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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 --NINTH DAY--FRIDAY, November 18, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Minnigerode.
Mr. Holliday offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the term within which it is now provided that the act entitled "An act for the establishment and payment, of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the Army" shall cease or determine, and also the propriety of increasing the pay of the commissioners under the same.
Mr. Russell introduced
A bill "to define and punish conspiracy against the Confederate States;" which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Staples offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs inquire into the expediency of so amending the act approved February eleventh, eighteen hundred and
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sixty-four, "providing compensation for officers or privates who may have performed staff duty," as to make said act prospective in its operation.
Mr. Staples introduced
A bill "to provide for the payment of horses killed, captured, lost, or permanently disabled in the Confederate States service;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Wickham presented the memorial of E. S. McElroy and others, civil employees in Confederate States Clothing Bureau, Quartermaster's Department, Richmond, Va., asking relief under the act of Congress passed June 14, 1864, increasing the pay of clerks and employees in the various Departments in Richmond; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Wickham offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the salary of the judge of the Confederate States court for the eastern district of Virginia.
On motion of Mr. Wickham, leave was granted him to withdraw from the files of the House, on the usual terms, the memorial of Charles Y. Morris for increase of compensation for transporting the mail from Richmond to Lexington, presented at the last session.
Mr. Funsten presented the memorial of civil employees in the quartermaster's office in Richmond to amend the law of June 14, 1864, increasing the pay of certain officers; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Baldwin offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to inform this House by authority of what law the War Department is now conducting an impressment of slaves in Virginia, without regard to the State law upon that subject.
Mr. Gholson introduced
A bill "to regulate the compensation of the marshal of the Confederate States of America for the eastern district of Virginia;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Gholson presented the memorial of Robert Harrison and others, praying that the Government will allow them to purchase certain necessaries at Government prices; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. De Jarnette presented the memorial of the citizens of Culpeper County, Va., praying that the collection of the taxes due in 1863 may be suspended in that county; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, accompanied by a letter from the Treasury Department on that subject.
The Chair presented the proceedings of the county courts of Appomattox and Buckingham relative to the ways and means of providing an adequate support for the families of soldiers; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Baldwin offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to communicate to this House the report of General J. E. Johnston of military operations in Georgia during the last spring and summer.
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Mr. McMullin offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for equalizing the tax in kind upon cotton and wool, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Goode offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to cause the proper officer to communicate to this House copies of all orders which have been issued to impressing officers directing the impressment of brandy, and also to inform the House what quantity of brandy has been impressed, for what purpose, and what disposition has been made of it.
Mr. Chilton introduced
A bill "to establish the Supreme Court of the Confederate States;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Chilton offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs do inquire whether any and what legislation is necessary to expedite the revision of the decisions of military courts, courts-martial, and examining boards, and that said committee report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Lyon introduced
A bill "to provide for the impressment of the railroad iron, equipments, and rolling stock of railroads, etc.;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Clopton offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the reception of four per cent certificates or bonds in payment of taxes payable in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, although the taxes may not be paid before the expiration of the year.
Also, the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by legislation for the relief of the taxpayer when the amount of the four per cent certificates or bonds tendered in payment of his taxes is in excess of the amount of his taxes.
Mr. Cruikshank presented the memorial of citizens of Shelby County, Ala., requesting the detail of millers, shoemakers, and tanners for that county; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Hanly offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for securing to our prisoners of war the nominal value in the new issue of all Treasury notes of the old issue which were in their hands when captured and by them retained during their imprisonment.
Mr. Garland offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the suggestions of the Secretary of War in regard to maintaining the number and efficiency of our army organizations by reducing and consolidating
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them be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs with instructions to report upon them, by bill or otherwise, at their earliest convenience.
Mr. Rogers offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the salary of the judge of the Confederate States court for the northern district of Florida.
Mr. Hartridge introduced
A bill "to increase the salaries and compensation of certain officers of the Treasury therein named;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Hartridge presented the memorial of the banks of Savannah, asking relief from the operation of the currency and tax acts; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Blandford presented the memorial of the marshal of the Confederate States district of Georgia, asking increase of compensation;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. J. M. Smith introduced
A bill "to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the use of the Army,' approved June second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Bell introduced
A bill "to establish a certain post route;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
On motion of Mr. Shewmake, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Anderson, whose home is endangered by the proximity of the public enemy.
Mr. W. E. Smith introduced
A bill "to provide for the public defense;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Dupré offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be directed to inquire into the expediency of so altering the present tax law as to place upon the same footing with solvent credits here all moneys abroad held there before the war or being the produce of property shipped abroad before the war in the course of trade.
Also, the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the President be requested to inform this House what amount of money has been expended in the payment of the Army in the Trans-Mississippi Department since the appointment of General E. K. Smith to the command thereof.
Mr. Welsh presented the memorial of James Sykes, asking that money be refunded which was expended in raising and equipping a cavalry company; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
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Mr. Welsh introduced
A bill "to furnish the judges of the State courts with pamphlet copies of the acts of Congress;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Conrow presented the memorial of Capt. J. Chaytor, asking relief from loss sustained by robbery of Government funds; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Vest offered the following resolution; which was adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to cause the Secretary of War to inform this House what contracts have been made by the War Department, with individuals or companies, in the Trans-Mississippi Department, for the furnishing supplies of any sort to the Government, to be paid for in cotton, and if any such contracts have been made, what amount of supplies and of what description has been received by the Government, and what amount of cotton delivered under said contracts.
Mr. Clark introduced
A bill "for the relief of Confederate prisoners held in custody by the authorities of the United States;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Ramsay offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the compensation now allowed by law to district collectors of the Confederate tax, and report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Ramsay also presented a letter on the subject; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Ramsay offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That from and after Saturday next the House shall meet at eleven antemeridian and adjourn at three o'clock postmeridian until otherwise ordered;
which was not adopted.
Mr. J. M. Leach offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the act, passed the seventeenth February last, as exempts from conscription persons owning and working fifteen hands or more between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, and report to this House by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Logan presented the petition of sundry citizens of Polk County, N. C., praying the establishment of a mail route; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
Mr. J. T. Leach introduced
A joint resolution "condemning secret sessions;"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Miles offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed' to inquire into the expediency of putting the officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps upon the same footing with reference to pay and allowances as those of the same grade in the infantry of the Provisional Army.
Mr. Miles presented a letter from Col. Lloyd J. Beall on that subject; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
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Mr. Miles introduced
A bill "to amend an act entitled 'An act to organize forces to serve during the war;'"
which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Miles offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads be instructed to inquire into the propriety of increasing the compensation of the clerks and employees of the post-office at Charleston, South Carolina, and report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Miles presented a letter on the same subject; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
Mr. Farrow, under a suspension of the rules, offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That Senate bill (S. 63) "for the relief of Mrs. Margaret A. Rice," now on the Calendar, be taken up for consideration.
The resolution, was adopted.
The bill was read a third time and passed, and the title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Farrow offered the following resolution; which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Medical Department be instructed to inquire and report if any and what legislation is necessary to secure to patients the better distribution of hospital supplies.
Mr. Cluskey presented the memorial of clerks and employees in Richmond Arsenal, asking increase of compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, their Secretary; which is as follows, viz:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
On motion of Mr. Russell, the House resolved itself into secret session; and having spent some time therein, resolved itself into open Session.
The Chair laid before the House a Senate bill (S. 86) "fixing the salaries of certain civil officers in the Trans-Mississippi Department;" which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr. McMullin,
The House adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
The House being in secret session,
Resumed the cosideration of the "to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases for a limited period."
Pending which,
The House, on motion of Mr. McMullin,
Resolved itself into open session.
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