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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 --FIFTH DAY--FRIDAY, January 16, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Crumly.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday; which was the resolution offered by Mr. Baldwin.
Mr. Lyons moved a suspension of the rules in order to have read a communication from Messrs. Haxall, Crenshaw & Co.
The motion prevailed, and the communication was read as follows, viz:
Richmond, January 14, 1863.
Dear Sir: We notice in the newspapers of this morning that the subject of our contract with the Government was introduced in Congress on yesterday.
We beg you to say for us now, as we have already stated in a published card, that we court the fullest, most thorough, and searching inquiry and investigation of the whole subject; that we are now ready and willing to appear before a committee of Congress with our books and papers, and that we have only been deterred from publishing the contract itself because it was believed by a high official of the Government, to wit, the Commissary-General, that such a course would be prejudicial to the public interests.
Very respectfully,yours, etc.,
HAXALL, CRENSHAW & CO.
Hon. James Lyons, M. C.,
House of Representatives, Confederate States of America.
On motion, leave of absence was granted Messrs. Hanly and E. M. Bruce, on account of sickness.
Messages were received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison.
The question then recurring on the passage of the resolution of Mr. Baldwin,
Mr. Davis demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
Yeas: Ayer, Baldwin, Barksdale, Boteler, Boyce, Burnett, Chambliss, Clopton, Collier, Conrow, Cooke, Crockett, Currin, Curry, Davis, Ewing, Foote, Foster, Gaither, Hodge, Holcombe, Kenner, Lyons, Machen, McQueen, Perkins, Preston, Russell, Villeré, and Wright of Tennessee.
Nays: Horatio W. Bruce, Chilton, Clapp, Clark, Dargan, Farrow, Gartrell, Graham, Heiskell, Hilton, Holt, Johnston, Jones, Lander, Lewis, McDowell, McLean, McRae, Menees, Miles, Moore, Pugh, Read, Sexton, Smith of Alabama, Swan, Vest, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Texas.
So the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Baldwin introduced a resolution; which is as follows, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means inquire into the expediency of reporting a tax bill to raise, during the present year, the sum of one hundred and twelve millions of dollars, the tax to be apportioned among the several States in the ratio of one million of dollars for every Representative in this House, and to be assessed for each State according to the system of taxation practiced in each;
which was read and agreed to.
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Mr. Baldwin also offered the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means inquire into the expediency of calling upon the States of the Confederacy to unite in a joint guarantee of the debt of the Confederate States now existing or hereafter to be increased, excepting from such guarantee all Treasury notes, stock, and bonds heretofore, issued;
which was read and agreed to.
Mr. Baldwin introduced
A bill to be entitled "An act to fund the currency;"
which was read the first and second times.
Pending the consideration of which,
The House adjourned, on motion of Mr. Dargan, until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
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