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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-THIRD DAY--THURSDAY, April 23, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Seeley.
The Chair laid before the House
The House proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of the last session; which was the consideration of the amendments of the Senate to a bill of the House for the assessment and collection of taxes.
And on motion, the following amendments proposed by the Senate were concurred in, respectively, to wit:
Strike out, in section 1, line 3, the words "stamp duties, licenses."
Strike out, in section 1, line 12, the words "stamps and licenses" and insert "and" between "forms" and "blanks."
Strike out, in section 1, line 15, the word "licenses."
Insert, in section 2, lines 8 and 9, between the words "and" and "shall," the words "and State collector."
Strike out, in section 6, lines 3 and 6, from the word "when," to the word "thereafter," both inclusive, and insert the words "at the time prescribed by law, or if no time be fixed by law, then at such times as may be prescribed by the commissioner of taxes, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury."
Insert, in section 6, line 8, after the word "income," the words "or profits."
Strike out, in section 7, all after the word "shall," in line 5, down to and including the word "act," in line 9.
Insert, in section 7, line 18, after the word "required," the words "to be made."
Strike out, in section 7, line 21, the words "this act" and insert the word "law."
Strike out, in section 9, line 2, the words "collector or."
Strike out, in section 9, all after the word "respectively," in line 18.
Strike out, in section 10, line 3, the words "collector or."
Strike out, in section 10, line 13, the words "collector or" and insert the words "or other unavoidable cause the."
Strike out, in section 10, line 14, the word "fifty" and insert the word "twenty-five."
Strike out, in section 10, line 18, the words "collector or."
Strike out, in section 13, all after the word "aforesaid," in line 1, to and including the word "lists," in line 4.
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Insert, in section 13, line 4, after the word "taken," the words "at such times as may be prescribed by the commissioner of taxes, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury."
Strike out, in section 13, the word "day" and insert the word "time."
Strike out, in section 13, all after the word "aforesaid," in line 23, down to and including the word "due," in line 26.
Strike out, in section 13, all after the word "prescribed," in line 27, down to and including the word "instructions," in line 28, and insert the words "as aforesaid."
Insert, in section 14, line 36, after the words "to be," the words "personally served or."
Add, in section 14, after the word "collector," the following words: "Provided, That this section shall not apply to estimates of incomes and profits or of taxes in kind made by appraisers or referees, as prescribed in the act passed in April, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled 'An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States.'"
Insert, in section 16, line 11, after the word "so," the word "assessed."
And the question being on agreeing to the next amendment of the Senate, which was to strike out all of section 24 and insert
That all property, credits, income, and profits, and every object and article subjected to taxation, shall be estimated, valued, and assessed at the value thereof at the time of assessment in Confederate Treasury notes,
Mr. Swan demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Batson, Boyce, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Clark, Conrad, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Freeman, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Harris, Hartridge, Herbert, Hodge, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, De Jarnette, Foote, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyon, Martin, McRae, Menees, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Preston, Read, Russell, Staples, Swan, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, and Wright of Tennessee.
So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Harris moved to reconsider the vote just taken.
Mr. Curry moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table.
Upon which Mr. Holcombe demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Batson, Boyce, Bridgers, Clapp, Clark, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, Dupré, Ewing, Farrow, Freeman, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Hodge, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Clopton, Conrad, De Jarnette, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyon, Martin, McRae, Menees, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Preston, Read, Russell, Staples, Swan, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, and Wright of Tennessee.
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So the motion did not prevail.
And the question being upon the motion of Mr. Swan to reconsider,
Mr. Swan demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Atkins, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Eli M. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Clopton, De Jarnette, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Harris, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Lyon, Martin, McRae, Menees, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Preston, Read, Russell, Staples, Swan, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Baldwin, Batson, Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Clapp, Clark, Conrad, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, Ewing, Farrow, Freeman, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, Miles, Munnerlyn, Pugh, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Trippe, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Texas, and Mr. Speaker.
So the motion was lost.
And the next amendments of the Senate were concurred in; which are as follows, to wit:
Strike out, in section 28, all after the word "Provided," in line 10, down to and including the word "who," in line 15, and insert as follows: "That any person who is a nonresident of the State in which he may have taxes to pay may pay the whole amount of such taxes directly to the State collector of the State in which said taxes are due, and any person having taxes to pay in two or more collection districts of the same State may, if he resides in such State, pay the whole amount of his taxes in that State to the district collector of the district wherein the taxpayer resides, and the said State or district collector, as the case may be."
Strike out, in section 35, line 15, all after the word "by," down to and including the word "section," in line 16, and insert the words "the time required by the provisions."
And the question being on agreeing to the next amendment of the Senate, which was to strike out, in section 36, line 7, the word "three" and insert the word "ten,"
Mr. Machen moved to amend by striking out "ten" and inserting the word "five."
The amendment was agreed to, and the amendment as amended was agreed to.
And the following amendments of the Senate were concurred in, to wit:
Strike out, in section 39, line 3, the word "forty-five" and insert the word "forty."
Add the following sections, as follows:
On motion of Mr. Baldwin, from the Committee on Ways and Means, section 40 was changed to section 42 and section 41 to section 43.
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Mr. Holcombe moved to amend by adding at end of the Senate amendments the following, to wit:
In no valuation of credits under the provisions of this act shall any credit upon which the holder will indorse, in writing, his willingness to receive Confederate notes in payment be valued at a higher rate.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Graham, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported
A bill to declare the meaning and extend the provisions of an act to increase the pay of certain officers and employees in the executive and legislative departments, approved October 13, 1862;
which was read 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 taken up and read as follows, to wit:a
[Note a: a The bill is not recorded in the Journal.]
Mr. Jones moved to amend by striking out, in section 2, the words "and it is hereby declared that it shall hereafter be construed."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Garnett moved to amend by striking out, in section 2, the words "legislative and executive departments" and insert in lieu thereof "civil employees."
The amendment was lost, and the bill was engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. McRae moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The motion prevailed, and
Mr. McRae moved to amend by inserting after the word "office," in section 3, the words "and the disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Executive Office."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Hilton moved to amend the first section of the bill by striking out the words "one year" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three months."
Mr. Machen moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Hilton by striking out "three months" and inserting "until first day of January next."
The amendment to the amendment was lost, and the amendment of Mr. Hilton was agreed to.
The bill was engrossed and read a third time, and the question being on the passage of the same,
Mr. Smith of North Carolina demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baldwin, Barksdale, Boteler, Boyce, Conrow, Dargan, Ewing, Foster, Freeman, Garland, Gray, Hartridge, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Marshall, Martin, McQueen, McRae, Miles, Moore, Munnerlyn, Preston, Ralls, Royston, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Staples, Trippe, Vest, Villeré, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Arrington, Batson, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Chambliss, Chilton, Clopton, Curry, Farrow, Gaither, Garnett, Kenan of North Carolina, Machen, Perkins, Pugh, Smith of North Carolina, and Welsh.
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So the bill was passed.
Mr. Jones moved to amend the title of the bill by adding the words "and providing a compensation for the disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Executive Office."
The amendment was lost.
Mr. E. M. Bruce moved to reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Boyce, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported back, with the recommendation that it pass, Senate bill (S. 111) to authorize the issue of eight per cent bonds or certificates of stock in certain cases.
And the question upon postponing 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 the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue and deliver bonds and certificates of stock of the Confederate States, bearing eight per cent interest per annum, to such an amount as may be necessary, to discharge all agreements entered into prior to the first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, whereby goods were sold and delivered to the Government, and the vendor, at the time of sale, agreed to take bonds or stock in payment of the price, and the said bonds or stock may bear date on the day of issue, or on the day the vendor was entitled to receive payment, but if dated on the day of issue, the interest which would have accrued had the bonds or stock been issued on the day the vendor was entitled to receive them shall be paid, and the said bonds or stock shall be issued under the same forms, conditions, and restrictions as are provided in the act entitled "An act to provide further means for the support of the Government," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
The committee moved to amend by adding at the end of the bill the following, to wit:
The Secretary of the Treasury shall also be authorized to issue like bonds to any person who shall have actually paid money into the hands of an agent of the Treasury for the purchase of eight per cent bonds of the one hundred million loan prior to twentieth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
The amendment was agreed to, and the bill as amended was read a third time and passed.
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 the House.
A message was received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison, informing the House that the President on the 22d instant approved and signed the following acts and joint resolutions:
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Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to which had been referred
A bill for the relief of collectors and all receiving officers and agents of the Government,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
And the question on postponing and [placing the same on the] Calendar being decided in the negative,
The bill was taken up, and having been read as follows, to wit:
The committee moved to amend as follows, viz:
A bill to be entitled "An act in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers."
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That if the Treasurer, any assistant treasurer, or depositary of moneys of the Confederate States, or any clerk in the office of such Treasurer, assistant treasurer, or depositary, or collector of taxes, shall, prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in the course of the transaction of the lawful business of such office, have received in payment, or in any authorized deposit in such office, any counterfeit or forged Treasury notes, and shall establish, by proof, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the receipt of any such counterfeit or forged Treasury note was not the result of a want of due diligence on the part of such officer, nor caused by his neglect, carelessness, or want of attention to his duties, said Secretary shall have power to relieve such officer from liability on account of any counterfeit forged Treasury notes so received.
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Mr. Swan moved to amend the amendment of the committee by adding thereto as follows, to wit:
Be it further enacted, That if any disbursing agent of the Government shall pay out, or shall have paid out, counterfeit Treasury notes, the person to whom such notes shall have been paid shall be reimbursed, in genuine notes, upon satisfactory evidence to the Treasurer being made of such payment in counterfeit notes.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. Foster moved to lay the bill on the table.
The motion was lost, and the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
And the title was amended by striking out the same and inserting as follows, to wit:
A bill to be entitled "An act in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers."
Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported back and recommended the passage of, with an amendment, Senate bill (S. 19) to amend an act to organize the clerical force of the Treasury Department.
And the question upon postponing and placing on the Calendar being decided in the negative,
The bill was taken up and read as follows, to wit:a
[Note a: a The bill is not recorded in the Journal.]
The committee moved to amend by striking out all after the word "females," in the fourteenth line of section 2, and add "whose labor is necessary for their support."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Garnett moved to postpone the further consideration of the bill until Wednesday next, and demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Baldwin, Batson, Boteler, Bridgers, Chambliss, Clopton, Curry, De Jarnette, Ewing, Foster, Garnett, Heiskell, Hilton, Holcombe, Marshall, Perkins, Pugh, Russell, Smith of Alabama, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Vest, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Arrington, Atkins, Barksdale, Bell, Boyce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chilton, Clapp, Conrad, Conrow, Currin, Farrow, Foote, Freeman, Gaither, Goode, Graham, Gray, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenner, Lewis, Lyon, Machen, Martin, McQueen, McRae, Moore, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, and Trippe.
So the motion did not prevail, and the bill was read a third time and passed.
A message was received from the Senate, through the hands of Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, bills of this House of the following titles, viz:
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They 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 16th instant, approve and sign an act entitled
A message was received from the President, by Mr. Harrison, his Private Secretary, as follows, viz:
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith for your information communications from the Secretary of War and the Attorney-General, in response to your resolution of February 15 [21], inquiring "whether the Government holds, or has at any time held, itself liable for the value of slaves impressed by its authority and escaping to the enemy while so impressed, and whether the owners of such slaves have been paid."
Whether the liability of the Government shall be extended to such cases is a question to be determined, not by the Executive, but by Congress.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Mr. Kenner, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported
A bill making appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America for the period therein mentioned; which was read first and second times.
And on motion of Mr. Kenner,
The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill, Mr. Curry in the chair; 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 upon a vote found the committee without a quorum.
Mr. Swan moved a call of the House; which was ordered.
Mr. Perkins moved that the House do now adjourn.
Upon which Mr. Curry demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Baldwin, Batson, Chilton, Clapp, Conrow, Currin, Dupré, Ewing, Gaither, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Herbert, Hilton, Hodge, Jones, Kenner, Martin, Miles, Moore, Perkins, Read, Russell, Sexton, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Atkins, Bell, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Clopton, Conrad, Curry, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Garland, Gray, Heiskell, Holt, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, McRae, Menees, Munnerlyn, Ralls, Royston, Singleton, Smith of North Carolina, Swan, Villeré, Welsh, and Wright of Georgia.
So the motion did not prevail.
And the House, on motion of Mr. Chilton, again resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Curry in the chair; 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 recommended the passage of the bill with sundry amendments.
And the bill having been taken up and read as follows, to wit:
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Government from the first day of
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July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-three:
Legislative.--For compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates of the House of Representatives, two hundred thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation of officers, clerks, and so forth, of the House of Representatives, five thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, fifteen thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of members of the Senate, forty-seven thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Senate, eight thousand dollars.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, and so forth, of the Senate, eight thousand dollars.
Executive.--For compensation of the President of the Confederate States, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Vice-President of the Confederate States, three thousand dollars.
For compensation of the private secretary and messenger of the President, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For compensation of the private secretary of the Vice-President, five hundred dollars.
For contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Executive Office, seven thousand dollars.
Treasury Department.--For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Comptroller, Auditors, Treasurer, and Register, and clerks and messengers in said Department, three hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty cents.
For compensation of watchmen and laborers, one thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, thirty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-one cents.
For interest on the public debt, twenty million dollars.
For engraving and printing Treasury notes, bonds, and certificates of stock, and for paper for the same, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For the transmission of Confederate States funds, two hundred thousand dollars.
For the payment of principal, under loan of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, this sum being the amount due and payable on the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one million two hundred and eighty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars.
For compensation of clerks to be employed in the detection of persons engaged in preparing and passing forged Treasury notes, five thousand dollars.
For traveling and other expenses incidental to the detection of persons employed in preparing and passing forged Treasury notes, five thousand dollars.
For compensation of officers, and contingent expenses, including wages of workmen, and pay of laborers, if necessary, for the mints and independent treasury, seventy-five thousand dollars.
War Department.--For compensation of the Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary, Chief of Bureau, clerks, messengers, and so forth, in said Department, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars.
To liquidate the claims to [be] paid for river-defense service, ninety thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department, sixty thousand dollars.
For compensation of Commissioner and chief clerk of Indian Affairs, and incidental expenses of Bureau, two thousand and sixty-three dollars.
Quartermaster's Department.--For pay of the Army and for such increase of the pay of the privates in the Army as may be ordered by law, one hundred and sixty million dollars.
For the transportation of troops and their baggage, of quartermaster's stores, subsistence, ordnance, and ordnance stores, from place of purchase to troops in the field; purchase of horses, mules, wagons, and harness; purchase of lumber, nails, iron, and steel; for erecting storehouses, quarters for troops, and repairs; hire of teamsters, laborers, and so forth, fifty-six million four hundred and forty-seven thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For pay for horses of noncommissioned officers and privates killed in battle, under act numbered forty-eight, section seven, and for which provision is to be made, one hundred thousand dollars.
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For pay for property pressed into service of the Confederate States under appraisement, said property having been either lost or applied to the public service, two hundred thousand dollars.
For the subsistence of prisoners of war, under act numbered one hundred and eighty-one, section one, and the hire of the necessary prisons, guardhouses, and so forth, for the safe-keeping of the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, one million dollars.
For the pay of officers on duty in the offices of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, the Quartermaster-General's Department, Medical, Engineer, Ordnance, and Subsistence Departments, three hundred and eighty-eight thousand and twenty dollars.
Commissary Department.--For the purchase of subsistence stores and commissary property, one hundred and thirty million eleven thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars.
Ordnance Department.--For the ordnance service, in all its branches, seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars.
For the purchase of pig and rolled iron, five million dollars.
For the purchase and manufacture of niter, two million dollars.
Engineer Department.--For the engineer service, six million dollars.
Medical Department.--For pay of private physicians employed by contract, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of nurses and cooks not enlisted or volunteers, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of hospital stewards, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For pay of matrons, assistant matrons, and ward matrons, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of ward masters, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
For pay of hospital laundresses, sixty-five thousand dollars.
For medical and hospital supplies, three million five hundred thousand dollars.
For the establishment and support of military hospitals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Indian Affairs.--For amount required to comply with treaty stipulations entered into between the Confederate States and certain Indian tribes, one hundred and three thousand seven hundred dollars.
To meet the incidental expenses of the public service within the Indian tribes, fourteen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
Navy Department.--For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, clerks, and messengers, fourteen thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifteen cents.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Department, twelve thousand dollars.
For pay of the Navy, one million three hundred and ninety-nine thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy cents.
For provisions and contingencies in the Paymaster's Department, one million three hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred dollars.
For construction of ironclad and other vessels in the Confederate States, two million dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, one million three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.
For equipment and repair of vessels, three hundred thousand dollars.
For construction of submarine batteries, twenty thousand dollars.
For fuel for steamers, navy-yards, and stations, one million dollars.
For contingent enumerated, four hundred thousand dollars.
For surgeons' necessaries, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For support of the Marine Corps, three hundred and forty-five thousand two hundred and eleven dollars.
State Department.--For compensation of the Secretary of State, clerks, messenger, and laborer, seven thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the State Department, five thousand dollars.
For salaries of commissioners and secretaries, thirty-nine thousand dollars.
For salaries of commercial agents, six thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Department of Justice.--For compensation of the Attorney-General, Assistant Attorney-General, clerks, and messenger, six thousand six hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Superintendent of Public Printing, clerk, and messenger, two thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty cents.
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For compensation of governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Secretary, judges, attorney, and marshal of Arizona Territory, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona Territory, to be expended by the governor, four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents.
For printing, binding, and ruling for the several Executive Departments, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For purchase of paper for the Executive Departments and Congress, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries of judges, attorneys, and marshals, and incidental and contingent expenses of courts, fifty-five thousand and fifty dollars.
For compensation of three commissioners appointed under the sequestration act, and for clerk hire and contingent expenses, four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation of judges, attorneys, and marshals of districts in certain Indian Territories, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
Post-Office Department.--For compensation of the Postmaster-General, chiefs of bureaus, clerks, messengers, watchmen,and laborers, fifty-six thousand three hundred and eighty-nine dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Post-Office Department, ten thousand dollars.
For compensation of agents, cost of materials, and constructing, repairing, and operating telegraph lines, fifty thousand dollars.
Miscellaneous.--For rent of Executive buildings and President's house, ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the support of the Government for the period herein mentioned.
War Department.--For contingent and incidental expenses of the Army until the thirty-first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, one hundred thousand dollars.
For compensation of additional clerks in the War Department from February first, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For contingent and incidental expenses of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, fifteen thousand dollars.
Engineer Department.--For the engineer service, additional appropriation from February first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, two million dollars.
Indian service.--For payment of treaty stipulations made with certain Indian tribes to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, two hundred and twenty-six thousand three hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-seven cents.
For current and contingent expenses of agencies in the Indian service from December first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, seven thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-eight cents.
Medical Department.--For hospital clothing required by act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to better provide for the sick and wounded of the Army in hospitals," six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For two hundred and one thousand and six hundred gallons of alcoholic stimulants, required by the Medical Department for medical and hospital purposes for the Army, for one year, six hundred and four thousand and eight hundred dollars. For additional amount required for the purchase of medical and hospital supplies from February first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, one million dollars.
Ordnance Department.--For the ordnance service in all its branches, for the period ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, five million dollars.
Amendments of committee agreed to.
Engrossed and passed.
Yeas and nays, under Constitution, and passed.
Yeas: Ashe, Baldwin, Batson, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Conrad, Currin, Curry, Ewing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Graham, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Hilton, Holcombe,
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Holt, Johnston, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Machen, Marshall, McLean, McQueen, Menees, Miles, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Atkins, Harris, Heiskell, Preston, and Smith of North Carolina.
A message was received from the Senate; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The President of the Confederate States has notified the Senate that he did, on the 16th instant, approve an act entitled
The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the President relative to the liability of the Government for slaves which had been impressed and which had escaped to the enemy, in response to a resolution of the House of February 21, 1863.
The message was ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred
A bill in relation to impressments,
reported the same back and asked to be discharged from its further consideration.
Mr. Miles moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Holcombe moved to lay the bill upon the table.
Mr. Conrad demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Atkins, Baldwin, Boteler, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Collier, Currin, Foote, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Hanly, Heiskell, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenner, Marshall, McLean, Miles, Munnerlyn, Smith of North Carolina, Vest, Villeré, Wright of Georgia, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Batson, Boyce, Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Curry, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Gaither, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Hilton, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Machen, Martin, McQueen, Menees, Perkins, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, and Welsh.
So the House refused to lay the bill upon the table.
The question then recurring on the reference of the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary,
Mr. Swan demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Ashe, Baldwin, Batson, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Collier, De Jarnette, Foote, Garland, Garnett, Goode, Hanly, Heiskell, Herbert, Holcombe, Holt, Johnston, Kenan of North Carolina, Lewis, Marshall, McLean, Miles, Smith of North Carolina, Vest, Villeré, and Wright of Georgia.
Nays: Atkins, Chilton, Clapp, Clopton, Conrad, Conrow, Curry, Ewing, Farrow, Foster, Gaither, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Hilton, Jones, Kenner, Machen, Martin, McQueen, Menees, Munnerlyn,
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Perkins, Ralls, Royston, Sexton, Simpson, Singleton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, and Welsh.
So the motion to refer to the Committee on the Judiciary was lost.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which had been referred a memorial of M. Tochman, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Claims and printed; which was agreed to.
Mr. Swan, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill relative to putting foreigners in the Army.
The question being on postponing and placing the bill on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Boyce moved that the House resolve itself into secret session.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Heiskell demanded the previous question.
The demand was not sustained.
And on motion of Mr. Gray,
The House adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock a. m.a
[Note a: a The Journal of the session of April 24, 1863, has not been found.]
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