Bill No. 21.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENtTvTIV^S.— February 5th, 1863. Read 
 first and second times, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Swan.] 
 
 J^ BILL 
 
 To be entitled An Act to provide an export duty on Cotton and To- 
 bacco exported from the Confederate States to the ports or in the 
 ships of any foreign country which has not recognized the inde- 
 pendence of the Confederate States. 
 
 1 Section 1 . T/ie Congress of the Confederate States of America do 
 
 2 enact. That upon all cotton and tobacco exported from the Con- 
 
 3 federate States of America to the ports or in the ships of any 
 
 4 foreign country whose government has not formally recognized 
 
 5 the independence of the Confederate States, there shall be paid 
 
 6 into the treasury of the Confederate States an export duty, to 
 
 7 wit : On every pound of ra\t cotton, a duty of forty cents, in 
 
 8 addition to the duty now provided by law by the act approved 
 
 9 February 28, 1861, entitled an act to "raise money for the 
 
 10 support of the government and to provide for the defence of the 
 
 11 Confederate States of America." 
 
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 12 On every pound of spun cotton 40 cents. 
 
 13 On every pound of tobacco 25 cents. 
 
 1 Sec. 2. The duty provided for by this act shall be payable ia 
 
 2 treasury notes of the Confederate States, and shall be collected 
 
 3 under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
 
 4 the Treasury. 
 
 1 Sec. 3. This act shall continue in force during the existing 
 
 2 war with the United Spates. 
 
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