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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 --TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY--FRIDAY, December 9, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The House resumed the consideration of the special order, viz:
A bill "to provide for sequestrating the property of persons liable to military service who have departed, or shall depart, from the Confederate States without permission."
Mr. Baldwin, by consent, withdrew his motion to postpone indefinitely.
Mr. Simpson submitted the following amendment:
Strike out the whole of the first section and insert in lieu thereof the following, viz:
"That if any person liable to military service, according to the laws of the Confederate States, shall voluntarily depart from the Confederate States, while so liable, without the permission of the President or of the general officer commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, or of an officer by one of them authorized to grant such permission, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined at the discretion of the court, and it shall be legal to institute proceedings against him by serving notice at his usual place of residence, and upon said notice trial shall proceed as though the party accused were personally present: Provided, That the Confederate courts shall have jurisdiction for the enforcement of this act, and all fines imposed and collected under and by virtue of the same shall inure to the benefit of the Confederate States and shall be paid into the Treasury thereof."
Mr. Simpson moved to recommit the bill and amendment to the committee.
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Pending which,
The morning hour having expired,
Mr. Foote moved to postpone the consideration of the first continuing special order.
Mr. Hilton demanded the question; which was ordered, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. Hilton moved that the consideration of the second special order be postponed.
The motion prevailed.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Nash, the Secretary of that body; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a joint resolution (S. 18) authorizing the appointment of a commissioner to Brazil; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of the third special order.
And on motion, the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, on a bill "to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency," Mr. Clopton in the chair; and having spent some time therein, the committee rose and, through their Chairman, reported that they had had under consideration the matter referred to them, and had come to no conclusion thereon.
And on motion of Mr. McMullin,
The House adjourned until 12 o'clock m. to-morrow.
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