Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at the usual hour.
PRAYER by the Rev. Dr. Read.

4 HOOSE Oc IA1lN Is.
The House met at the usual hour.
Prayer by the Rev. Dr.. Read.
ESTIMATE FOR APPROPRIATION
| The SPEAKER laid before the House a comm
nication from the Clerk of the House transmitting
all estimate OF the funds necessary 10 be aupropri
| ated for the pay and mileage OF members referred
| to the Committee on Ways and Means.
RELIEF FROM TAXATION.
| Mr.. DEJARN E1TE, of Virginia, under a suspen-
| sion of the rules, offered the following resolution
| which was adopted:
| Resolved, That special committee of five he ap-
pointed by the Chair, whose duty it shall be to in
quire and report what Legislation, il any is neees
| sary and proper TO relieve from the payment of
the people residing in such districts towns or
counties, have been subjected to depredaiOns by
the public enemy aud are unable to pay the taxes
| assessed against them without unreasonable sacri.
fee.
THE CONSOLIDATION BILL.
The House then proceeded with the consideration
| of the consolidation bill the pending question being
ON the motion to reconsider the vote By which the
House yesterday adopted Mr.. NORRIS substitute
for the third section of the bill reported by the
committee, which provides for the organization Of
legion OF honor, TO be composed Of the officers tdown
| out.
The amendment was published yesterday.I
Mr.. CLARK, of Mo-, opposed the motion To re-
consider lie regarded this measure necessary TO
reconcile the officers TO the harsh necessity of losing
their commands. Ii this proposition Was defeated
he would move to postpone the bill indefinitely.
| The vote on the motion TO reconsider resulted
ayes A, nays23. So the motion TO reconsider pre-
| vailed.
Mr.. BELL, of Ga. moved to postpone the bill and
amendments indefinitely, and called the question
| which being ordered, the vote resulted-ayes L.
noes 50. SO the motion was lost.
Mr.. READ of KY, moved to amend so that the Or
sanization of officers proposed by the amendment
Shall be called the &C. S. Legion, and not the sc
S. Legion OF Honor" as the amendment now pro-
vides.
The amendment was agreed to,
1 Mr.. GARLAND, Of Ark, moved 10 strike out the
clause which allows the legion to independently
and in separated detachments. Adopted.
| On motion OF Mr.. CONRAD, the whole clause rela
tive to the manner in which the legion is to serge was
stricken out, to place it under the control of
| the Secretary of War and the commanding General
| in the same manner as any other body of troops.
Mr.. HILTON of Fla, offered the following pro-
l visO:
These ofiicersl sha have the privilege of select
ing the company and arm Of the service in which they
may desire to serve, whether iRthe army with which
they are now connected, or any other army OF the
Confederate States, and shall be entitled to trans
poraton necessary to carry them to such company"
| The proyiso was adOpted-yeas ca, noes |.
Mr.. MILES, of S. Co. with a view to test the sense
of the House as bctweeh the proposition of NJ NOR
TON and the third section OF the bill moved to Law
that proposition aud the amendment proposed 10 il
| on the table,
On the motion to lay ON the table the vote result
| ed-ayes 3S, noes ~.
| The scheme of Mr. NoRToN having been thus dis,
| posed of the House proceeded TO the consideration
OF the third section OF the bill reported by the
| committee,
| Mr. GARLAND, Of Ark, offered an amendment TO
the section differing from the proposition Of the
mtee in that it allows the officers dropped to select
the company and the arm OF the service in which
they desire to serve and allows them tC select their
officers, instead of having them appointed the
| bill provides.
| The amendment was rejected
| Mr. hilton offered amendment TO declare
definitely the privilege of joining any command,
| whether in the army to which they are attached or
in any other army Of the Confederate States and al
| lowing them transportation to such commands.
| Mr. MILES moved to strike out the part of the
amendment relating to transportation.
| The motion to strike out was lost and the amend
| ment was agreedto.
| Mr. KEEBLE, of Tenn, offered a proviso giving
such officers as may join the army as priyates the
same pay as they received before being dropped.
Mr. GRAY offered substitute for the amendment
continuing therpay as officers for one year DULY
! Adopted.
| The'proviso on this amendment was rejected ayes
1 H. noes SO.
The substitute offered by Mr. VILLERE, of La,
| (which we published yesterday for the Sd section,
coming up,
|
| substitute rejected.
Mr.. PERKINS, OF Louisiana, offered a substitute
for the Sd section, which the that section
of the BILL except that it proposes to continue their
rank and pay to such officers as may be thrown out
Mr.. ATKINS, of Tennessee, approved the sub
stitute.
Mr. ANDERSON, of Georgia, called the ques:
tion, which was ordered, aud the substitute was
| jected.
|. Mr.. ANDERSON offered proyso to the section
prohibiting officers thus thrown from joining any
command on the opposite side of tbs Mississippi riy
er from that wher hey are serving unless the COM
mand to which they attached on the oppositeI
side of The Mississippi from their homes. 4
The proyiso was rejected-ayes 80, noes sc. n
The 4th section of the bill, which provides III
officers who may be in the hands Of the enemy atf
time their commands were consolidated shall, W.
in sixty days after their exchange upon the Ord
the Secretary Of War, appear before the exanfng
board, and ii adjudged by said board to be qugied
for command in their grades, may be assignedk the
President TO any vacancy in the consolidatetrga
nizations of which their old commands form part,
or to. any duties appropriate 10 their grad, and
granting those not so recommended the SAP prlvi-
leee as other officers dropped in the con$dation,
was then taken up. |,
Mr.. CLOPTON, of Ala, offered a suPitute Tor |
the section, providing that the commaEdg general
of the army to which an officer now in Z hands OF
the enemy may belong, may, within sIt days, as
sign such officer 70 any vacancy whiclray exist IN
thecOnsolidated command of whicfhisd organiza- |
tion may form part and if any offcere not SO as
signed by the commanding general I'd be not as |
signed TO other appropriate duties bye President,
/ he shall be dropped from the rols,ubject to the
provisions Of the Sd section.
/ The substitute was adopted,
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