act to provide for having the laws relating to military and naval affairs digested and published;"
  which had been returned from the Senate with a refusal to concur in the amendments proposed thereto by the House.

The bill and amendments were referred to the Committee on Printing.

Also,

• H. R. 39. A bill to be entitled "An act to provide certain regulations for holding elections for Delegates to the Congress of the Confederate States in certain Indian nations;"
  returned from the Senate with amendments.

The amendments were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

• H. R. 3. A bill to be entitled "An act to repeal certain clauses of an act entitled 'An act to exempt certain persons from military service,' etc., approved October eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two;"
  returned from the Senate with amendments.

The amendments were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

• H. R. 10. Joint resolution to provide for the payment of certain accounts of the acting quartermaster and other officers of the Indian troops;
  returned from the Senate with amendments; which were referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.

Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to which had been referred a bill of the Senate (S. 44) entitled "An act to amend the law in relation to assistant treasurers and depositaries," reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with sundry amendments.

And the question upon postponing the further consideration of the bill and amendments and placing the same on the Calendar being negatived,

The bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the first day of January in the present year, the salaries of the officers hereinafter named

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shall be as follows: The assistant treasurer at Charleston, four thousand dollars; the depositary at Mobile, four thousand dollars; the depositaries at Augusta and Savannah, three thousand dollars each.

• Sec. 2. The several assistant treasurers and depositaries may require each clerk employed in his office to give bond in such amount as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge of the district in which each office, respectively, is situated, and from and after the due execution of such bonds in each office, the respective officers and clerks shall be liable only for their own defaults, omissions, and neglect of duty.
• Sec. 3. Each paying and receiving teller employed in the office of the said assistant treasurers and depositaries shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars, and each of the other clerks a salary not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
• Sec. 4. The salaries of each of the said officers shall be in lieu of all fees or other compensation.
• Sec. 5. The Court of Claims is authorized, upon proof duly made of due diligence on the part of the officer, and of the entire absence of carelessness or neglect of duty, to relieve him from liability for any counterfeit notes which may be passed upon him, any of the treasurers, assistant treasurers, depositaries, or any of their clerks.
• Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, upon proof duly made of diligence on the part of the officer, and of the entire absence of carelessness and neglect of duty, to relieve him from liability for any counterfeit notes heretofore passed on any of the treasurers, assistant treasurers, or depositaries,

And the question being upon agreeing to the first amendment of the committee, which was to strike out, in section 1, the words "first day of January in the present year" and to insert in lieu thereof the words "from and after the passage of this act,"

The same was agreed to.

And the question being upon agreeing to the next amendment of the committee, which was to add at the end of section 4 the following proviso, to wit:

Provided, That the increase of said salaries shall cease from and after six months after a ratification of a treaty of peace,

The same was agreed to.

And the question being on agreeing to the next amendment of the committee, which was to strike out section 5,

The same was agreed to.

And the question being upon agreeing to the next amendment of the committee, which was to strike out section 6,

The same was agreed to.

Mr. Hartridge moved to amend the bill by striking out the word "three," in the first section, and to insert in lieu thereof the word "four."

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Gray moved to amend by adding at the end of the same section the words "and the depositary at Galveston, two thousand dollars."

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Garnett moved to amend by adding as an additional section the following, to wit:

From and after the passage of this act, the monthly pay of the soldiers in the Army of the Confederate States shall be increased by the sum of six dollars per month.

The Chair decided the amendment out of order.

From which decision Mr. Garnett appealed.

And the question being,

Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?

Mr. Garnett demanded the yeas and nays thereon; which were ordered.

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The hour of half past 3 having arrived,

The House took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m.;

And having again assembled,

Mr. Garnett withdrew the appeal,

Which was renewed by Mr. Arrington.

And the question being,

Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?

It was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Garnett moved to postpone the further consideration of the bill until the Senate should pass a bill increasing the pay of the soldiers in the Army of the Confederate States.

Mr. Welsh demanded the previous question.

The main question was ordered.

And the question being upon agreeing to the motion of Mr. Garnett,

Mr. Foster demanded the yeas and nays;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 38
• Nays ... 27

Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Baldwin, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Clopton, Crockett, Dupré, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Garland, Garnett, Hanly, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Martin, McLean, McQueen, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.

Nays: Atkins, Chambers, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Collier, Conrow, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Farrow, Hartridge, Johnston, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Miles, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Simpson, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, and Wright of Tennessee.

So the motion prevailed.

Mr. Jones moved to reconsider the vote just taken.

Mr. Chambers called for the question.

The question was ordered, and

Mr. Clark demanded the yeas and nays;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 35
• Nays ... 35

Yeas: Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Conrow, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Dupré, Farrow, Freeman, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Hilton, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Miles, Pugh, Ralls, Read, Royston, Simpson, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, and Mr. Speaker.

Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Bridgers, Chambliss, Clopton, Collier, Elliott, Foote, Foster, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Hanly, Heiskell, Holcombe, Kenan of North Carolina, Martin, McLean, McQueen, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

So the motion to reconsider was lost.

Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled

• H. R. 18. A bill to be entitled "An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States."

And the Speaker signed the same.

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Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to which had been referred

• S. 76. A bill to regulate the extra pay allowed soldiers detailed for duty as clerks in the city of Richmond,
  reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.

And the question upon postponing the further consideration of the same and placing it on the Calendar being decided in the negative,

The bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the extra pay now allowed soldiers detailed to perform the duties of clerks in any of the public offices in the city of Richmond, by reason of their physical disability to serve in the field, shall be increased from twenty-five cents per day to one dollar per day, from the first day of January last,

And the question being upon agreeing to the amendment of the committee, which was to strike out the words "from the first day of January last" and to insert in lieu thereof the words "from and after the passage of this act,"

The same was agreed to.

Mr. Dargan moved to amend by inserting after the word "soldiers" the words "who reside east of the Chattahoochee River."

Mr. Pugh moved to postpone indefinitely the further consideration of the bill and amendments.

Upon which he demanded the yeas and nays;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 12
• Nays ... 56

Yeas: Batson, Boteler, Bridgers, Currin, Elliott, Foote, Garland, Kenan of North Carolina, Pugh, Swan, Vest, and Welsh.

Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Bell, Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Conrow, Curry, Dupré, Farrow, Foster, Freeman, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Martin, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Ralls, Read, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Trippe, Villeré, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Wright of Texas.

So the motion did not prevail.

Mr. Heiskell demanded the previous question.

The main question was ordered, and the amendment of Mr. Dargan was lost, and the bill was read a third time.

Mr. Hanly moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to a third reading.

The motion was lost, and the bill was passed.

Mr. Collier moved to reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill.

Mr. Hanly demanded the yeas and nays;

Which were ordered,

And are recorded as follows, to wit:
• Yeas ... 24
• Nays ... 44

Yeas: Atkins, Batson, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambers, Currin, Curry, Dargan, Foote, Foster, Garland, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Hodge, Holt, Kenan of North Carolina, McQueen, Pugh, Ralls, Sexton, Vest, Welsh, and Wright of Texas.

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Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Baldwin, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Dupré, Elliott, Farrow, Freeman, Garnett, Goode, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Martin, McLean, Miles, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Read, Royston, Simpson, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Trippe, Villeré, and Wright of Tennessee.

So the motion did not prevail.

Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported and recommended the passage of

A bill to continue and amend the third section of an act concerning the pay and allowances due to deceased soldiers, approved February 15, 1862, and to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for arrearages of pay, allowances, and bounty due deceased officers and soldiers;
which was read first and second times.

And the question being upon postponing the further consideration of the same and placing it on the Calendar,

It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.

Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to which had been referred a bill of the Senate (No. 90) relative to certain bonds and Treasury notes issued under the provisions of an act approved May 16, 1861, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.

And the question being upon postponing the further consideration of the bill and amendment and placing the same on 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 of America do enact, That the ten-year bonds and two-year Treasury notes issued under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize a loan and the issue of Treasury notes, and to prescribe the punishment for forging the same and for forging certificates of stock and bonds," approved sixteenth May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same are hereby, exempted from the operations of the act entitled "An act to provide for the funding and further issue of Treasury notes," approved twenty-third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the said ten-year bonds and two-year Treasury notes shall continue subject to all the provisions of the said act first hereinbefore mentioned, approved sixteenth May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,

The committee moved to amend by adding at the end of the bill the following, to wit:

Provided, That the said two-year Treasury notes now outstanding shall be funded prior to the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

The amendment was agreed to, and the bill as amended was read a third time and passed.

Mr. Kenner, from the same committee, to which had been referred

• S. 94. A bill to be entitled "An act to establish the form of fifty-cent Treasury notes,"
  reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.

And the question being,

Shall the bill be postponed and placed on the Calendar?

It was decided in the negative, and the bill was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Kenner, from the same committee, reported and recommended the passage of

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A bill to admit free of duty all machinery for the manufacture of cotton or wool, or necessary for carrying on any of the mechanic arts: which was read the first and second times.

And the question being,

Shall the bill be postponed and placed on the Calendar?

It was decided in the negative, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.

Mr. Baldwin, from the same committee, to which had been referred

A bill of the House for the assessment and collection of taxes,
which had been returned from the Senate with sundry amendments, reported the same back, with the recommendation that the House do concur in the amendments of the Senate.

Pending which,

The House,

On motion of Mr. Harris,

Adjourned until 11 o'clock a. m. to-morrow.

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