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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 --SIXTEENTH DAY--THURSDAY, May 19, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The Chair laid before the House the following communications from the President; which were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed:
Richmond, Va., May 18, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of an additional appropriation required for the support of the Government.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, Va., May 18, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Attorney-General, submitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the support of the Government.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Chair also laid before the House a Senate bill (S. 21) "to amend an act entitled 'An act to reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds,' approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four;" which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Also, a Senate bill (S. 31) "to promote the efficiency of the cavalry of the Provisional Army, and to punish lawlessness and irregularities of any portions thereof;" which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, a bill "to exempt railroad companies from the payment of certain duties;" which had been returned from the Senate with the following amendment:
In line 4, after the word "roads," insert the words "imported by any railroad company for its own use."
Mr. Machen moved to suspend the rule requiring the amendment to be referred to a committee: which motion prevailed, and the amendment of the Senate was concurred in.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the order of the day for the morning hour, viz:
The resolution of Mr. Foote to repeal the act suspending the privilege [of the writ] of habeas corpus.
Pending which.
The morning hour having expired,
Mr. Hartridge moved that the consideration of the Calendar be postponed; winch motion prevailed.
A messages was received from the Senate. by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: the Senate have passed, without amendment, joint resolutions of this House of the following titles, viz:
They have passed bills of the following titles, viz:
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the interest on the removal and subsistence fund due the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina," so as to authorize the Secretary of War to pay the interest in cash or provisions; and
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
Mr. Foote moved to postpone the further consideration of the resolution until to-morrow.
The motion prevailed.
The Chair laid before the House a Senate bill (S. 7) "to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the payment of the interest on the removal and subsistence fund due the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina,' so as to authorize the Secretary of War to pay the interest in cash or provisions:" which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Also, a Senate bill (S. 33) "to regulate the compensation and mileage of members of Congress for the present session;" which was read a first and second time.
Mr. Moore moved to suspend the rule requiring the bill to be referred to a committee.
The motion was lost, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Pay and Mileage.
The Chair laid before the House the memorial of the president and trustees of Hampden-Sidney College, asking a modification of the tax law; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Also, a communication from the governor of Virginia, transmitting preamble and resolutions of the legislature of Virginia, asserting the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State over her ancient boundaries;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Farrow, under a suspension of the rules, introduced
A joint resolution "to prevent restrictions upon the right of members of Congress to visit sick and wounded officers and soldiers in hospitals;"
which was read a first and second time and the joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Marshall moved to refer the joint resolution to the Committee on the Medical Department.
Mr. Welsh called the question; which was ordered, and the motion to refer was lost.
The question recurring,
And being put,
Shall the joint resolution pass?
It was decided in the affirmative, and the title was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Garland,
The House adjourned.
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