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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 --TWELFTH DAY--SATURDAY, May 14, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Moore.
Mr. Sexton, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom had been referred
A bill "to provide for the redemption of the old issue of Treasury notes held by certain Indian tribes,"
reported back the same with the recommendation that it do pass with an amendment.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The amendment of the committee was read as follows, viz:
In line 3, after the word "treasurers," insert the words "or other duly authorized agents,"
and agreed to.
The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Sexton moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred
A joint resolution "of thanks to Major-General N. B. Forrest and the officers and men under his command,"
reported back the same with the recommendation that it do pass with an amendment.
The question being on postponing the joint resolution and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
The amendment of the committee having been read as follows:
Strike out the whole of the joint resolution and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress are eminently due, and are hereby cordially tendered, to Major-General N. B. Forrest and the officers and men of his command for their late brilliant and successful campaign in Mississippi, west Tennessee, and Kentucky.
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"Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate this resolution to General Forrest and his command."
Mr. Foster called the question; which was ordered, and the amendment of the committee was agreed to.
The joint resolution was then engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Orr moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Barksdale called the question; which was ordered.
Mr. Foote demanded the yeas and nays thereon; which were not ordered, and the motion to reconsider prevailed.
Mr. Orr submitted the following amendment to the amendment of the committee:
Add at the end of the first resolution the words "a campaign which has conferred upon its authors fame as enduring as the records of the struggle which they have so brilliantly illustrated."
Mr. Hilton called the question.
Mr. A. H. Garland moved the previous question; which was ordered.
The question being on the amendment of Mr. Orr,
It was decided in the affirmative.
The question recurring on ordering the joint resolution to be engrossed and read a third time,
It was decided in the affirmative.
And the question being put,
Shall the joint resolution pass?
It was decided in the affirmative.
The committee submitted the following amendment to the title:
Add at the end the words "for their campaign in Mississippi, west Tennessee, and Kentucky."
The amendment was agreed to, and the title as amended was read and agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
Mr. Lyon, under a suspension of the rules, introduced
A joint resolution "authorizing the auditing of accounts of members for pay and mileage;"
which was read a first and second time and, the rule having been suspended requiring it to be referred to a committee, was engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
The title was read and agreed to.
The morning hour having expired,
Mr. Sexton moved that the consideration of the Calendar be postponed; which motion prevailed.
Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill "to amend an act passed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled 'An act to allow commissioned
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officers rations and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department;'"
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.
Mr. Baldwin submitted the following amendment (in the nature of a substitute):
That the second section of chapter forty-five, approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended and reenacted, so as to read as follows:
Mr. Baldwin rose to a point of order:
That it does not require the consent of the House to permit one member to interrupt another while speaking.
The Chair overruled the point of order.
Mr. Baldwin appealed from the decision of the Chair.
And the question being put,
Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House?
It was decided in the affirmative.
The House then, on motion of Mr. Chambers, resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, resumed business in open session.
Mr. Orr moved that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Hilton moved the previous question.
Pending which,
Mr. Orr moved that the House adjourn; which motion was lost, and the demand for the previous question was sustained.
The question being on the amendment of Mr. Baldwin,
Mr. McMullin demanded the yeas and nays; which were not ordered.
Mr. Montague moved that the House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Cruikshank, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled
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And the Speaker signed the same.
The amendment of Mr. Baldwin was lost.
The question recurring on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time,
It was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. A. H. Garland called the question; which was ordered,
And being put,
Shall the bill pass?
It was decided in the affirmative, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Sexton moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, and called the question; which was ordered, and the motion to reconsider was lost.
On motion of Mr. Sexton,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock Monday.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendment of this House to the bill (S. 16) to fix the time for the assembling of the Congress at its next regular session, and to authorize the President to convene the Congress at any place other than the seat of government.
They have passed a joint resolution (S. 6) to authorize the removal of the public archives and of the Executive Departments of the Government; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Chair laid before the House a Senate joint resolution (S. 6) "to authorize the removal of the public archives and of the Executive Departments of the Government;" which was read a first and second time and, the rule having been suspended requiring it to be referred to a committee, was read a third time and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Chilton moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was passed.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Swan submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That until the pending dangers are passed, the House will not adjourn, but relieve its session by recesses as it may order,
and demanded the yeas and nays thereon; which were not ordered, and the resolution was not adopted.
Mr. Foote moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet on Monday, 12 o'clock, unless sooner convened by the Speaker.
The motion prevailed.
And the House, on motion of Mr. J. M. Leach,
Resolved itself into open session.
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