JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, 
UNIV. Or WIOll
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EXTRA SESSION OF
THE REBEL LEGISLATURE
CALLED TOGETHER BY
A PROCLAMATION  OF C. F. JACKSON,
BEGUN AND HELD AT NEOSHO, NEWTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, ON THE
TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER, 1861.
JEFFERSON CITY:
EMORY S. FOSTER, PUBLIC PRINTE R.
1865.




JOURNAL OF THE SENATE,
EXTRA SESSION OF
THE REBEL LEGISLATURE,
CALLED TOGETHER BY
A PROCLAMATION OF C. F, JACKSON,
BEGUN AND HELD AT THE TOWN OF NEOSHO, NEWTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, ON TaE
TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE..
HOUsE-5,000 cotpies ordered printed.
D. M. DRAPER, Chief Cleek.
JEFFERSON CITY:
EMORY S. FOSTER, PUBLIC PRINTER.
1865-6.








J O U R N A L
OF THE
SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI,
BEGUN AND HELD AT THE TOWN OF NEOSHO, NEWTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,
On the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in pursuance of the Pro
lamation of the Governor, issued on the twenty-sixth day of September last,
it being the third and special session of the Twenty-first
General J.ssembly.*
MONDAY,  OCTOBERP  21,  1861.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, Mr. Vernon was called to the chair, whc
called the Senate to order.
The President then ordered the following proclamation to be read:
To the members of the Senate and House of  Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri:
The Constitution of the State of Missouri vests in me the power to,
convene by proclamation the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions,
and requires me to state to them the purposes for which they are convened.
The present condition of the State makes it eminently proper that I
should now exercise this power. The Federal authorities have for months
past, in violation of the Constitution of the United States, waged a ruthless
war upon the people of the State of Missouri, murdering our citizens,
destroying our property, and as far as in their power lay, desolating our
land.  I have in vain endeavored to secure your constitutional rights by
peaceful means, and have only resorted to war when it becomes necessary
to repel the most cruel and long continued aggressions.  War now exists
* NOTE.-The proceedings of C. F. Jackson's Senate, together with other papers and
documents contained in the appendix, were captured by the 49th Missouri Volunteers, in
the State of Alabama, forwarded to this Department, and ordered printed by the House of
Representatives of the Twenty-third General Assembly.
FRANCIS RODMAN, Secretary of State.




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between the State of Missouri and the Federal Government, and a state of
war is incompatible with the continuance of our union with that government.
Therefore, for the purpose of giving to the representatives of the people of Missouri an opportunity of determining whether it be proper now
to dissolve the constitutional bond which binds us to the Government of
the United States, when all other bonds between us are broken, I, Claiborne F. Jackson, Governor of the State of Missouri, by authority in me
vested, do proclaim that the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Missouri shall convene at the Masonic Hall, in
town of Neosho, in the county of Newton, on the twenty-first day of October, 1861.
CLAIBORNE F. JACKSON,
Governor of the State of Missouri.
DATED LEXINGTON, Mo., Sept. 26, 1861.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the call of the roll was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett,'The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1861.'The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.'On motion of Mr. Goodlett, Mr. Vernon was called to the chair.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, Mr. James Kerr was appointed temporary
D)oorkeeper of the Senate.
On motion of IMr. Rains, Mr. M. R. Johnson was appointed temporary
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Rains, the President appointed Messrs. Parsons,
Lyday and Goodlett to fill the vacancies in the Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr. Rains, the Governor's proclamation was referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr. Lyday,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.




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WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Hardin, from the Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the
Governor's proclamation, reported the same back to the Senate, with the
following resolution, and recommended its adoption:
Resolved, That the President be requested to appoint suitable messengers to notify and bring to the Senate the absent members thereof.
Which was read and adopted.
On motion of Mr. Parsons, John F. Crisp, of Johnson county, was appointed Secretary pro tern. of the Senate, and John T. Tracy, of Cole
county, Assistant Secretary pro tem. of the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Hardin,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
On motion of Mr. Rains, the vote agreeing to the resolution offered by
Mr. Hardin on yesterday was reconsidered.
The question then being on agreeing to the resolution, it was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Parsons,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1861.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.




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On motion of Mr. Parsons, it was
Resolved by the Senate, That Major General Sterling Price be respectfully requested to furnish the necessary outfit to the messengers to be dispatched for absent Senators.
On motion of Mr. Lyday,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1861.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that the following resolution has passed the House:
Resolved, That the Senate be informed that the House is now ready to
proceed to business, and that a committee of three on the part of the House
be appointed to act with a similar one from the Senate, to wait on the
Governor, and inform him that we are now ready to receive any communization he may wish to make;
And that the Speaker has appointed as such committee on the part of
the House Messrs. Robberts of Schuyler, Gordon of Lafayette and Freeman.
Mr. Goodlett moved that the Senate now proceed to the election of a
President pro tern. of the Senate, which was agreed to, all the Senators
voting in the affirmative, except Mr. Hardin, who voted in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Rains, John T. Crisp, of Johnson county, was elected
Secretary of the Senate, and entered upon the discharge of the duties of
his office.
On motion of Mr. Rains, John T. Tracy, of Cole county, was elected
Assistant Secretary of the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, James McCown, of Johnson county, was
Relected Enrolling Clerk of the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, M.. R. Johnson was elected Sergeant-atArms of the Senate.




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On motion of Mr. Goodlett, James Kerr was elected Doorkeeper.
On motion of Mr. Rains, it was
Resolved, That the House of Representatives be informed that the Senate is now ready to proceed to business, and that a committee of two be appointed, to act with the committee already appointed by the House, to
wait on the Governor and inform him that we are now ready to receive
any communication he may wish to make.
The President appointed upon said committee Messrs. Goodlett and
Frazier.
Mr. Goodlett, from the joint committee appointed to wait upon the
Governor, laid before the Senate the following communication frown the
Governor:
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives of the General.Assembly of the State of Missouri:
In pursuance of a power vested in me by the Constitution of the State
of Missouri, I have convened you for the purpose of deliberating upon the
relations of this State to the government of the United States. About
the close of your last session the authorities of the United States government had manifested plainly, by a series of outrageous acts, that they had
lost all proper appreciation of the principles of free government, and were
determined, regardless of the most sacred obligations,' to trample upon our
liberties, to violate our dearest constitutional rights, and, in every manner
known to tyrants, to insult, injure and afflict our people. The spectacle
was for the first time presented of a government whose boast had been its
free institutions, and the attachment of its citizens to the constitution and
the laws, plunging at one bound from the most exalted eminence among
the nations into the deepest abyss of despotic and arbitrary power. Men,
women and children, in open day and in the public thoroughfares,
shot down and murdered by a brutal soldiery, with the connivance of government officers.   Our citizen soldiers were arrested and imprisoned.
State property was seized and confiscated without warrant of law; private
citizens were insecure in their persons and property; the writ of habeas
corpus had been nullified, and the brave judges who had attempted to protect by it the liberties of the citizens had been insulted and threatened, and
a tyrant President, reveling in unbounded powers, had crowned all these
acts of unconstitutional aggression by declaring war against a number of
the States composing the former Union. Since your adjournment these
wrongs and injuries have ripened into a war against our people, waged
with unusual and unrelenting ferocity, and on the largest scale.
It is in vain to hope for a restoration of amicable relations between
Missouri and the other United States of America under the same government, and it is not desirable if it could be accomplished.
It is idle to speak of preserving the mere paper bonds of union with a
government whose licentious rulers have cut into shreds all other bonds between us. While insult and injury have been heaped upon us by the United
States Government until they were no longer endurable, it gives me pleasure
to call your attention to the sympathy manifested towards us by the Confederate States of America in the act of their Congress, a copy of which




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I herewith submit, and in the aid in men, arms and munitions of war supplied by their President to the citizens of Missouri, struggling for their
liberties. In view of these facts, I beg leave to recommend to you the
passage
1st. Of an ordinance dissolving all political connection between the
State of Missouri and the United States of America.
2d. Of an act of provisional union with the Confederate States of
America.
3d. The appointment of three commissioners to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America.
4th. The passage of a law authorizing the Executive of the State to
cause an election to be held for the election of Senators and Representatives to the Confederate States of America, as early as practicable after
the State of Missouri shall be admitted as a member of said Confederate
States, and providing in said law the mode and manner that the citizens of
the State who may, at the time of such election, belong to the army, can
cast their votes for Representatives.
5th. The passage of an act empowering your Executive to cause to be
engraved, and from time to time to issue, over his signature as Governor,
bonds of the State of Missouri, not exceeding    dollars, in such sums
and of such denominations as the public welfare may require.
Before closing this communication, gentlemen, I cannot refrain from
congratulating you and the people of our State upon the glorious victories
which have crowned our arms since your last adjournment. At Carthage,
at Springfield, at Fort Scott and at Lexington, the brave soldiers of Missouri, led on by gallant generals, met the well appointed, well armed hordes
of the enemy, and gained signal victories.
Their deeds have crowned them with imperishable renown. No soldiers
upon this continent rank above them.
With such soldiers and a just cause we cannot fail of achieving our
liberties.
In referring to our victories it is due to the brave men and gallant
leaders of the Confederate and Arkansas army, to express our grateful
acknowledgment of their gallant and efficient aid at the battle of Springfield.
No troops ever fought more gallantly, or with better success.
God's protecting providence has been over us in all our past struggles.
Let us devoutly return thanks for his protection and fervently implore its
continuance.
C. F. JACKSON, Governor.
NEOSHO, Mo., October 28, 1861.
On leave, Mr. Goodlett introduced a bill entitled
An act to dissolve the political connection of the State of Missouri
with the United States of America;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second and third
time and passed.  All the Senators voting in the affirmative except Mr.
Hardin.
On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M.




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EVENING SESSION.
The Serate met pursuant to adjournment.
On motion of Mr. Peyton, it was
Resolved, That the House be requested to return to the Senate a bill
entitled an act to dissolve the political connection of the State of Missouri
with the United States of America.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
AMR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that a bill of the following title has passed the House:
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State
of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved.
The House herewith returns, as requested by the Senate, a bill entitled
An act to dissolve the political connection of the State of Missouri with
the United States of America.
On motion of Mr. Peyton, the vote of the Senate on the passage of the
bill entitled "an act to dissolve the political connection of the State of
Missouri with the United States of America," was reconsidered.
And, on the further motion of Mr. Peyton, the vote of the Senate
ordering the bill to a third reading was reconsidered, when, by general
consent, the bill was passed over informally.
On motion of Mr. Parsons, House bill entitled
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State
of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved,
Was taken up, read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time,
when Mr. Parsons offered th'e following amendment:
Amend by striking out all between the word "therefore," in the eighteenth line, and the word "that," in the twentieth line, and inserting in lieu
thereof "be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri."
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Parsons moved that the following amendment be added at the end
of the bill:
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Lyday offered the following amendment to the bill:
Strike out the word "ordinance," where it occurs in the title of the
bill, and insert the word "act" in lieu thereof.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
When, on motion of Mr. Parsons, the rules were suspended, the bill was
read a third time and passed.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:




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MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that the House has concurred in Senate amendments to
House bill entitled
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State
of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved.
Bills of the following titles have been introduced into the House and
passed:
An act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri;
An act ratifying the Constitution for the Provisional Government of
the Confederate States of America.
Mr. Rains called up House bill entitled
An act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri;
Which was read a first time, rules suspended, and read a second time,
when Mr. Thompson moved to amend the bill by filling blank in section
four with the words "H. W. Lyday."
Which amendment was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Hardin moved to amend the bill as follows:
Strike out all in section eleven, after the words "due the State."
Which was read a first and second time and disagreed to.
When, on motion of Mr. Rains, the rules were suspended, the bill was
read a third time and passed.
Mr. Goodlett called up House bill entitled
An act ratifying the Constitution for the Provisional Government of
the Confederate States of America;
Which was read a first time, rules suspended, read a second and third
time and passed.
On leave, Mr. Parsons offered the following resolution:
Resolved by the Senate, the house of Representatives concurring
therein: That when the General Assembly adjourns this day, it will adjourn to meet at Cassville, in Barry county, on Thursday, October 31st,
1861.
Which was read a first time, rules suspended, read a second and third
time and( passed.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The House has adopted Senate concurrent resolution
adjourning the Legislature to Cassville, Barry county, Missouri.
On motion of Mi'. Goodlett,
The Senate took a recess until 7 o'clock to-night.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.




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Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The House has reconsidered the vote adopting Senate concurrent resolution on adjournment to Cassville, and amended the
same by striking out "to-day," and inserting "to-morrow," in 4th line of
said resolution.
On motion of Mr. Parsons, IHouse amendment to Senate concurrent
resolution on adjourning to Cassville, was read a first time, rules suspended, read a second time and concurred in.
When, on motion of Mr. Parsons,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning, 8 o'clock.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The Speaker of the House of Representatives has
signed House enrolled bills of the following titles:
An act declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State
of Missouri and the United States of America dissolved;
An act ratifying the Constitution for the Provisional Government of
the Confederate States of America;
An act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri.
On motion of Mr. Lyday,
The Senate adjourned.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to resolution of adjournment, at the Court
House in the town of Cassville, Barry county, and was called to order by
the President pro tem.




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On leave, Mr. Thompson introduced a bill entitled
An act regulating the mileage of the members of the General Assembly;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time, when
Mr. Parsons moved to amend the bill by adding after the word " session,"
in the third line of section one, the following: "excepting Senators and
Representatives who hold commissions in the Missouri State Guard."
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time, when
AMr. Parsons offered the following amendment as a substitute:
Amend by adding an additional section:
No member of either house, who is a commissioned officer in the Missouri State Guard, shall be allowed any mileage for the present session.
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time and
agreed to.
The rule was further suspended and the bill was read a third time and
passed, as amended.
By consent of the Senate, Mr. Goodlett offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the House be requested to send back to the Senate a
bill entitled "an act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri."
Which was read and agreed to.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the IHouse of Representatives to
return to the Senate House enrolled bill of the following title, as requested
by Senate resolution of this date, "an act to provide for the defense of
the State of Missouri."
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, House enrolled bill entitled
An act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri,
Was taken up, and, on his motion, the vote on the passage of the bill
was reconsidered, and, on his further motion, the vote ordering the bill to
a third reading was reconsidered, and, on motion of Mr. Parsons, the bill
was referred to a select committee of three.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Goodlett, Thompson and Peyton upon said
committee.
On motion of Mr. Thompson, Mr. Lyday was added to the committee.
On motion of Mr. Lyday,
The Senate adjourned until 3 o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.




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Message from the IHouse of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that the House has passed a substitute of the same title
for Senate bill entitled "an act regulating the mileage of members of the
Legislature."
Mr. Hyer called up House substitute for Senate bill entitled
An act regulating the mileage of members of the Legislature;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time, when
Mr. Peyton moved to amend the bill by adding an additional section, as
follows:
SECTION —. NO officer of the Missouri State Guard, or member of the
army in the field, shall be entitled to or receive any amount of mileage
whatever, under the provisions of this bill.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The rules were further suspended, the bill read a third time and
passed, as amended.
On leave, Mr. Goodlett introduced a bill entitled
An act reducing the salaries of certain officers and abolishing the office
of assistant bank commissioner and board of public works;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time, when,
On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The House of Representatives has refused to concur
in Senate amendment to the House substitute for Senate bill regulating
the mileage of members of the Legislature.
The question being on ordering a third reading of Senate bill entitled
An act reducing the salaries of certain officers and abolishing the office
of assistant bank commissioner and the board of public works,
By general consent of the Senate, Mr. Goodlett offered as a substitute
therefor a bill entitled                            /
An act reducing the salaries of certain officers during the war and
abolishing the office of assistant bank commissioner and board of public
works, and other purposes.




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Mr. Thompson moved to amend the bill by striking out in section one
the words "St. Louis Court of Common Pleas."
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The bill was then read a third time and passed, as amended.
Mr. Goodlett, from the select committee to whom was referred House
bill entitled "an act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri,"
reported the same back to the Senate for their action, the committee having failed to agree.
Mr. Goodlett introduced as a substitute therefor a bill of the same
title;
Which was read a first and second time, when Mr. Thompson moved to
amend by striking out the ninth section of the substitute and inserting in
lieu thereof as follows:
SECTION 9. The bonds issued by virtue of this act shall be legally receivable in payment of all taxes and debts due the State, and shall constitute a legal tender for all debts due or owing by or from any citizen of this
State.
Which amendment was read a first and second time and agreed to, all
the Senators voting in the affirmative except Mr. Hardin, who voted in the
negative.
Mr. Goodlett offered the following amendment to the substitute:
Amend by striking out the 14th section and inserting in lieu thereof as
follows:
Sec. 14. The offices of Auditor of Public Accounts and State Treasurer are hereby declared vacant, and the Governor is hereby authorized to
appoint an Auditor of Public Accounts and Treasurer, who shall give
bond as now required by law, and who shall hold their offices until the
next regular election for Auditor and Treasurer.
Which amendment was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The question then being on agreeing to the substitute, as amended, it
was agreed to.
The rule was suspended, the bill read a third time and passed, all the
Senators voting in the affirmative except Mr. Hardin, who voted in the
n egative.
On motion of Mr. Rains,
The Senate adjourned until 3 o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.




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On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that Senate bill entitled " an act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri," has been amended in the House and
passed.
Mr. Goodlett called up Senate substitute for House bill entitled " an
act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri," which had been
amended in the House.
House amendment No. 1 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second andthird time and concurred in.
House amendment No. 2 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second time, when Mr. Thompson moved to amend the amendment by
adding after the word " State," in the third line of section 9, as follows:
"' And shall be a legal tender to any claim or demand of any bank in this
State; and in case a tender of such bonds shall be made in payment of any
claim or demand of any creditor other than a bank, and the same shall not
be taken as a payment, then no final judgment shall be rendered on such
claim or demand for two years after the date of such tender."
Which was read a first and second time, and, by general consent of
the Senate, passed over.
House amendment No. 3 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second and third time and concurred in.
House amendment No. 4 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second and third time and disagreed to.
House amendment No. 5 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second and third timQ and concurred in.
By general consent of the Senate the further consideration of the bill
and amendments was passed over.
On leave, Mr. Thompson introduced a bill entitled
An act suspending certain powers of certain courts and judicial officers;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second and third
time and passed.




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On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk
MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that the Speaker of the Hpouse has signed House enrolled
bill entitled "an act regulating mileage of members of the present extraordinary session of the General Assembly."
On leave, Mr. Parsons introduced a bill entitled
An act to encourage the reinlistment of the Missouri State Guard and
for other purposes;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second and third
time and passed.
By consent of the Senate, Mr. Goodlett offered. the following resolution:
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring
therein, That Senators and members of the House be requested to sign a
copy of the rolls of the acts of secession and of annexation, and the same
be filed by the Secretary of the Senate in the office of the Secretary of
State.
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second and third
time and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett,
The Senate adjourned until Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.




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Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
Ma. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that a bill of the following title has been introduced into
the House and passed:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
support and government of the military forces of the State of Missouri,
approved May 14, 1861.
A bill of the following title has been introduced into the IHouse:
An act to provide for holding an election for Representatives to the
Congress of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes.
The following bills have been introduced into the House and indefinitely
postponed:
An act to establish a general drill department in the army of the Missouri State Guard, and for other purposes;
An act to amend an act entitled an act for the organization, government and support of the military forces of the State.
The following Senate bill has been indefinitely postponed in the
House:
An act reducing the salaries of certain officers, abolishing the office of
assistant bank commissioner, board of public works, and for other purposes.
The President of the Senate laid before the Senate the following communication from the Governor:
CASSYILLE, Mo,, November 4, 1861.
To the President of the Senate:
SIR: Since your last session I have appointed Sterling Price Major
General of Missouri State Guards, and have also appointed the following
named gentlemen brigadier generals of same, viz: N. W. Watkins in the
first division; Thomas A. Harris in the second division; John B. Clark in
the third division;  W. Y. Slack in the fourth division; A. E. Steen in the
fifth division; M. M. Parsons in the sixth division; J. H. McBride in the
seventh division; James S. Rains in the eighth division; and very respectfully ask the advice and consent of the Senate to the same.
Respectfully,
C. F. JACKSON.
The further consideration of Senate substitute for House bill entitled
"an act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri," which had
been amended in the House, was resumed.
The question being on agreeing to Mr. Thompson's amendment to the
House amendment.
Mr. Thompson offered the following as a substitute, to come in after the
word "State," in the third line of section nine, as follows: "and shall
be a legal tender to any claim or demand of any bank or private banker
in this State."
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The House amendment, as amended, was read a third time and concurred in.
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Mr. Goodlett called up House bill entitled
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
support and government of the military forces of the State of Missouri,
approved May 14, 1861;
Which was read the first time, rule suspended, read a second time,
when Mr. Goodlett moved to amend the bill by striking out the first
section and inserting in lieu thereof as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Major General commanding the Missouri State
Guard is hereby authorized to appoint the following named officers:
PERSONAL STAFF.
Two aids-de-camp, with the rank of colonel.
One military secretary, with the rank of major.
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY.
One assistant adjutant general, with the rank of colonel.
One assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major.
One assistant adjutant general, with the rank of captain.
One quartermaster general, with the rank of colonel.
One assistant quartermaster general, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel.
One assistant quartermaster general, with the rank of major.
As many assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain, as may be
necessary.
One commissary general of subsistence, with rank of colonel.
One assistant commissary general of subsistence, with rank of lieutenant colonel.
One assistant commissary general of subsistence, with rank of major.
As many assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain, as may be
necessary.
One inspector general, with rank of colonel.
One judge advocate general, with rank of colonel.
One surgeon general, with rank of colonel.
One surgeon, with rank of lieutenant colonel.
As many assistant surgeons, with the rank of captain, as may be
necessary.
One chief of ordnance, with the rank of colonel.
One lieutenant colonel of ordnance.
One major of ordnance.
Nine captains of ordnance; one to be assigned to each division.
One military storekeeper, with the rank of captain, to take charge
(under the direction of the quartermaster general) of the clothing bureau.
Which amendment was read the first and second time, when, on motion of Mr. Peyton, the bill and amendment was referred to a select committee of three.
The President appointed on said committee Messrs. Peyton, Thompson
and Lyday.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The House of Representatives recedes from the
amendment offered by Mr. Conrow and disagreed to by the Senate, and




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adheres to the amendment offered by Mr. Harris of Marion to the Senate
bill entitled "an act to provide for the defease of the State of Missouri."
Mr. Lyday called up Senate substitute for House bill entitled "an
act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri," and moved that
the Senate recede from their amendment to the House amendment to section
nine of the bill.
When Mr. Thompson moved that the further consideration of the motion of Mr. Lyday be passed over for the present.
Which motion was disagreed to.
The question then being on agreeing to Mr. Lyday's motion, it was
agreed to; all the Senators voting in the affirmative except Messrs.
Thompson, Peyton and Vernon, who voted in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the Senate went into secret session on the
Governor's message.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the appointment of Major General Sterling,
Price, Brigadier Generals N. WV. Watkins, of the first division; Thos. S.
Harris, of the second division; John B. Clark, of the third division; W.
Y. Slack, of the fourth division; A. E. Steen, of the fifth division; M. M.
Parsons, of the sixth division; Jas. 1I. McBride, of the seventh division,
and James S. Rains, of the eighth division, all of the Missouri State
Guards, was confirmed.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the secret session was dissolved.
On motion of Mr. Byrne,
The Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock, r. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
By consent of the Senate, Mr. Goodlett offered the following concurrent
resolution:
Joint resolution of thanks to officers and troops engaged in the several
battles in Missouri.
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring
therein: That the thanks of the State of Missouri are hereby cordially given
to Governor C. F. Jackson and Brigadier Generals Parsons, Clark, Slack
and Rains, and the officers and troops under their command, for the signal services rendered and the victory obtained by them at the battle of
Carthage; to Major General Price and Brigadier Generals Parsons, Rains,
Slack, Clark, McBride and Steen, and the officers and troops of the Mis



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souri State Guard under their command, and to Brigadier General McCulloch, and the officers and troops of the Confederate States under their
command, for their gallant and signal services and victory obtained by
them in the battle of Springfield.
To Major General Price and Generals Parsons, Harris, McBride,
Rains, Steen and Colonel Reeves, commanding Slack's division, and Colonel
Cargrave Jackson, comnmanding Clark's division, and the officers and troops
under their command, for their successful and most brilliant victory at
Lexington.
To General M. Jeff. Thompson, and the officers,and troops under his
command, for their distinguished and gallant services and courage, as displayed at Big River and Fredericktown, and it is the opinion of this Leg.
islature, that the gratitude of the whole people of Missouri is due to those
who have so signally served their country, and that the foregoing resolutions be made known in appropriate general order by the generals in commaand, and a copy thereof sent to Brigadier General McCulloch.
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second and third
time and passed.
Mr. Lyday offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Accounts be instructed to audit and
allow to members of the Senate the usual per diem for each day, from the
day of meeting of the General Assembly until the adjournment thereof,
both days inclusive.
Which was read.
When Mr. Hardin moved to amend by adding as follows: "but the law
should not be so construed to allow mileage to members and officers from
Neosho to Cassville."
Which was read and disagreed to.
The question then being on agreeing to the resolution, it was agreed to
by consent of the Senate.
Mr. Peyton offered a memorial from certain citizens of Kansas, which,
n his motion, was referred to a special committee.
The President appointed Messrs. Peyton, Lyday and Goodlett.
On motion of Mr. Peyton, Messrs. Thompson and Hardin were added
to the committee.
On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1861.
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Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MIR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that a bill of the following title has been introduced into
the House:
An act to create a board of commissioners to assess damages committed
by members of the Missouri State Guard, and for other purposes.
MR. PRESIDENT: The Speaker of the House has signed Senate enrolled
bill entitled "an act to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri."
Senate joint resolution of thanks to officers and troops engaged in the
several battles in Missouri has been amended in the House and passed.
Senate joint resolution in reference to signing the rolls of the acts of separation and annexation has been indefinitely postponed in the House.
The following joint resolution has passed the House:
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring
therein: That this General Assembly shall adjourn on the fifth day of
November, sine die, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. Peyton, from select committee to whom was referred House bill
entitled "an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization, support and government of the military forces of the State of Missouri," approved May 14th, 1861, reported the same back to the Senate
with the following amendment, and recommended its passage as amended:
Amend by striking out section one of the bill and inserting in lieu
thereof, as follows:
SECTION ONE, (1.) That the Major General commanding the Missouri
State Guard shall be authorized to appoint upon his personal staff the following named officers: two Aids-de-Camp, with the rank of Colonel; one
Adjutant General, with the rank of Colonel; two Assistant Adjutant Generals, the first assistant with the rank of Major, and the second with the
rank of Captain, and one Military Secretary, with the rank of Major.
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time and
agreed to, all the Senators voting in the affirmative except Mr. Goodlett,
who voted in the negative.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The following bill has passed the House of Representatives:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
government and support of the military forces of the State of Missouri,
approved May 14, 1861.
The further consideration of the bill under consideration was passed
over.
On motion of Mr. Lyday, two thousand copies of the act of the Confederate Congress entitled "an act to perpetuate testimony in case of slaves
abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted
or destroyed by them," was ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate,
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The further consideration of the military bill was resumed.
Mr. Goodlctt moved to amend section 24 of the bill by strikingout the
first clause of said section down to the word "army," in second line, and
inserting in lieu thereof "any commissioned officer who shall be found drunk
on the battle field, in the hospital or camp, or within three miles of said
camp or hospital, shall be cashiered."
Which was read a fii st and second time and withdrawn.
Mr. Goodlett moved to amend, by way of new section, as follows:
SECTION -. The Governor, Major General and the several brigadier
generals of the Missouri State Guard, shall have the power to remove any
aid or other officer now in office or hereafter to be appointed by them respectively.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Peyton moved to amend by additional section, as follows:
SECTION -. The Governor shall have the power and is hereby authorized to appoint one chief of ordnance, with the rank of colonel, and two
assistants, the first with the rank of major, and the other with the rank
of captain; one inspector general, with the rank of colonel; one judge
advocate general, with the rank of colonel, and one assistant, with the
rank of lieutenant colonel; one commissary general, with the rank of
colonel, and five assistants, the first named with the rank of major, and
the others each with the rank of captain; one chaplain, with the rank of
major; one surgeon general, with the rank of colonel; one assistant surgeon general, with the rank of major; one paymaster general, with the
raik of colonel; one military storekeeper, with the rank of captain, who
shall take charge (under the direction of the quartermaster general) of the
clothing bureau; and the Governor shall further have the power, and it is
hereby made his duty to displace, whenever in his opinion it becomes necessary, any one of the officers who shall be appointed under this section.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Peyton moved to amend, by way of additional section:
SECTION —. The brigadier generals of each division shall have the
power, and they are each hereby authorized to appoint, for their respective
divisions, one chief of ordnance, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and
one assistant, with the rank of captain.
Which was read the first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Peyton moved to amend by striking out of section two all after the
word "captains," in fourteenth line.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The President laid before the Senate the following communication from
the Governor:
*                                   CASSVILLE, November 5, 1861.
To the President of the Senate:
SIR: I have this day approved and signed Senate bill entitled "an act
to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri."
Respectfully,
C. F. JACKSON.
On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M.




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EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
The President announced the further consideration of the military bill
to be in order.
Mr. Goodlett moved to amend by additional section, as follows:
SECTION -. That the members of Major General Price's staff, and the
officers of ordnance appointed by him, and the several brigadier generals
of the Missouri State Guard, are hereby authorized to have such pay and
emoluments allowed them as officers of the same grade will be entitled to
under the provisions of this bill.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Hardin moved to amend, by way of new section, as follows:
SECTION -. The board of commissioners, authorized by law to issue
defense bonds, are hereby authorized to allow to the owner, or if he be
dead, to his representatives, of any horse lost in battle in the service of
the State by any incident thereof, the value of such horse, and shall pay
such value in defense bonds. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, noting the name of the owner, the date and amount of the allowance
and a minute abstract of the bonds delivered in payment. No allowance
shall be made except upon satisfactory evidence of the correctness of the
claim, and all applications for allowance shall be supported by the affidavit
of the owner, if living, and if dead, of his representatives, and all evidence shall be by affidavit and authenticated by some judicial officer or
justice of the peace to the effect that the affiant is personally known to him
to be entitled to credit.  The application and all affidavits shall be preserved by the commissioners. No oral testimony shall be received by the
commissioners, nor shall the application of the owner or his representative
be taken to be evidence.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
Mr. Hardin. moved to amend the bill by adding new section:
SECTION -. The Major General shall appoint a "medical board" of
three persons of habitual sobriety, and learned in the profession of surgery
and medicines, whose duty it shall be to grant a certificate of qualification
to any person desiring an appointment in the army as surgeon or assistant
surgeon; but no person shall be granted a certificate who shall not have
successfully stood a rigid examination before said board, and have the same
requisite qualifications in all respects as a member of said board is required
by this section.
No person shall be appointed a surgeon or assistant surgeon in the army
who has not obtained such a certificate from  said medical board.  The
Major Gen:ral shall have power to remove at discretion any member of said
board. Each member of said board shall have the rank and emoluments
of a colonel in the army, and when not engaged in his duties as a memberof the board he shall discharge any other duty pertaining to his profession
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assistant shall be appointed to a regiment of three hundred men and upward, but he shall have no assistant when the regiment contains a less
number of men than three hundred. Should any regiment be reduced to a
less number of men than three hundred, then the office of assistant surgeon for that regiment shall be vacated, nor shall it again be filled till the
regiment shall be recruited to the number of three hundred men.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The bill was then read a third time and passed, as amended.
On motion of Mr. IIardin, it was
Resolved, That the Major General be requested to furnish the Senate
a copy of the joint resolution to the people of the State, of himself and the
Major General of the Federal army.
Senate joint resolution of thanks, which had been amended in the
House, was taken up.
House amendment No. 1 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second and third time and concurred in.
House amendment No. 2 was read a first time, rule suspended, read a
second time, when Mr. Thompson moved to amend the amendment by adding after the word " Saunders," the word "Boyd."
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The amendment, as amended, was then read a third time and concurred
in.
On motion of Mr. Lyday,
The Senate went into secret session.
After some time spent therein, the secret session was dissolved, and,
On motion of Mr. Thompson,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Goodlett called up House bill entitled
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
government and support of the military forces of the State of Missouri;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time, when
1Mr. Lyday moved to amend by striking out the House amendment offered
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Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The bill was then read a third time and disagreed to.
On motion of Mr. Lyday,
The Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Goodlett offered the following resolution:
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring
therein: That when both houses of the General Assembly adjourn this day
they adjourn to meet in Pineville, in McDonald county, on Saturday, the 9th
day of November.
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time and
passed.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: Senate concurrent resolution adjourning to Pineville
has been disagreed to in the House.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1861.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives,- by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:




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MR. PRESIDENT: The House of Representatives has disagreed to Senate amendments to House bill entitled " an act to amend an act entitled an
act to provide for the organization, support and government of the military
forces of the State of Missouri, approved May 14, 1861."
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the Senate adhered to their amendments to
House bill entitled
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
support and government of the military forces of the State of Missouri, approved May 14, 1861.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the President appointed a conference committee of three to act with a House committee in relation to the military bill,
designated as follows: Messrs. Hardin, Parsons and Goodlett.
Message from the House, by Mr. Wright, Assistant Clerk:
MaR. PRESIDENT: The Speaker of the House has appointed, by request
of the Senate, Messrs. Vest, Ballou and Harris of Marion, to act with
Senate conference committee in considering House bill entitled "an act to
amend an act entitled an act to provide for the government, organization
and support of the military forces of the State of Missouri, approved May
14, 1861."
A bill of the following title has passed the House:
An act to provide for holding an election for Representatives to the
Congress of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes.
On motion of Mr. Rains, Mr. Byrne was added to the Committee on
Accounts.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Wright, Assistant
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to
inform the Senate that a bill of the following title has been introduced
into the House and passed: " an act to pay volunteers of the Missouri
State Guard, and for other purposes."
Senate bill of the following title has passed the House:
An act to encourage the reinlistment of the Missouri State Guard, and
for other purposes.
Mr. Lyday called up house bill entitled
An act to provide for the holding an election for Representatives to
the Congress of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time, when
Mr. Lyday moved to amend the bill by striking out section five of the
bill and inserting in fifth line of section four, after the word " seventh,"
the words "and John B. Clark and R. L. Y. Peyton from the State at
large."
Which was read a first and second time and disagreed to.
The question then being on suspending the rule that the bill might
be read a third time now, it was disagreed to.
House bill entitled
An act to pay the volunteers of the Missouri State Guards, and for
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Was taken up, read a first time, rule suspended, read a second time.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: A bill of the following title has passed the House
of Representatives: "an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for
the organization, government and support of the military forces of the
State of Missouri," approved May 14, 1861.
The following resolution has passed the House:
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the Senate be requested to return to the HIouse hIouse bill entitled "an act to amend an
act entitled an act to provide for the organization, government and support of the military forces of the State of Missouri," approved May 14,
1861.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, the request of the House of Representatives was granted.
On motion of Mr. Parsons,
The Senate adjourned until I o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Wright, Assistant
Clerk:
Ma. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House to inform the Senate
that the Speaker of the House has signed Senate enrolled bill entitled "an
act to encourage the reinlistment of the Missouri State Guards, and for
other purposes."
A bill of the following title has passed the touse:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
support and government of the military forces of the State of Missouri.
Mr. Parsons moved to reconsider the vote disagreeing to the motion to
suspend the rule that House bill entitled "an act to pi ovide for holding an
election for Representatives to the Congress of the Confederate States of
America, and for other purposes," might be read a third time now.
Which motion was agreed to, all the Senators voting in the affirmative,
except Mr. Rains, who voted in the negative.
Mr. Parsons moved to amend the bill by striking out the name of
"Edward C. Cabbell," wherever it occurs in the bill, and inserting the
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Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The bill was then read a third time and passed, as amended.
Mr. Goodlett called up House bill entitled "an act to amend an act
entitled an act to provide for the organization, government andl support
of the military forces of the State of Missouri," approved May 14, 1861;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, read a second and third
time and passed.
Message from  the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Clerk:
MR. PRESIDENT: The following resolution has passed the House of
Representatives:
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring
therein, That when both houses adjourn to-day, that they adjourn to meet
at the town of Pineville, in the county of McDonald, on the ninth day of
November, 1861.
Mr. Goodlett called up House concurrent resolution to adjourn to Pineville;
Which was read a first time, rule suspended, when Mr. Goodlett offered
the following substitute:
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatiives concurring
therein, That when both houses adjourn this day, they adjourn to meet at
New Madrid, on the first Monday in IMarch next.
Which was read a first and second time and agreed to.
The resolution, as substituted, was then read a third time and agreed
to.
On motion of Mr. Byrne, Mr. Rains was added to the Committee on
Accounts.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett, Mr. Rains was allowed the privilege of entering his protest upon the journal at some future day against the passage
of the House bill entitled " an act to provide for holding an election for
Representatives to the Congress of the Confederate States of America,
and for other purposes."
Mr. Goodlett called up House bill entitled "an act to pay volunteers
of the Missouri State Guard, and for other purposes," which had been
previously read the first and second time.
The bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Goodlett offered the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, We have learned with most profound regret of the death of
the Hon. Benjamin J. Brown, Senator from Ray, and Colonel of the Missouri State Guard, while gallantly engaged in the thickest of the fight, in
the defense of our State, in the ever glorious victory achieved in the battle
of Springfield; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate, in the death of the deceased, has lost one
of its most effieient and honorable members; our State a brave and chivalrous soldier; society an accomplished gentleman and useful citizen, and
his family an affectionate husband and father.




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Resolved, That in token of respect of the deceased, the members of the
Senate will wear the usual badges of mourning for thirty days.
Resobed, That the Secretary of the Senate be required to transmit a
copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased, with whom we
deeply sympathize in their sad and sudden bereavement, and that he
spread the same upon the journal of the Senate.
Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Murray, Chief
Chief:
MR. PRESIDENT: The Speaker of the House of Representatives has
signed House enrolled bills of the following titles:
An act to pay volunteers of the Missouri State Guard, and for other
purposes;
An act to provide for holding an election for Representatives to the
Congress of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes;
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the organization,
support and government of the military forces of the State of Missouri,
approved May 14, 1861.
MIessage from the Governor:
CASSVILLE, Mo., November 7, 1861.
To the President qf the Senate:
SIR: I have this day alproved and signed Senate bill of the following
title:
An act to encourage the reinlistment of the Missouri State Guard, and
for other purposes.
Respectfully,
C. F. JACKSON.
On motion of Mr. Goodlett,
The Senate adjourned.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary.
MILES VERNON, President pro tern.




APP ENDIX.
LETTER FROM  D. M. FROST.
ST. Louis, M1o., January 24, 1861.:Iis _Excellency, C:. F. Jackson, Governor of Missouri:
DEAR SIR: I have just returned from the Arsenal, where I have had
an interview with Major Bell, the commanding officer of that place. I found
the Major everything that you or I could desire. He assured me that he considered that Missouri had, whenever the time came, a rig/ht to claim it as
being upon her soil. He asserted his determination to defend it against
any and all irresponsible mobs, come from whence they- might, but at the
same time gave me to understand that he would not attempt any defense
against the proper, State authorities.
He promised me upon the honor of an officer and a gentleman that he
would not suffer any arms to be removed from the place without first giving me timely information, and I in return promised him that I would use
all the force at my command to prevent him being annoyed by irresponsible persons.
I at the same time gave him notice that if affairs assumed so threatening a character as to render it unsafe to leave the place in its comparatively unprotected condition, that I might come down and quarter a proper
force there to protect it from the assaults of any persons whatsoever, to
which he assented. In a word, the Major is with us, where he ought to be,
for all his worldly wealth lies here in St. Louis, (and it is'very large) and
then, again, his sympathies are with us.
I shall therefore rest perfectly easy, and use all my influence to stop
the sensationists from attracting'the particular at'ention of the government to this particular spot. The telegraphs you received were the sheerest
" canards" of persons who, without discretion, are extremely anxious
to show their zeal. I shall be thoroughly prepared with the proper force
to act as emergency may require.  The use of force will only be resorted
to when nothing else will avail to prevent the shipment or removal of the
arms.
The Iajor informed me that he had arms for forty thousand men, with
all the appliances to manufacture munitions of almost every kind.
This Arsenal, if properly looked after, will be everything to our State,
and I intend to look after it, very quietly, however.  I have every confidence in the word of honor pledged to me by the Major, and would as soon
think of doubting the oath of the best man in the community.
His idea is that it would be disgraceful to him as a military man to surrender to a mob, whilst he could do so, without compromising his dignity, to




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the State authorities. Of course I did not show him your order, but I informed him that you had authorized me to act as I might think proper to
protect the public property.
I-Ie desired that I would not divulge his peculiar views, which I promised
not to do, except to yourself. I beg, therefore, that you will say nothing
that might compromise him eventually with the general government,
for thereby I would be placed in an awkward position, whilst he would
probably be removed, which would be unpleasant to our interests.
Grimsley, as you doubtless know, is an unconscionable jackass, and only
desires to make himself notorious. It was through him that McLaren and
George made the mistake of telegraphing a falsehood to you.
I should be pleased to hear whether you approve.of the course I have
adopted, and if not, I am ready to take any other that you, as my commander, may suggest. I am, sir, most truly,
Your obedient servant,
D. M, FROST.
LETTER FROM A. W. DONIPHAN.
LIBERTY, May 23, 1861.
Honorable CU.. Jackson, Governor of Missouri:
DEAR SIR: A few days since Major Modin placed in my hands a commission as Brigadier General of this (5th) Military Division of this State.
iXot having at the time a complete copy of the law for organizing the military forces of the State, which was absolutely necessary in order to determine the labor incident to such organization in this district, I find the labor
great, the annoyance still greater, the emoluments nothing, and no hope
of honor, or even fear of failure, to stimulate military ambition, as I now
see, by this evening's mail, our relations have been so adjusted as to promise entire peace in the future; therefore, all this labor can be performed by
some younger man, as the position of brigadier general in the militia, on
the peace establishment, has nothing even of novelty to me, as I performed
all its duties when twenty-seven years old. I most sincerely return my
thanks for the honor you have done me and shall always most gratefully
remember it, yet, under all the surroundings, I most respectfully decline to
accept the honorable position tendered.
Very respectfully, yours,
A. W. DONIPHAN.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNOR.
CASSVTLLE, BARRY COUNTY, Mo., November 8, 1861.
To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:
SIR: A House bill entitled " an act to provide for holding an election
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purposes," has been presented to me for my approval.  In yielding my
assent to this bill it is due to myself that I should state the grounds upon
which it is given. This most extraordinary bill in the history of legislation, has undertaken to elect Senators and Representatives to the Confederate Congress, and my approval of such election is required. It is known
to every one that the Executive of the State, under the Constitution, has
nothing whatever to do with the election, either of Senators or Representatives. It is equally well known that the two houses of the General Assembly in making an election of Senators meet together in joint session, and hold
the election as the Constitution requires; and when it is so made the approval
or the objections of the Executive have no earthly bearing upon the subject; and it is, therefore, simply an absurdity to call upon the Executive
for his approval of a measure over which the Constitution has given him no
power whatever. It is also equally well known that the election of Representatives to the Confederate Congress belongs exclusively to the people in
their respective congressional districts, and when made by the people, in
accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State, neither the Legislative nor the Executive branch of the government can set it aside or give
it any additional force by their approval. So far as this bill undertakes,
by mere ordinary enactment, each house acting separately and independently of the other, to elect Senators and Representatives to the Confederate Congress, it is, in my judgment, a mere nullity, having no force
or effect, except to place the State in a false and ludicrous position
before the world. In this respect this bill is highly objectionable in my
estimation, while at the same time its constitutionality, touching these
provisions, may well be questioned.
But with all my objections to these provisions of the bill, there are others in it of a character so important to the best interests of the State, that
I have affixed my signature to it. The provisions of the bill relating to
the appointment of commissioners or deputies to the Provisional Congress,
and to the election of Representatives to the Confederate Congress by the
people, have my hearty assent, and are of themselves so important that I
have deemed it my duty, under all the circumstances surrounding us, to
give the bill my approval.
I-Iad time allowed for a reconsideration of the bill I should, most certainly, have withheld my assent.
I ask that this document be spread upon your journal.
Respectfully,
C. F. JACKSON.
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, We have learned with the most profound regret of the
death of the Hon. A. J. Austin, member of this House from  Livingston




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county, and Lieutenant Colonel in the Missouri State Guard, while nobly
battling in the defense of our beloved State and her institutions in the ever
memorable battle of Springfield, against a ruthless and despotic foe; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this House, in the death of the deceased, has lost
an honorable and useful member, our State a brave and gallant soldier, society a useful and accomplished citizen, and his family an affectionate
husband and father.
Resolved, That in token of respect for the deceased the members and
officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be required to transmit a copy
of these resolutions to the family of the deceased, with whom we deeply
sympathize in their sudden bereavement, and that he spread the same upon
the journal of the House.
RICHARDSON of Linn.
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MISCELLANEOUS ACTS.
AN ACT regulating mileage of members to the present extraordinary session of the General Assembly.
Be it enacted by the General Adssembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. That the Committee on Accounts be instructed to audit and allow
to each member and officer in attendance upon this session of the General
Assembly twelve and a half cents per mile for each mile actually traveled
by such member or officer in coming to and returning from the place of
meeting of this General Assembly to his home.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Read first and second time and amended, read a third time and passed, October 31,
1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary of the Senate.
AN ACT to provide for the defense of the State of Missouri.
Be it enacted by the General assembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. The sum of ten millions of dollars is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the treasury or which may hereafter be paid into the treasury
for the purpose of repelling invasion and sustaining the State in her efforts
to maintain her sovereignty.
~ 2. That bonds to the amount hereby appropriated, to be denominated
Defense Bonds, shall be issued, payable in three, five and seven years, and
shall be receivable in payment of all dues.
~ 3. Said bonds shall be issued in sums of not less than one and not
greater than five hundred dollars; and all bonds of five dollars and upwards shall bear interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum from their
issue.
~ 4. That William Shields, Thomas II. Murray and Henry W. Lydayp
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of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of
the duties of their respective offices, which said bonds shall be approved by
the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
~ 5. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to issue such amount of
saidl bonds as they shall deem necessary for the defense of the State, and
cause the same to be countersigned by the Governor or Treasurer; and
said commissioners shall cause the same to be registered in a book, to be
provided and kept by them for that purpose, and they shall charge themselves with the amount thereof.
~ 6. Said commissioners shall, from time to time, pay over to the Paymaster General for the State, or other disbursing officer, upon the requisition of the Governor, such an amount of said bonds as the exigencies of the
public service may require, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which
shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, and the other
in the office of said commissioners, crediting themselves with the amount
thereof.
~ 7. Any two of said commissioners shall be authorized to act, and in
the event that any two of said commissioners shall be disqualified or refuse
to act then the Governor shall appoint some suitable person or persons to
act in their stead, who shall execute like bond as hereinbefore required.
~ 8. Said commissioners shall each receive the sum of two thousand
dollars per annum as full compensation for his services.
~ 9. The bonds issued by virtue of this act shall be legally receivable in
payment of all taxes and debts due the State.
~ 10. That all the revenue of the State of Missouri, both ordinary and
extraordinary, are hereby pledged for the payment of the bonds issued by
virtue of this act.
~ 11. Said commissioners shall have full authority to negotiate or
hypothecate any amount of said bonds for the purpose of raising funds to
defray the expenses incurred in the defense of the State.
~ 12. The Governor shall fill any vacancy which may occur in the
board of commissioners.
~ 13. The offices of Auditor of Public Accounts and State Treasurer
are hereby declared vacant, and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint an Auditor of Public Accounts and Treasurer, who shall give bond as
now required by law, and who shall hold their offices until the next regular
election for Auditor and Treasurer.
~ 14. It shall be the duty of the Quartermaster General, upon the
requisition of the board of commissioners, to furnish suitable transportation
for the purpose of transporting said bonds to this State.
~ 15. Said commissioners shall hold their offices until the first day of
January, 1863, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Read the first, second and third time and passed, November 1, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary of the Senate.




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AN ACT to encourage the reinlistment of the Missouri State Guard, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General assembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. The sum of thirteen dollars per month shall hereafter be allowed
to private soldiers in the Missouri State Guard while in active service.
Non-commissioned officers shall be allowed the like increased pay at ratio
of allowance in the regulations of the army of the United States of
America. They shall be allowed the further sum of twelve dollars per
month for the use of their horses.
~ 2. The sum of three months extra pay, at the rate of thirteen dollars
per month, shall be allowed to non-commissioned officers and privates now
in the actual service of the State who shall reinlist for the further term of
six months after the expiration of their present term of service.
~ 3. The Governor of the State of Missouri is hereby authorized to,cause commissions by brevet to issue to such officers and private soldiers
who have heretofore or shall hereafter distinguish themselves in the field.
The name of the officer or private and the rank to which he shall be
breveted to be recommended by the commander-in-chief of the forces in;the field.
This art to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Read first, second and third time and passed, November 2, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary of Senate.
AN ACT reducing the salaries of certain officers during the war and abolishing the
offices of assistant bank commissioner and board of public works, and other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the General assembly of the State o] Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. That during the existence of the war now carried on in this State,
the judges of the Supreme Court shall receive annually for their services
each twenty-five hundred dollars; the judges of the several circuit courts,
the judges of St. Louis Criminal Court and St. Louis Land Court shall
each receive for the:r services annually one thousand dollars; the State
Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts and Register of Lands each eight
hundred dollars, and the offices of clerks in the office of Register of Lands
and Auditor of Public Accounts are suspended during the war.
~ 2. All acts or parts of acts granting salaries from the State to any
judge of a Court of Common Pleas are hereby repealed, and no judge of
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~ 3. That the offices of assistant bank commissioner and board of public works, superintendent of common schools and school commissioners, be
and the same are hereby abolished.
~ 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Read first, second and third time and passed, November 1, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary of Senate.
AN ACT suspending certain powers of certain courts and judicial officers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. No court in this State nor any judicial officer or justice of the
peace shall at any time before the first day of January, 1863, render final
judgment in any civil cause or other civil proceeding whatsoever, and all
judgments rendered in violation of this act shall be invalid and void; provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to the Supreme
Court or to prevent probate courts from adjudicating claims against decedents' estates.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Read first, second and third time and passed, November 2, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary of the Senate.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the organization, government and
support of the military forces of the State of Missouri."
Be it enacted by the General assembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. The counties of Jackson, Lafayette, Cass, Johnson, Bates, Henry,
Benton, Saline, Pettis and St. Clair, are hereby detached from the:




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respective military districts to which they now belong by law, and are
hereby formed into a new military district to be known as the Tenth Military District of the State of Missouri, said new district to be governed and
regulated by the same law, and to be organized in the same manner as if
created with the original districts.
~ 2. A brigadier general shall be appointed for said district, with the
same power and duties as those of the brigadier generals already in office,
together with such other officers as may be required by the act to which
this is amendatory.
~ 3. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed.
~ 4. This act to take effect from and after its passage.
Read first, second and third time and lost, November 6, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary Senate.
AN ACT to establish a general drill department in the army of Missouri State Guard, and
for other purposes.
~ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri: That there is hereby established a department, to'be called the general drill department, during the present war, and the Governor of the
State is hereby authorized and required to appoint a general drill officer,
with the rank and all the privileges of brigadier general, the same as other
brigadier generals in the army, except a command in the line.
~ 2. Be it further enacted, It shall be the duty of the said general drill
officer to superintend the drilling of the officers of the different regiments
in the army, and also to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
Governor of the State or the commanding general, a sufficient number of
competent assistant drill officers, with the rank, pay and emoluments of
lieutenant colonel, except a command in the line.
~ 3. It shall be the duty of the said assistant drill officers to be under
the command of the general drill officer, and assist him in drilling the officers of the different regiments of the army.
~ 4. Be it further enacted, That the said general drill officer shall be
entitled to one aid-de-camp, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, the same
as other brigadier generals of the army are entitled to.
~ 5. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force
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AN ACT declaring the political ties heretofore existing between the State of Missouri and
the United States of America dissolved.
WHEREAS, The government of the United States, in the possession and
under the control of a sectional party, has wantonly violated the compact
originally made between said government and the State of Missouri, by invading with hostile armies the soil of the State, attacking and making prisoners the militia whilst legally assembled under the State laws, forcibly
occupying the State capital, and attempting, through the instrumentality
of domestic traitors, to usurp the State government, seizing and destroying
private property, and murdering with fiendish malignity peaceable citizens,
men, women and children, together with other acts of atrocity indicating a
deep settled hostility towards the people of Missouri and their institutions,
and,
WHEREAS, The present administration of the government of the United
States has utterly ignored.the Constitution, subverted the government as
constructed and intended by its makers, and established a despotic and arbitrary power instead thereof; now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General.dssembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
That all political ties of every character now existing between the government of the United States of America, and the people and government
of the State ot Missouri, are hereby dissolved, and the State of Missouri,
resuming the sovereignty granted by compact to the said United States
upon the admission of said State into the Federal Union, does again take
its place as a free and independent republic amongst the' nations of the
earth.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Read first and second time and amended. Read third time and passed, October 28, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary Senate.
AN ACT to pay Volunteers of the Missouri State Guard, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General assembly of the State of' MisSouri, as
follows 
~ 1. All persons who have joined any regularly organized company at
any time after its organization, shall be discharged at the same time said.
company may be discharged from service, and shall be entitled to receive




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pay for the time they shall have been in actual service, but this section shall
not be so construed as to disband any company, nor release any member
of such company from service in the Missouri State Guard who volunteered
to serve seven years.
~ 2. All persons, companies, battalions or regiments which have been
heretofore received into.the service of the State for any term of service, for
six months or less, who, at the time they were sworn and mustered into service were informed that they would only be required to continue in the service for six months or any less term, shall be entitled to receive pay and a full
and honorable discharge at the expiration of their term of service for which
they were sworn in.
~ 3. Any person who shall belong to the Missouri State Guard who
shall enlist in any corps of the army of the Confederate Government of
America, shall be entitled to a full discharge from the Missouri State
Guard, provided the major general, brigadier general or colonel of the regiment of the Missouri State Guard to which such person shall belong shall
assent to such enlistment.
This act shall take effect from its passage.
Read first, second and third time and passed, November 7, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary Seuate.
AN ACT to provide for holding an election for Representatives to the Congress of the
Confederate States of America, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General,fssembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. That the Governor shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and required, by proclamation, to cause an election to be held in the several Congressional Districts in the State of Missouri, on the first Monday in -,
A. D. 186-, or as soon thereafter as a full and fair expression of the will
of the people of the State can be had, for Representatives to the Congress
of the Confederate States of America, which said election shall be held
in the manner now prescribed by law, and return thereof made to His Excellency, C. F. Jackson, Governor of the State, who shall transfer the
same to B. F. Massy, Secretary of State, and the said Secretary shall issue
certificates of election to the persons entitled thereto.
~ 2. That, of the Ist;, of the 2d;,of the 3d;, of the 4th;, of the 5th; -, of the 6th;, of
the 7th Congressional District, are hereby appointed Commissioners foi




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the districts aforesaid; and      and      - are elected two Senators
for the State at large, to represent the said State in the Congress of the
Confederate States, who shall hold their office until Representatives are
duly elected and qualified to represent the State of Missouri in said Congress according to the provisions of the preceding section, and the President
and Congress of said Confederate States are hereby memorialized to admit
said Commissioners and Senators to seats in the Congress of said Confederate States, until an election shall be held in the State of Missouri for
members to said Congress.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled " an act to provide for the organization, government
and support of the military forces of the State of Missouri," approved May 14, 1861,
and other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General.qssembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. Whenever there are two or more companies of " Home Guards"
organized under the provisions of sections 168, 169 and 170 of the above
recited act in any county or adjoining counties, they may be organized, by
the consent of the commanding officers of such companies, into battalions
and regiments, according to the provisions of the above recited act, and
such battalions or regiments shall be organized with the same officers, with
like powers and authority as the officers of the "Missouri State Guard,"
and such battalions and regiments shall be under the command of the commanding officer of the district and Major General of the State.
~ 2. Any battalion or regiment of Home Guards may be compelled to
perform military duty by the commanding officer of such battalion or regiment, within the counties in which they are organized, and by the consent
of the majority of the field officers of the battalion or regiment, any where
in the district in which the same shall be organized.
~ 3. Battalions andregiments, when ordered into service by the commanding officer of the district, or Major General, shall be paid and receive
the same compensation as the Missouri State Guard, and shall be allowed
the same emoluments; but when ordered out to perform military services
by the command of the commanding officer of theobattalion or regiment,
without being so ordered by the commanding officer of the district or Major
General, no officer or soldier of such battalion or regiment shall be entitled
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to a support and subsistence, which shall be audited and paid by the counties in which such Home Guards are organized, in proportion to the value
of the taxable property of the counties in which such battalion or regiment
is organized.
~ 4. In addition to the staff officers in a battalion of the Home Guards,
there shall be appointed a surgeon of the battalion, to be appointed by the
commanding officer of such battalion.
~ 5. The quartermaster of a battalion or regiment of Home Guards
shall keep a correct account of all purchases by him made for the use of
his battalion or regiment for which a county is liable, under the provisions
of this act, and make report of the same to the'County Court of the county
liable therefor, verified by his affidavit that the same is just and correct,
according to the best of his knowledge and belief, and the County Court
of the county shall audit and allow the same and draw warrants upon the
treasury of the county therefor.
~ 6. When battalions or regiments of Home Guards are organized
under the provisions of this act, the commanding officer of such battalion or
regiment shall designate the same by some appropriate name.
~ 7. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
WHEREAS, The Congress of the Confederate States of America has, by
an act entitled " an act to aid the State of Missouri in repelling invasion
by the United States, and to' authorize the admission of said State as a
member of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes,"
enacted "that the State of Missouri shall be admitted a member of the Confederate States of America, upon an equal footing with the other States,
under the constitution for the provisional government of 4he same, upon
condition that the said constitution for the provisional government of the
Confedera'te States shall be adopted and ratified by the properly and
legally constituted authorities of said State;" now, therefore,
Be enacted by the General dssembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. The General Assembly of the State of Missouri, for and in
behalf of the people thereof, do hereby accept the provisions of an act of
the Congress of the Confederate States of America, as set forth in the
preamble to this act, the State of Missouri hereby adopting and ratifying
the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States.




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of America, as a member of said confederacy, upon an equal footing with
the other States under said constitution.
~ 2. His Excellency, C. F. Jackson, Governor of this State, is
hereby directed and authorized to transmit to the President of said Confederate States of America? an authentic copy of this act, in pursuance of
section two of the act of said Congress above referred to, and to perform
all other acts which may hereafter become necessary to secure the admission of the State of Missouri as a member of the said confederacy.
This act shall be in force from and after its passage.
Read first, second and third time and passed, October 28, 1861.
JOHN T. CRISP, Secretary Senate.
AN ACT to create a Board of Commissioners to assess damages committed by members of
the Missouri State Guard, and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, There are many cases of damage and spoliation by the Missouri State Guards, wherein there is no adequate remedy provided by law,
therefore,
Be it enacted by the General iAssemnbly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. It shall be the duty of the Governor, and he shall have
power to appoint and commission five suitable and competent persons as
commissioners, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business.
~ 2. Said Board of Commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction, and it shall be their duty to hear and determine all questions of injuries and trespasses committed by the army of the Missouri State Guard,
or any portion thereof, and to allow the persons so injured, or their legal
representatives, just compensation therefor, and order the payment thereof
out of any money in the treasury appropriated for that purpose.
~ 3. Said board shall be vigilant and careful to prevent frauds
being perpetrated against the State, by proving unjust claims against it,
and equally, careful to audit and allow all claims which are just.
~ 4. Said board shall by vote select one of their number to act as
president of the board and one or more clerks.
~ 5. The persons appointed such commissioners shall rank as colonels, but shall not have power to command in the line.
~ 6. The person or persons selected as clerk or clerks shall rank as
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~ 7. Said commissioners and clerks shall be paid for their services
the amount allowed by law to military officers of their respective ranks,
and the State shall pay all reasonable and necessary expenses for their
board, house rent, fuel and stationery used by them in the discharge of
their official duties.
~ 8. The board shall keep a correct record of its proceedings, whichshall be signed on evening of each day of its sessions by the president
and attested by a clerk.
~ 9. A  copy of each claim  allowed shall be made out, signed by the
president and countersigned by a clerk, and delivered to the person entitled
thereto, or his or her legal representative, and upon the presentation of
any such claim signed and countersigned as aforesaid to the Auditor, he
shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the person so entitled for the amount thereof.
~ 10. All claims allowed shall bear ten per centum per annum from
date of allowance till paid.
This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
AN ACT to pay volunteers of the Missouri State Guard that have attached to companies
after their organization.
Be it enacted by the General -Assembly of the State of Missouri, as
follows:
~ 1. All persons that have joined any regularly organized company at any time after its organization, shall be discharged at the same
time said company may be discharged, and shall be entitled to receive pay
for the time they may serve, and no longer.
This act to take effect from its passage.
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.
State of Missouri, 1
County of Dunklin. ss
I, John H. Marsh, Clerk of the County Court in and for said
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held in Dunklin county, Missouri, on the 17th day of October, A. D. 1861,
did receive the greatest number of votes for Representative to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Nathaniel G. Murphy, and is therefore
declared duly elected.
[L.s,] In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said
court at office, in Kennett, the 18th day of October, A. D. 1861.
JOHN H. MARSH, Clerk.