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32 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
Done at the city of Washington this twelfth day of May, in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence
of the United States the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May 12, 1862.
REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRADE WITH PORTS OPENED BY PROC-
LAMATION.
1. To vessels clearing from foreign ports and destined to ports
opened by the proclamation of the President of the United States of this
date, namely, Beaufort, in North Carolina; Port Royal, in South Caro-
lina, and New Orleans, in Louisiana, licenses will be granted by
consuls of the United States upon satisfactory evidence that the
vessel so licensed will convey no persons, property, or information
contraband of war either to or from the said ports, which licenses
shall be exhibited to the collector of the port to which said vessels
may be respectively bound, immediately on arrival, and if required,
to any officer in charge of the blockade; and on leaving either of said
ports every vessel will be required to have a clearance from the col-
lector of the customs, according to law, showing no violation of the
conditions of the license. Any violation of said conditions will
involve the forfeiture and condemnation of the vessel and cargo and
the exclusion of all parties concerned from any further privilege of
entering the United States during the war for any purpose whatever.
2. To vessels of the United States clearing coastwise for the ports
aforesaid licenses can only be obtained from the Treasury Depart-
ment.
3. In all other respects the existing blockade remains in full force
and effect as hitherto established and maintained, nor is it relaxed
by the proclamation except in regard to the ports to which the relaxa-
tion is by that instrument expressly applied.
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., May 12, 1862.
Hon. GALUSHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. :
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report, dated the 10th
instant, from the Chief of Engineers, in response to a resolution of the
House of Representatives of the 15th ultimo, on the subject of
changes which may have become necessary in the materials and con-
struction of forts and other means of defense.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
[Inclosure.]
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,
Washington, May 10, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, on the 22d of
April, of the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 15th
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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 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/41/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.