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The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Representatives. Wednesday, April 2, 1862. (search)
ved to amend by inserting as a proviso that no person shall be employed under the provisions of this bill who is subject to military duty. Not agreed to. Mr. Ralls, of Ala. moved to amend by striking out $1,500 as the salary fixed in the bill, and inserting $1,000. Motion lost. Mr. Heiskell, of Tenn., offered an amendment that no person shall be appointed under this bill who is under the age of forty years, and who is able to do military duty. This amendment was agreed to. Mr. Menees, of Tenn., moved to strike out $1,500 and insert $1,200 as the salary of the clerks provided for in the bill. Upon this amendment the ayes and noes were called, and the vote resulted — ayes 43, noes 29. With this amendment the bill was engrossed, read a third time, and passed. A message was received from the Senate, announcing that that body had passed a bill to increase the number of depositories of public funds, in which the concurrence of the House was asked. Referred to the
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
of the State of Kentucky, so as to authorize the Governor of that State to expend $1,000,000 in furnishing clothing, &c., for the troops from that State. On motion of Mr. Miles, of S. C., the rules were suspended and the bill taken up and passed. The Senate bill entitled An act to protect members of Congress from annoyance in traveling, was taken up, and, after some discussion, the ayes and noes were had, and resulted as follows: Ayes 28, noes 29. So the bill was rejected. Mr. Menees, of Ten., from the committee of conference on the disagreeing vote of the two Houses of Congress on a joint resolution of the Senate on the subject of printing, made a report, recommending that the House recede from its action on a former occasion. The report of the committee was agreed to. Mr. Gray, of Texas, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back a bill with amendments from his committee, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Boteler, of Va., offered a resolution, that the
The Daily Dispatch: May 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
Department. The morning hour having expired, the House resumed the consideration of the bill reported Tuesday from the Committee on Ways and Means, amendatory of the currency and funding law of February 17th, 1864. The pending question being upon the amendment of Mr. Atkins, to substitute the 1st day of January, 1865, for the dates mentioned in the bill as the limitation of time for funding Treasury notes by persons residing within the enemy's lines, a long debate ensued, and the amendment was adopted. Mr. Atkins moved to further amend by striking out the words "above the denomination of five dollars," which was agreed to. Mr. Menees, of Tenn., moved to amend by adding after the words "citizens of the Confederate States," the words, "or persons belonging to the Confederate States army within the enemy's lines as prisoners of war, or other loyal persons hold as prisoners. "--Adopted. The bill was further amended and passed. The House then adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1865., [Electronic resource], "rich man's War — poor man's fight." (search)
s, or be mustered into the Confederate States service, or be used at any time as soldiers in said service." The proviso was laid on the table by the following vote: Ayes.--Messrs. Akin, Atkins, Baldwin, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Bell, Blandford, Branch, E. M. Bruce, Burnett, Carroll, Chilton, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Colyar, Conrow, Dickinson, Dupre, Elliott, Ewing, Farrow, Gaither, Garland, Gholson, Gray, Hatcher, Hilton, Holder, Johnston, Keeble, Lester, Lyon, Machen, Marshall, Menees, Miller, Moore, Norton, Read, Russell, Sexton, Shewmake, Simpson, Snead, Triplett, Villere, Wilkes and Witherspoon--50. Nats.--Messrs. Anderson, Chambers, Cruikshank, Darden, Echols, Fuller, Gilmer, Goode, Herbert, Lamkin, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, McMullin, Miles, Orr, Ramsay, J. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, Wickham and Mr. Speaker--23.] Mr. Shewmake, of Georgia, moved to amend the third so as to provide that payment shall be made for any slaves w
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Dispatch. (search)
not more than twenty-five percent, of the male slaves between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, in any State, shall be called for under the provisions of this act." The amendment was concurred in by the following vote: Ayes.--Messrs. Anderson, Barksdale, Batson, Baylor, Blandford, Bradley, H. W. Bruce, Carroll, Clark, Clopton, Conrad, Darden, De Janette, Dickinson, Dupre, Elliott, Ewing, Funsten, Garther, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Marchen, Marshall, McMullin, Menees, Miller, Moore, Murray, Perkins, Read, Simpson, Snead, Staples, Triplett, Villere. Nays--Messrs. Atkins, Baldwin, Branch, Chambers, Colyar, Cruikshank, Fuller, Gholson, Gilmer, Hartridge, Hatcher, Herbert, Holliday, J. M. Leach, J. T. Leach, Logan, McCallum, Ramsay, Rogers, Sexton, J. M. Smith, Smith of North Carolina, Turner, Wickham, Wilkes, Witherspoon, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill for the relief of the Exchange Bank at Norfolk, wh
The Daily Dispatch: March 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
erred to the Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. Maxwell, the leave of absence of John W. Anderson, a clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, was extended to the close of the session. On motion of Mr. Barnwell, the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. Wednesday, Mch. 15. The House met at 11 o'clock. On motion of Mr. Clopton, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Dickinson, detained from his seat by indisposition. On motion of Mr. Menees, leave of absence was granted his colleague, Mr. Atkins, detained from his seat by indisposition. The unfinished business being postponed, Mr. Lyon, from the committee of ways and means, reported favorably a Senate bill, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to receive specie from the several States of the Confederacy, and to use the same for the benefit of said States. On motion of Mr. Russell, the bill was amended by inserting the following: "Or to procure the same from t
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
bill to provide for the payment of arrears now due to the army and navy, and stating his objections thereto. The question being shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the President, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Those who voted in the affirmative were-- Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Baylor, Blandford, Branch, H. W: Bruce, Christian, Clark, Clopton, Cluskey, Darden, Dupre, Elliott, Farrow, Gaither, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Hanly, Hartridge, Herbert, Johnson, Keeble, Machen, Marshall, McCallum, McMullin, Perkins, Pugh, Read, Rogers, Russell, Simpson, J. M. Smith, Triplett, Turner, Villere, Wickham and Witherspoon--39. Those who voted in the negative were-- Messrs. Barksdale, Batson, Bradley, E. M. Bruce, Carroll, Colyar, Conrad, Conrow, De Jarnette, Dickinson, Ewing, Hatcher, Holliday, Lyon, Menees, Mills, Sexton and Wilkes--18. On motion of Mr. Machen, of Kentucky, the House took a recess until 8 o'clock this evening.