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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 --ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH DAY--WEDNESDAY, March 15, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion of Mr. Clopton, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Dickinson (detained from his seat by indisposition).
On motion of Mr. Menees, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Atkins (detained from his seat by indisposition).
On motion of Mr. Lyon, the unfinished business was postponed, the rules were suspended, and Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 204) "to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to receive specie from the several States of the Confederacy and use the same for the benefit of said States," reported back the same with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Russell submitted the following amendment:
Add at the end of section 1 the following: "or to procure the same from any State upon such other terms as may be agreed upon between the Secretary of the Treasury and the authorities of the State;"
which was agreed to.
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The bill was read a third time and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Barksdale entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.
Mr. Lyon, from the same committee, to whom had been referred a Senate bill (S. 215) "to appropriate money to pay the expenses of the Joint Select Committee on the Subject of the Treatment and Exchange of Prisoners," reported back the same with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Lyon, the rule was suspended requiring the bill to be considered in Committee of the Whole.
The bill was engrossed and read a third time.
The question being put,
Shall the bill pass?
The yeas and nays required by the Constitution are recorded;
Yeas: Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Bradley, Branch, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chrisman, Clark, Clopton, Colyar, Conrow, Darden, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Fuller, Funsten, Gaither, Gholson, Gilmer, Godde, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Johnston, Keeble, J. M. Leach, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, Miles, Miller, Moore, Ramsay, Read, Rogers, Russell, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Triplett, Turner, Villeré, Wickham, Wilkes, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: None.
So the bill was passed.
The Chair laid before the House a Senate bill (S. 227) "to repeal the sixth section of an act to regulate the business of conscription, approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five;" which was read a first and second time.
On motion of Mr. Godde, the rule was suspended requiring the bill to be referred to a committee.
Mr. Godde submitted the following amendment:
Strike out all after the enacting clause, which reads as follows, viz:
"That the sixth section of the 'Act to regulate the business of conscription,' approved on the seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be, and the same is hereby, repealed," and insert in lieu thereof the following, viz:
"That the fifth section of the act entitled 'An act to regulate the business of conscription' be, and is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: 'If any conscript shall furnish to the enrolling officer of his county a certificate, under oath, from a respectable physician or from an army surgeon, that he is unable to travel to the command to which he may be assigned without serious prejudice to his health, or that he is seriously maimed or manifestly unfit for field service, or shall present to such enrolling officer a certificate of discharge on account of permanent disability heretofore granted, a furlough shall be granted to him until he can be examined for final discharge or recommendation for light duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War.'
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The bill as amended was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Goode moved to amend the title by striking out the whole thereof and inserting the following, viz:
A bill to amend the act to regulate the business of conscription.
The amendment was agreed to, and the title as amended was read and agreed to.
Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on the Exchange of Prisoners, submitted a written report; which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr. Clopton, the unfinished business was again postponed, the rules were suspended, and Mr. Clopton, from the Committee on the Medical Department, reported
A bill "to increase the commutation value of hospital rations for a limited time;"
which was read a first and second time.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Clark moved to postpone the unfinished [business], to enable him to move a suspension of the rules, and demanded the yeas and nays thereon; which were not ordered, and the motion was lost.
The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business, viz:
The bill "to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus."
The question was ordered.
The question being on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to be engrossed,
It was decided in the negative.
The question being put,
Shall the bill pass?
Mr. Darden demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Batson, Baylor, Bradley, Horatio W. Bruce, Chrisman, Clark, Cluskey, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Gholson, Goode, Hartridge, Hatcher, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, Machen, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Read, Russell, Swan, Triplett, Villeré, Wilkes, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Anderson, Barksdale, Branch, Burnett, Clopton, Darden, Farrow, Gaither, Hanly, McCallum, Miles, Rogers, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Snead, Staples, Welsh, and Witherspoon.
No quorum voting,
Mr. Russell moved a call of the House; which was ordered.
Upon the call of the roll the following gentlemen answered to their names:
Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Blandford, Bradley, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chrisman, Clark, Clopton,Cluskey,Conrow, Darden, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Fuller, Funsten, Gaither, Gholson, Gilmer, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, J. M.
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Leach, Machen, Marshall, McCallum, McMullin, Miles, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Ramsay, Read, Rogers, Russell, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Swan, Triplett, Turner, Villeré, Welsh, Wickham, Wilkes, Witherspoon, and Mr. Speaker.
A quorum being present,
Mr. Rogers moved that all further proceedings under the call be dispensed with.
Mr. Keeble demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Baylor, Blandford, Burnett, Clopton, Darden, Elliott, Farrow, Fuller, Gilmer, Hanly, Hartridge, J. M. Leach, Marshall, McMullin, Miles, Ramsay, Rogers, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Turner, Villeré, Welsh, and Wickham.
Nays: Batson, Bradley, Horatio W. Bruce, Chrisman, Clark, Cluskey, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Ewing, Funsten, Gaither, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hatcher, Herbert, Holliday, Keeble, Machen, McCallum, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Read, Russell, Snead, Swan, Triplett, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
So the motion was lost.
The following gentlemen were found absent by leave of the House:
Messrs. Akin, Atkins, Ayer, Bell, Chilton, Dickinson, Echols, Heiskell, Hilton, Holder, Lamkin, Lester, Montague, Norton, Orr, Shewmake, Singleton, W. E. Smith, and Wright.
Mr. Baldwin moved that all further proceedings under the call be dispensed with.
The motion was lost.
The following gentlemen appeared and were excused:
Messrs. Carroll, Colyar, Lyon, and Sexton.
On motion of Mr. Wickham, all further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.
The question recurring on the passage of the bill,
Yeas: Batson, Bradley, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Carroll, Chrisman, Clark, Cluskey, Conrad, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hartridge, Hatcher, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Machen, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Read, Russell, Sexton, Swan, Triplett, Villeré, Wilkes, and Mr. Speaker.
Nays: Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Baylor, Blandford, Branch, Burnett, Clopton, Colyar, Darden, Farrow, Fuller, Gaither, Gilmer, Hanly, Herbert, J. M. Leach, Marshall, McCallum, McMullin, Miles, Ramsay, Rogers, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Turner, Welsh, Wickham, Witherspoon, and Wright.
So the bill was passed.
Mr. Cluskey moved to reconsider the vote just taken.
Mr. Smith of North Carolina demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
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Yeas: Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Baylor, Blandford, Branch, Burnett, Clopton, Colyar, Darden, Farrow, Fuller, Gaither, Gilmer, Hanly, Herbert, J. M. Leach, Marshall, McCallum, McMullin, Miles, Ramsay, Rogers, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Turner, Wickham, and Witherspoon.
Nays: Batson, Bradley, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Carroll, Chrisman, Clark, Cluskey, Conrad, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hartridge, Hatcher, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Machen, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Read, Russell, Sexton, Swan, Triplett, Villeré and Wilkes.
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Anderson moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to offer a resolution.
The motion was lost.
On motion of Mr. Miles, the rules were suspended, and the bill (H. R. 269) "to amend an act entitled 'An act to organize forces to serve during the war'" was taken up for consideration.
Mr. Dupré moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Johnston demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Blandford, Clopton, Colyar, Dupré, Farrow, Fuller, Gilmer, Herbert, Lyon, Marshall, Ramsay, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, and Wickham.
Nays: Batson, Bradley, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chrisman, Clark, Cluskey, Conrad, De Jarnette, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Gholson, Goode, Hartridge, Hatcher, Holliday, Johnston, Keeble, Machen, McCallum, McMullin, Menees, Miles, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Rogers, Russell, Sexton, Snead, Swan, Triplett, Villeré, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Clark moved that the bill be postponed to enable him to move a suspension of the rules, in order to report a bill from the Committee on Military Affairs, and demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Bradley, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chrisman, Clark, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Marshall, Sexton, Snead, Swan, Turner, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
Nays: Anderson, Batson, Carroll, Clopton, Colyar, Conrad, De Jarnette, Dupré, Farrow, Fuller, Gaither, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Johnston, J. M. Leach, Lyon, Machen, McCallum, McMullin, Menees, Miles, Miller, Moore, Perkins, Ramsay, Rogers, Russell, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Triplett, Villeré, Wickham, and Mr. Speaker.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Dupré submitted the following amendment:
Strike out, in lines 24. 25, and 26, the words "public printer of the Confederate and State governments and such journeymen printers" and insert in lieu thereof the words "Superintendent of Public Printing of the Confederate States and the public printers of the State governments, and such journeymen printers and pressmen as the said Superintendent of Public Printing and the public printers of the State governments."
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Mr. Herbert moved that the bill and amendments be laid upon the table.
Mr. Marshall demanded the yeas and nays thereon;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Anderson, Baldwin, Blandford, Carroll, Clopton, Colyar, Dupré, Farrow, Fuller, Gaither, Gholson, Gilmer, Goode, Gray, Hartridge, Herbert, J. M. Leach, Lyon, McMullin, Menees, Ramsay, Russell, Sexton, Simpson, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Turner, Villeré, and Wickham.
Nays: Batson, Baylor, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Cluskey, Conrad, Conrow, De Jarnette, Ewing, Funsten, Hatcher, Holliday, Johnston, Machen, Marshall, McCallum, Miles, Moore, Perkins, J. M. Smith, Snead, Swan, Triplett, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
So the bill and amendments were laid upon the table.
Mr. Marshall moved to reconsider the vote just taken.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Swan moved that the House take a recess until half past 7 o'clock.
The motion was lost.
Mr. J. M. Smith moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
On motion of Mr. Miles, the rules were suspended to enable the Committee on Military Affairs to report a bill.
Mr. Miles, tinder a suspension of the rules, introduced
A bill "to increase the pay and mileage of officers traveling under orders;"
which was read a first and second time.
On motion, the rule was suspended requiring the bill to be referred to a committee.
Mr. J. M. Smith moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Staples moved a call of the House.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Blandford moved that the House adjourn.
Mr. Clopton demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Baylor, Blandford, Burnett, Cluskey, Conrow, Dupré, Gaither, Gilmer, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Hatcher, Johnston, Keeble, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Swan, Wickham, Wilkes, and Witherspoon.
Nays: Anderson, Barksdale, Batson, Bradley, Branch, Horatio W. Bruce, Carroll, Chrisman, Clopton, Colyar, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Funsten, Gholson, Holliday, Lyon, Machen, McCallum, Miles, Moore, Perkins, Ramsay, Rogers, Russell, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Snead, Staples, Triplett, and Villeré.
So the House refused to adjourn.
The bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
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Mr. Miles moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Snead moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to offer a resolution.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Blandford moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred
A bill "to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia of the Confederate States, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States, and for calling them forth to execute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions,"
reported the same back with the recommendation that it do lie on the table.
Mr. Blandford moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Blandford moved that the House resolve itself into secret session.
The motion was lost.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary, as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill and joint resolution of the House of Representatives of the following titles:
On motion of Mr. Darden,
The House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
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