The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 4, Volume 3. Page: 79
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CONFEDERATE AUTHORITIES.
antiquities; diamonds, mosaics, gems, pearls, rubies, and other
precious stones and imitations thereof, set in gold or silver 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 imita-
tions 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 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 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 contained 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 carriage, with
the intention of importing the same into the Confederate States, all
such articles, as well as all other articles on board the same ship or
vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to the owner of such pro-
hibited articles, shall be forfeited, and the owner thereof shall, more-
over, forfeit and pay double the value of such articles.
SEC. 6. If any article or articles, the importation of which is pro-
hibited by this act shall, nevertheless, be on board any ship or vessel,
boat, raft or carriage, arriving after said first day of March next in
the Confederate States, and shall be omitted in the manifest, 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 be omitted in
the entry of the goods owned by the owner, or consigned to the con-
signee of such articles, or shall be imported or landed, or attempted
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 impor-
tation 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 meaning
of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have been ascer-
tained 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 persons79
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 4, Volume 3., book, 1900; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139262/m1/88/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.