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[Chap. XXIII.] 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES, OR OF 
 • ARTICLES NOT NECESSARY OR OF COMMON USE. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact % 
 That from and after the first day of March next it shall not be 
 lawful to import into the Confederate States anj* brandy, wines or 
 other spirits, or any other article specified in schedule A of an act 
 entitled " An act to provide revenue from commodities imported 
 from foreign countries," approved May twenty-first, eighteen hun- 
 dred and sixty-one, or any goods, wares or merchandise enume- 
 rated in schedule B of said act, except the following articles : — 
 All things for medicinal purposes, camphor, refined, pickles, mo- 
 lasses, pepper, pimento, cloves, nutmegs, cinnamon, and all other 
 spices % soap, eastile, Windsor, and all other toilet Soaps; sugar 
 of all kinds ; syr\ip of sugar ; galloons, laces, knots, stars, tassels, 
 tresses and wings of gold and silver, or imitations thereof, intended 
 for uniforms of officers in the military or naval service. 
 
 Sec. 2. And it shall not be lawful to import the following arti- 
 cles, enumerated in schedule C of said act: Beer, ale and porter; 
 muffs and tippets, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which 
 fur shall be a component part, except caps and hats ; carpets, car- 
 petings, hearth rugs, bedsides or other portions of carpeting 'f any 
 kind or description ; carriages and parts of carriages ; cider and 
 other beverages not containing alcohol ; clocks and parts of clocks; 
 cotton lacings, cotton insertings; cotton trimmings, or laces of 
 thread or other material ; coral, manufactured ; dolls and toys of 
 all kinds; fire-crackers, sky-rockets, Roman candles and all simi- 
 lar articles used in pyrotechnics; furniture, cabinet and housed 
 hold ; glass, colored, stained or painted ; India matting of all 
 sorts ; jet and manufactures of jet, and imitations thereof ; jew- 
 elry, or imitations thereof; manufactures and articles of marble, 
 marble paving tiles, slabs or blocks, and all other marble ; mat- 
 ting, China or other floor matting and mats made of flags, jute or 
 grass ; paper hangings, paper for walls, and paper for screens or 
 fire-boards ; paving and roofing tiles a^l bricks, and roofing slates 
 and fire-bricks ; thread lacings and insertings ; velvets of ail 
 kinds 
 
Sic. 3. And it shall not be lawful to import the following arti- 
 cles enumerated in schedule D of said act; Angora, Thibet and 
 other goats' hair, or mohair, unmanufactured ; bananas, cocoa-nuts, 
 plaintains and oranges ; cabinets of coins, medals, gems and col- 
 lections of antiquities ; diamonds, mosaics, gems, pearls, rubies 
 and other precious stones and imitations thereof, set in gold or sil- 
 ver or other metals ; engravings bound or unbound ; rattans and 
 reeds ; paintings and statuary ; leaf and unmanufactured tobacco 
 and cigars ; or the following articles enumerated in schedule E*: 
 diamonds, cameos, mosaics, pearls, gems, rubies and other precious 
 stones and imitations thereof, when not set. 
 
 Sec. 4. None of the manufactures of metal, designed as either 
 household or personal ornaments, shall be admitted ; and in order 
 to confine importations to articles of necessity and of common use, 
 the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe the maximum- foreign 
 prices at which and within which importations of goods manufac- 
 tured wholly or partly of cotton, flay, wool, or of silk, and de- 
 signed for wearing apparel, and not herein prohibited, may be 
 'made, and beyond which importations thereof shall not be made: 
 Provided, That articles herein allowed to be imported shall not be 
 impressed by the Government or its agents after they have reached 
 the Confederate States : Provided further, That ndth in g herein con- 
 tained shall be construed to prohibit any importation for the use 
 or account of the Confederate States or either of them: * Provided 
 further, That this act shall not apply to any article or articles 
 which have been or shall be shipped without knowledge "of the 
 passage of this act, before the first day of March next, but which 
 shall arrive in a Confederate port after that day, 
 
 Sec. 5. That whenever any article or articles, the importation of 
 which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the first day of March 
 next, be imported into the Confederate States, contrary to the true 
 intent and meaning of this act, or shall, after said first day of 
 March next, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or car- 
 riage, with the intention of importing the same into the Confede- 
 rate States, all such articles as well as all other articles on board 
 the said ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to the 
 owner of such prohibited articles, shall be forfeited, and the owner 
 thereof shall, moreover, forfeit and pay double the value of such 
 articles. 
 
 Sec. 6. If any article or articles, the importation of which is 
 prohibited by this act, shall, nevertheless, be on board any ship or 
 vessel, boat, raft or carriage, arriviug after said first day of March 
 next in the Confederate States, and shall be omitted in the mani- 
 
test, report or entry of the master, or the person having the charge 
 or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall 
 bo omitted in the entry of the goods owned by the owner, or con- 
 signed to the consignee of such articles, or shall be imported or 
 landed, or attempt to be imported or landed, without a permit, the 
 same penalties, tines and forfeitures shall be incurred, and may be 
 recovered as in the case of similar omission or omissions, landing, 
 importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles 
 liable to duties on their importation into the Confederate States. 
 
 Sec. 7. Every collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of 
 the customs, shall have the like power and authority to seize goods, 
 wares and merchandise imported contrary to the intent and moan- 
 ing of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have 
 been ascertained whether the same have been forfeited or not, and 
 to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house, store, building or other 
 place, for the purpose of searching for and seizing any such goods, 
 wares and merchandise, which he or they now have by law, in 
 relation to goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty ; and if 
 any person or persons shall conceal or buy any goods, wares or 
 merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, 
 such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay 
 a sum double the amount or value of the goods, wares and mer- 
 chandise so concealed or purchased. 
 
 Sec. 8. The following additional oath or affirmation shall be 
 taken* by masters or persons having charge or command of any 
 ship or vessel arriving at any port of the Confederate States after 
 said first day of March next, viz : " I further swear (or affirm) 
 that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, on 
 board [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] any goods, 
 wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the Confede- 
 rate States is prohibited by law ; and I do further swear (or affirm) 
 that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares 
 or merchandise, on board of the said vessel, or which shall have 
 been imported in the same, I will immediately, and without delay, 
 make due report thereof to the collector of the port of this dis- 
 trict." 
 
 Sec. 9. After said first day of March next, importers, consignees 
 or agents, at the time of entering goods into the Confederate States, 
 shall take the following additional oath, viz : " I also swear (or 
 affirm) that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
 among the said goods, wares^or merchandise, imported or con- 
 signed as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the importa- 
 tion of which -into the Confederate States is prohibited by law ; 
 
and I do further swear (or affirm) that if I eball hereafter dis- 
 cover any such goods, wares or merchandise, among the said 
 goods, wares and merchandise imported or consigned as aforesaid, 
 I will immediately, and without delay, report the same to tho col- 
 lector of this district/' 
 
 Sec. 10. All penalties and forfeitures arising under this act, may 
 be sued for and recovered, and shall be distributed and accounted 
 for, in the manner prescribed by the act entitled " An Act to reg- 
 ulate the collection of the duties on iroports and tonnage," and 
 such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or re- 
 mitted, in like manner and under the like conditions, regulations 
 and restrictions as are prescribed, authomed and directed by the 
 act entitled " An Act to provide for mitigating or remitting the 
 forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cases 
 therein mentioned. " 
 
 Sec. 11. That this act shall expire on the day of the ratification 
 of a treaty of peace with the United States. 
 
 Approved February 6, 1864, 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE 
 IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES, OR OF ARTICLES NOT NECES- 
 SARIES, OR OF COMMON USE," APPROVED FEBRUARY SIXTH, 
 EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That so much of the act entitled " An Act to prohibit the importa- 
 tion of luxuries, or of articles not necessaries, or of common use/' 
 approved sixth Febiuary, eighteen, hundred and sixty-four, as for- 
 bids the importation of prepared " vegetables, fruits, meats, poul- 
 try and game, sealed or inclosed in cans or otherwise, and brooms 
 and brushes of all kinds," is hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved June 14th, 1864. 
 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., > 
 
 ■ Richmond, March V2fh, 1864. $ 
 
 The following regulations are prescribed for the government and 
 directions of all officers of the revenue, to carrv into etfect the pro- 
 visions of the Act to prohibit the importation of luxuries, or of 
 articles not necessary or of common use, approved February 6th, 
 18G4 : 
 
 1. The importation of articles set forth in the schedule accom- 
 panying these regulations is absolutely prohibited. 
 
 2. None of said prohibited articles shall be admitted for duty 
 after the 1st of March, 1864, or shall receive a permit to be landed 
 unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the collector that 
 they were actually shipped en board of the vessel in which they 
 have arrived before the 1st of March, 1864, without knowledge of 
 the passage of the act aforesaid. 
 
 3. In case any prohibited articles shall be on board any ship, 
 vessel, boat, raft or carriage arriving in the Confederate States 
 after said 1st of March, and shall be omitted in the manifest, re- 
 port or entry of the master or person having charge or command 
 of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall be omitted in 
 the entry of the goods owned by the owner or consigned to the 
 consignee of such articles, or shall be imported or landed without 
 a permit, the said goods shall be seized and dealt with, and the 
 vessel and parties shall be subjected to the same forfeitures, fines 
 and penalties as in cases of similar omissions, landing, importa- 
 tion, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles liable to 
 duties od their importation into the Confederate States. 
 
 4. In case any prohibited article shall, after the 1st of March, 
 1864, be imported into the Confederate States, or shall, after said 
 date, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, 
 with the intention of importing the same into the Confederate 
 States; all such articles shall be forfeited, and also all other arti- 
 cles on board the said ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belong- 
 ing to the owner of such prohibited articles ; and moreover the 
 owner thereof shall forfeit and pay double the value of the prohi- 
 bited articles. 
 
 5. The following additional oath or affirmation shall be taken by 
 each master or person having charge or command of any ship or 
 
vessel, which shall arrive at any port of the Confederate States 
 after the first day of March, 1804, via: "I further swear (or 
 affirm) that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
 on board [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] any 
 goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the 
 Confederate States is prohibited by law ; and I d«.» further swear 
 (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such 
 goods, wares or merchandise, on board of the said vessel, or which 
 shall have been imported in the same, I will immediately, and 
 without delay, report the same to the collector of this district." 
 
 G. Each importer, consignee or agent shall, at the time of en- 
 tering any goods imported after the said first-day of March, 1864, 
 take the following additional oath, viz: "I also swear (or affirm) 
 that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, amongst 
 the said goods, wares or merchandise, imported or consigned as 
 aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of 
 which into the Confederate States is prohibited by law; and I do 
 further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover any 
 such goods, wares or merchandise, imported or consigned as afore- 
 said, I will immediately, and without delay, report the same to 
 the collector of this district." . • 
 
 C. G. MEMMINGER, 
 Secretary of lYeasury. 
 
LIST OF ARTICLES, 
 
 THE IMPORTATION OF WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY AN ACT OF 
 CONGRESS, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTA- 
 TION OF LUXURIES, OR ARTICLES NOT NECESSARY OR OF 
 COMMON USE," APPROVED FEBBUARY 6th, 1864. 
 
 Absynthe. 
 
 Alabaster and spar ornaments. 
 
 Alabata. 
 
 Ale, beer and porter. 
 
 Almonds, raisins, currants, dates, figs and all other dried or 
 preserved fruits. 
 
 Amber beads. 
 
 Anchovies, sardines, and all other fish preserved in oil. 
 
 Angora, thibet and other goats' hair, or mohair manufactured. 
 
 Argentine, Alabata or German silver, manufactured or unman- 
 ufactured. 
 
 Arrack. 
 
 Articles embroidered with gold, silver or other metal. 
 
 Balsams, cosmetics, essences, extracts, pastes, perfumes, and 
 tinctures used for the toilet. 
 
 •Bananas, cocoa-nuts, pine apples, plaintains and oranges. 
 
 Bay Rum. 
 
 Beads of amber, composition or wax, and all other beads. 
 
 Benzoates. 
 
 Billiard and bagatelle tables, and all other tables or boards on 
 which games are played. 
 
 Bracelets, braids, chains, curls or ringlets composed of hair, or 
 of which hair is a component part. 
 
 Brandy and other spirits distilled from grain or other materials. 
 
 Cabinet and household furniture. 
 
 Cabinets of coins, medals, gems and all collections of antiquities. 
 
 Canes and sticks for walking, finished and unfinished. 
 
 Capers and sauces of all kinds. 
 
 Card cases, pocket books, shell boxes, souvenirs and all similar 
 articles of whatever material composed. 
 
 Carpets, carpeting, hearth-rugs, bed-sides, and other portions of 
 tapestry of every kind and description. 
 
Ctoriu^ea, ami porta of carriagen. 
 
 Cider, and other beverages nor containing alcohol. 
 
 Clocks, and parts of clucks*. 
 
 Comfits, confectionery, sweetmeats, or fruits preserved in sugar, 
 molasses, brandy or other liquors. 
 
 Composition tops for tables, or other articles of furniture. 
 
 Compositions of glass, set or unset. 
 
 Coral, cut or manufactured. 
 
 Cordials, absynthe, arrack, curracoa, krischen-wasser, liquors, 
 maraschino, ratafia, and all other spirituous beverages of a similar 
 character. 
 
 Cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton trimmings, and laces of 
 thread and other materials. 
 
 Diamonds, cameos, mosaics, gems, pearls, rubies and other pre- 
 cious stones, and imitations thereof, when set in gold, silver or 
 other metal, and when not set. 
 
 Dolls and toys of all kinds. 
 
 Engravings, bound or unbound. 
 
 Epaulettes. 
 
 Fans and fire-screens of even- description, of whatever material 
 composed. 
 
 Feathers and flowers, artificial or ornamental, and parts thereof, 
 of whatever material composed. 
 
 Fire- crackers, sky-rockets, Roman candles, and all similar arti- 
 cles used in pyrotechnics. 
 
 Galloons, laces, knots, stars, tassels, tressss, and wings of geld 
 or silver, or imitations thereof, except when intended for uniforms 
 of officers in the military and naval service. 
 
 Glass, cut; Glass,- colored, stained or painted. 
 
 Grapes, plums and prunes, and other fresh fruit when put up in 
 bottles, cases or cans. 
 
 Hair, human, cleansed or prepared for use. 
 
 India matting of all kinds. 
 
 Jet and manufactures of jet, and imitations thereof. 
 
 Jewelry, or imitations thereof. 
 
 Leaf and manufactured tobacco and cigars. 
 
 Manufactures of cedar-wood, granadilla, ebony, mahogany, rose- 
 wood and satin wood. 
 
 Manufactures of gold, plating, or silver. 
 
 Manufactures of papier mache. 
 
 Manufactures and articles of marble, marble paving-tiles, slabs 
 or blocks, and all other marble. 
 
 Matting, China, or other floor matting, and mats made of flags. 
 jute, or erftfg. 
 
Muffs and tiffets, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which 
 fur shall be a component part, except caps and hats'. 
 
 Paintings and statuary ; Paintings on glass. 
 
 Paper hangings ; Paper for walls ; Papier for screens or fire- 
 boards. 
 
 Paving and roofing tiles and bricks, and roofing slates, and fire 
 bricke. 
 
 Perfume* and perfumery of all sorts. 
 
 Plated and gilt ware of all kind*. 
 
 Playing cards. 
 
 Ratans and reeds 
 
 Scayliola table-tops, or other articles of furniture. 
 
 Segars, snuff*, paper segars, and all other manufactures of tobacco. 
 
 Silver-plated metal, in sheets or other form. 
 
 Thread lacings and insertings ; Velvets of all kinds. 
 
 Wines, burgundy, champagne, claret, madeira, port, sherry, 
 and all other wines and imitations of wines. 
 
 Note. — None of the manufactures of metal designed as either 
 household or personal ornaments shall be admitted, and in order 
 to confine importations to articles of necessity and of common use, 
 the Secretary of the Treasury will, as soon as the information can 
 be procured, prescribe the maximum foreign prices at which, and 
 within which, importation of goods manufactured wholly or partly 
 of cotton, flax, wool, or of silk, and designed for wearing apparel, 
 and not herein prohibited, may be made, and beyond which im- 
 portations thereof shall not be made. 
 
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 MAXIMUM FOREIGN PRICES. 
 
 Under the fourth section of the act, entitled " An Act to pro- 
 hibit the importation of luxuries, or of articles not necessaries, or 
 of common use," approved February 6th, 1864, the following max- 
 imum foreign prices are established, at which, and within which, 
 importations of goods manufactured wholly or partly of COTTON, 
 FLAX, WOOL, OR OF SILK, and designed for WEARING AP- 
 PAREL, and not prohibited by said act, and beyond which im- 
 portations thereof shall not be made. 
 
 The prices named in the following for all articles, are the in- 
 voice prices IN COIN, at the place of exportation : 
 
 MANUFACTURES OF COTTON. 
 
 All articles wholly of Cotton, whether colored or white, not to 
 exceed 25 cents per square yard, excepting cottonades, corduroys, 
 fustians, and velveteens, which shall not exceed 50 cents per yard. 
 
 Drawers, ready-made, knit or woven, not to exceed $1 per pair, 
 
 Gloves, not to exceed 25 cents per pair. 
 
 Hosiery, men's, not to exceed 25 cents per pair. 
 
 Hosiery, women's, not to exceed 35 cents per pair. 
 
 Shirts, ready-made, knit or woven, not to exceed $1 each. 
 
 Spool Cotton, not to exceed 5 cents per 100 yards. 
 
 Tapes, not tu exceed 5 cents per bunch of 12 yards. 
 
 •MANUFACTURES OF FLAX. 
 
 Mi ai;tiolea manufactured wholly of Flax, whether colored or 
 h ■■, not to eseeeu 50 cenis per square yard. 
 
 Drawers, ready-made, not to exceed $1 50 per pair. 
 Gloves, not to exceed 50 cents per pair. 
 Handkerchiefs, not to exceed 25 cents a pioce. 
 Hosiery, not to exceed 50 cents per pair. 
 •Shirts, ready-made, not to oxceed^l 50 each. 
 Tapes, not to exceed 5 cents per bunch of 12 yards. 
 Thread, not to exceed Si per pound. 
 
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 MANUFACTURES OF WOOL. 
 
 Alpacas, Cashmeres, De Laines, Lastings, Merinoes, Mohairs, 
 and Persian Cloth, not to exceed .50 cents per yard. 
 
 Bombazines and French Merinoes, not to exceed 75 cts. per yard. 
 Beaver Cloth and Broad Cloth, not to exceed $3 per yard. 
 Bindings, not to exceed 5 cents per yard. * 
 Drawers, knit or woven, not to exceed $1 per pair. 
 Flannels, not to exceed 50 cents per yard. 
 Gloves, not to exceed 40 cents per pair. 
 Hats, men's, not to exceed $2 each. 
 Hats, women's, not to exceed $4 each. 
 
 Hosiery, men's and women's, not to exceed 40 cents per pair. 
 Kerseys, Kerseymeres, Lions' Skins, Melton Cloths, Pilot Cloth, 
 Serges, Tweeds, and Vestings, not to exceed $2 per yard. 
 Shawls, not to exceed $7 50 each. 
 Shifts, not to exceed $1 each. 
 
 MANUFACTURES OF SILK. 
 
 Dress Silk, not to exceed $1 per yard. 
 
 •Handkerchiefs, neck-ties, &c, not to exceed 75 cents a piece. 
 Mantillas, Shawls, and Ladies' Wrappings of any kind, not to 
 exceed $5 each. 
 
 Ribbons, not to exceed $1 per piece of 12 yards. . 
 Serge Lining, not to exceed $1 per square yard. 
 Sewing. Silk, not to ex-ceed $5 per pound. 
 Vestings, not to exceed $2 per square yard. 
 
 Manufactures of Wool and Cotton, Wool and Silk, Wool ami 
 Flax, or any combination of r.hese materials, not to exceed Si per 
 square yard. Articles composed of Cotton and Flax only, not to 
 exceed 37 cents per square yard. 
 
 C. G. MEMMINGER, 
 . Secretary of Treasury. 
 
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