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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 --THIRTIETH DAY--TUESDAY, December 13, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Jeter.
The Chair laid before the House a Senate bill (S. 127) "to authorize the issue of duplicates of Treasurer's drafts lost or destroyed after payment;" which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Also, a Senate bill (S. 136) "to provide funds to meet a deficiency in the appropriation to pay the officers and employees of the War Department;" which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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The House then proceeded to the consideration of the special order; which was the bill (H. R. 249) "to provide for sequestrating the property of persons liable to military service who have departed, or shall depart, from the Confederate States without permission."
Pending which the morning hour expired.
Mr. Chambers, under a suspension of the rules, introduced
A bill "to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend the tax laws,' approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four;" which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Chambers also introduced
A bill "to legalize the receipts given in certain eases for tax in kind collected in districts declared impracticable;" which was read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Miles, under a suspension of the rules, reported, from the Military Committee,
A bill "to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions, and regiments;"
which was read first and second times, and upon his motion ordered to be printed and made the special order, from day to day, after the last special order.
Mr. Boyce, under a suspension of the rules, reported, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, bills of the following titles; which were read first and second times, respectively, ordered to be printed, and placed on the Calendar, viz:
Mr. Cruikshank, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as correctly enrolled
And the Speaker signed the same.
Mr. Darden, under a suspension of the rules, offered the following resolution; which was, adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish the House of Representatives with such official information relative to the transactions of the office, or "Cotton Bureau," established in Texas by the commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department for the purpose of purchasing and exporting cotton.
Mr. Burnett, under a suspension of the rules, from the Committee on Pay and Mileage, to whom had been referred
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A bill (H. R. 243) "to regulate the pay and mileage of members and the compensation of officers of the Senate and House of Representatives,"
reported back the same with the recommendation that it pass with the following amendment:
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar,
It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Swan moved the previous question, and the main question was ordered.
The bill was then engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Swan moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was engrossed for a third reading, and called the question; which was ordered.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
The question recurring on the passage of the bill,
Mr. Perkins demanded the yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
Yeas: Akin, Atkins, Ayer, Baylor, Blandford, Bradley, Branch, Eli M. Bruce, Horatio W. Bruce, Burnett, Chrisman, Clark, Cluskey Conrow, Dupré, Elliott, Ewing, Foote, Gaither, Garland, Hanly, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Keeble, Kenner, Machen, Menees, Miles, Miller, Moore, Norton, Pugh, Read, Rogers, Simpson, W. E. Smith, Smith of Alabama, Snead, Swan, Vest, Villeré, Welsh, Whitfield, and Wilkes.
Nays: Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Boyce, Bridgers, Chambers, Chilton, Clopton, Colyar, Cruikshank, Darden, De Jarnette, Dickinson, Echols, Farrow, Foster, Gholson, Gilmer, Holder, Holliday, Johnston, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, Lyon, McMullin, Montague, Orr, Perkins, Ramsay, Rives, Russell, Shewmake, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Staples, Triplett, Turner, Wickham, and Witherspoon.
So the bill was passed.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr. Foote moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, and the motion was lost.
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 (S. 135) to provide for the remission of the penalty for nondelivery of tithes of bacon due in the year 1864; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
Mr. Boyce moved to suspend the rules, to enable him to introduce a resolution relative to an increase of the salary of the President.
The motion was lost.
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Mr. Sexton, under a suspension of the rules, introduced bills of the following titles; which were respectively read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, viz:
Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported
A bill (under a suspension of the rules) "to impose a duty on tobacco, and an additional duty on cotton, exported from the Confederate States;"
which was read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and made the special order, from day to day, after the last special order.
Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, under a suspension of the rules, reported the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to appoint a clerk, to hold his office at the pleasure of the committee, at an annual salary equal to that paid to the assistant clerks of this House. The duties of this clerk shall be such as that committee shall prescribe, and shall be performed under the direction of the chairman of the committee.
Mr. Miles moved to amend the resolution so as to authorize a clerk on the same terms to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Foote moved to amend the amendment so as to authorize a clerk on like terms to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments.
Mr. Hilton moved to postpone the resolution and amendments until the first day of February next; which motion was agreed to.
Mr. Simpson, under a suspension of the rules, submitted an amendment to the bill "to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency;" which was ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr. Rogers,
The House adjourned until to-morrow at 19 o'clock m.
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