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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., ? 
 Richmond, March 12tu, 1864. ] 
 
 The following regulations are prescribed for the govern- 
 ment and directions of all officers of the Revenue, to carry 
 into effect the provisions of the Act to prohibit the importa- 
 tion of luxuries, or of articles not necessary or of common 
 use, approved February 6th, 1864. •* • 
 
 1. The importation of articles set forth in the schedule 
 accompanying these regulations is absolutely prohibited. 
 
 2. None of said prohibited articles shall be admitted for 
 duty after the 1st of oMtUch, 1864J or shall receive a permit 
 to be landed unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of 
 the collector that they were actually shipped ou 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. lu case any prohibited articles shall be on board any 
 ship, vessel, boat, raft or carriage arriving in the Confede- 
 rate States after said 1st of March, and shall be omitted in 
 the manifest, report or entry of the master or person having 
 charge or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or car- 
 riage, 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 par- 
 ties shall be subjected to the same forfeitures, fines and 
 penalties as in cases of similai* omissions, landing, importa- 
 tion, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles lia- 
 ble 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 the Confederate States, or 
 shall, after said date, be put on board an}' 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 articles on board the said ship, 
 
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 or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to the owner of 
 such prohibited articles ; and moreover the owner thereof 
 shall forfeit and pay double the value of the prohibited 
 articles. 
 
 5. The following additional oath or affirmation shall be 
 taken by each master or person having charge or command 
 of any sliip or vessel, which shall arrive at any port of the 
 Confederate States after the first day of March, 1864, viz : 
 '' I further s\year (or affirm) that there are not, to the best 
 of my knowledge and belief, on board (insert the denomina- 
 tion and name of the vessel) any goods, wares or merchan- 
 dize, 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 or know of any such goods, wares 
 or UiCrchandize, on board of the said vessel, or which shall 
 have been im[)orted in the same, I will immediately, and 
 without delay, report the same to the collector of this dis- 
 trict." 
 
 6. Each importer, consignee or agent shall at the time of 
 entering 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 merchandize, 
 imported or consigned as aforesaid, any goods, wares or mer- 
 chandize, the importation of which into the Confederate 
 States is prohibited by law ; and I do further swear (or af- 
 firm) that if Isliall hereafter discover any such goods, wares 
 or merchandize, imported or consigned as aforesaid, I will 
 immediately, and without de^ay, report the same to the col- 
 lector of this district." 
 
 C. G. MEMMINGER, 
 Secretary of Treasury. 
 
LIST OF ARTICLES the importation of luJiicJi is prohibited 
 hy an Act of Congress, entitled " An Act to prohibit^ the im- 
 portation of luxuries or articles not necessaries or of common 
 use." Approved February 6^/1,1804: 
 
 Absynthe. 
 
 Alabaster and spar ornaments. i 
 
 Alabula. 
 
 Ale, beer and porter. 
 Almonds, raisins, currants, dates, figs 
 and all other dried or preserved iVuits. 
 Amber beads. 
 Anchovies, sardines, and all other fish 
 
 preserved m oil. 
 Angora, t.'iibet and other goats' hair, 
 
 or mohair manufactnred. 
 Argentine, Alabata or german silver, 
 
 manutactured or unmanufactured. 
 Arrack. 
 Articles vjmbroidered with gold, silver 
 
 or other metal. 
 Balsams, cosmetics, essences, extracts, 
 paste.-^, perlumes, and tinctures used 
 for the toilet. 
 Bananas, cocoa-nuts, pine apples, 
 
 plaintaius 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 ar • played. 
 Bracelets, braids, chains, curls or ring- 
 lets composed of hair, or of which 
 hair is a component pai t. 
 Brandy and other spirits distilled from 
 
 grain or other materials. 
 Brooms and brushes of all kinds. 
 Cabinet and household furniture. 
 Cabuiets ot coins, medals, gems and 
 
 all collections of antiquities. 
 Canes and sticks for walking, finished 
 and uuflnished. 
 ;^Sava,«t<iiqMiV'B'>^"hP*i<lorall kinds. 
 
 Card cases, pocket books, shell boxes, 
 souvenirs and all similar articles ot 
 whatever material composed. 
 Carpets, carpeting, hearth-rugs, bed- 
 sides, and other portions of tapestry 
 of every kind and description. 
 
 Carriages, and parts of carriages. 
 Cider, and other beverages not con- 
 
 t'lining alcohol. 
 Clocks, and parts of clocks. 
 Comfits, confectionery, sweetmeats, or 
 fruits'pieserved in sugar, molasses, 
 brandy or otlier liquors. 
 Composition tops for tables, or other 
 
 articles of furniture. 
 Compositions of glas*, set or unset. 
 Cor;d, cut or manufactured. 
 Cordials, absynthe, arrack, curracoa, 
 krischen-wasser, liquors, maraschino, 
 satafia, and all other spirituous bev- 
 eratres of a similar character. 
 Cotton laces, cotton insertings, cotton 
 trimmings, and laces of thread and 
 other materials. 
 Diamonds, cameos, mosaic?, gems, 
 pearls, rubies, and other precious 
 stones, and imitations thereof, when 
 set in gold, silver or other metal, 
 and when not set. 
 Dolls and toys of all kinds. 
 Engravings, bomid or unbound. 
 Epaulettes. 
 
 Fansnnd tire-screens of every descrip- 
 tion, of whatever material composed. 
 Feathers and flowers, artificial or or- 
 namental and parts thereof, of what- 
 ever material composed. 
 Fire crackers, sky rockets, roraan can- 
 dles, and all similar articles used in 
 pyrotechnics. 
 Galloons, laces, knots, stars, tassels, 
 tresses, and wings ot gold or silver, 
 or imitations thereof, except when 
 intended for uniforms of officers in 
 the military and naval service. 
 Gla-^s, 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 im- 
 itations thereof. 
 
 .Tewelry, or imitations thereof 
 
 Leaf and manufactured tobacco and 
 cigars. 
 
 Manufactures of cedar-wood, grana- 
 dilla, ebony, mahogan}', rose-wood 
 and satin wood. 
 
 Manufactures of gold, platina or sil- 
 ver. 
 
 Manufactures of papier mache. 
 
 Manufactures and articles of marble, 
 marole paving-tiles, slabs or blociis, 
 and all other marble. 
 
 Matting, china, or other floor mat- 
 ting, and mats made of flags, jute, 
 or grass. 
 
 Alufls and tiffets, and all other manu- 
 factures 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. 
 
 Paper for screens or fire-boards. 
 
 Paving and roofing tiles and bricks, 
 
 and rooting slate;?, and fire bricks. 
 Perfumes and perfimiery of all sorts. 
 Plated and gilt ware of all kinds. 
 Playing cards. 
 Prepared vegetables, fruits, meats, 
 
 poultry and game, sealed or enclosed 
 
 in cans, or otherwise. 
 Rfitans and reeds. 
 Scayliola table-tops, or other articles 
 
 of furniture. 
 Segars, sauff, paper segars, and all 
 
 other manufactures of tobacco. 
 Silver-plated metal, in sheets or other 
 
 form. 
 Thread lacinp^s and^inser tings. 
 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 ornaraenis shall be admitted, and in order to confine importa- 
 tions 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, acd beyond 
 which importations thereef shall not be made. 
 
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