•
The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed as a digital facsimile at: 
http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ 

{CHAP, xxiii.j • -. 

-\ \. " AN ACT '.'' ' / ; 

TO PROHIBIT.' TfifB IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES, OR OF 

ARTICLES -iiW NECESSARY OR OF COMMON USB. 
' 

The Congress of fKe Confederate States of America do 
That from and after the first day of March next it shall not be 
lawful to import into the Confederate States any 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, caetile, Windsor, and 'all other toilet Soaps; sugar 
of all kinds; syrup 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; 
muff's and tippets, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which 
fur shall be a component part, except caps and hats; carpets, fear- 
petings, hearth rugs, bedsides or other portions of carpeting of any 
kind or description ; carriages and parts of carriages ; cider and 
other beverages not containing alcohol ; clocks and parts of clocks ; 
cotton lacings, cotton insert-ings, cotton trimmings, or laces 'of 
thread or ether 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 house 
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 aod mats im'de of flags, jute Or 
grass ; paper hangings, paper for walls" and paper for s-sreens or 
fire-boards ; paving and roofing tiles and bricks, and roofing slates 
and fire-bricks; thread lacings and JBserticgs; velvets of all 
'kind?, - ' " • •..-•..•.-:•• :,,...,, ,.).:-; 

SEC. 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 tho Treasury shall prescribe the maximum foreign 
prices at. which and within which importations of goods manufac- • 
tured wholly or partly of eotton, 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 nothing 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 aay 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, boon board any ship or 
vessel, boat, .raft or carriage, arriving after said first day of March 
in the Confederate States, and shall be omitted in the mani 

fest, 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, fines 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-1 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." . . 

SBC. 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, vizs: " I also swear (or 
affirm) that there are hot, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
among the said goods, wares or merchandise, imported or con 
signed as aforesaid, any goods, wares ,br merchandise, the importa 
tion of which into the Confederate States IB prohibited bylaw; 

and I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter disj 
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 the 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- 
nlate the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage," and: 
such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or re 
mitted, in like manner and .nndsr the like conditions, regulations 
and restrictions as aro prescribed, authorized and directed by the 
act entitled " An Aet 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 ike 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 February, 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, ani brooms 
and brushes of all kinds," is hereby repealed. 

Approved June 14th, 1864. 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,- C.. S. A., ) 
RICHMOND, March 12th, 1864. .$ 

The following regulation's are prescribed for the government and 
directions of nil officers of the revenue, to carry into effect the pro 
visions, of the Act to prohibit the importation of luxuries, or of 
articles not necessary or of common use, approved fobruary 6th, 
1864; ' ' 

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 {be 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 oa 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 owmar. or consigned to the 
consignee of such articles, or shall be. imported 01'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 on their importation into the Confederate States. 

4. In case any prohibited article shall, after the 1st of March, 
1864, be imported into tho 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 game 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 guch 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 ur person having charge or command of any ship or 

vessel, which shall arrive at amr port of the Confederate States 
after the first day of March, 1864, viz : " I further swear (or 
affirm) that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
011 board [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] any 
goods, wares or merehandiae, ihe importation of which into the 
Confederate 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 bpen imported in the same, I will immediately, and 
without delay, report the same to the collector of this district." 

6. 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 tlie 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 

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 FEBRUARY 6rH, 1864. 

Absynthe. 

A labaster 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. f 

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 
whjch 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. 

l,'ai'ri;t^;t:>; mill parts of ciimagC'H. 

Older, and nther beverages not containing alcohol. 

Clocks, and parts of Ljiocks. 

Comfits, confectionery, sweetmeats, or fruits preserved in sugar, 
molasses, brandy or other liquors. 

Composition tops for tables,.or other articles of furniture. 

Compositions of glas-s, set or unset. 

Coral, cut or manufactured. 

Cordials, absynthe, arrack, curracoa, kriscben-'wasser, liquors, 
maraschino, ratafia, and all other spirituous beverages of a siihilar 
character. 

Cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton trimmings, and laces of 
"thread and other materials. 

Diamonds, cameos, ir.osaics, 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. . ' ,, • 

Pans and fire-screens of every description, of whatever material 
composed. 

Feathers and flowers, artificial or ornamental, and parts thereof, 
of whatever material composed. 

Fir*crackers, sky-rockets, Roman candles, and all similar arti 
cles used in pyrotechnics. 

Galloons, laces, knets, stars, tassels, tresses, and wings of gold 
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, platina or silver. 

Manufactures of papier maehe. 

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 grass. 

Muffs and tiffeta, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which 
far shall be a component part, except caps and hats. 

Paintings and statuary; Paintings on glass. 

Paper hangings; Paper for walls; Paper for screens or fire- 
boards. • 

Paying and roofing tiles and bricks, and roofing slates, and fire 
bricks. 

Perfumes and perfumery of all sorts. 

Plated and gilt ware of all kinds.' 

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 soontas the information can 
be procured, prescribe the maximum foreign nrices at which, and 
within which, importation of goads 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. ' 

11 

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- 

*PARBL, 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 waven, not to exceed $1 per pair. 

Gloveg, 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 to exceed 5 cents per bunch of 12 yards. 

MANUFACTURES OF FLAX. 

All articles manufactured wholly of Flax, whether colored or 
white, not to exceed 50 cents 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 piece. 
Hosiery, not to exceed .5.0 cents per pair. 

• Shirts, ready-made, not to exceed $1 50 each. 
Tapes, not to exceed 5 cents per bunch of 12 yards, 
Thread, not to escecd Si per pound. 

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, kflit 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. 
Shirts, not to exceed $1 each. 

MANUFACTURES OF SILK. 

' Dress Silk,, not to exceed $1 per yard. ' 
Handkerchiefs, neck7ties, &"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 exceed $5 per pound. : 
Testings, not to exceed $2 per square yard'. 

Manufactures of Wool and Cotton, Wool and Silk, Wool and 
Flax, or any combination of these materials, not to exceed $1 per 
square yard. Articles composed of Cotton and Flax only, not to 
exceed 37 cents per square yard. 

' Q. G. MEMMINGEJR, 

Secretary of Treasury. 

Felix Hargrett Collection 
Uaiv«Mity of Georgia Librarlea