The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1865-07-15
Important Treasury Circular.
Tagasuns DEraMrxssr, wissi,sros. !
u. G., june 18th, ls5j,

The various rules and rcgum.
tons heretofore prescribed BY tha
Secretary Of the Treasury. inregard
10 above named uljccts, having bccn
rendered nugaiory, in whole or IN
part, by the changed condition Of Of.
fairs IN the Southern States and ".
ecutive orders and proclamations. AMI
the War Department having assum,
ed charge OF freedmen, abandoned
lands, etc., under the provisions Of
the act of Congress approved March
81, 1865, the following distractions
us to the duties Of officers of tho
Treasury Department, in ,heprcmiscs,
arc prescribed, and will 90 in full
force and eject Immediately on re-.
ccipt thereof, by any officer whose
action is IN any wise affected thereby .
First, All restrictions on CONNER
cial intercourse in aud with States
and parts Of States bcrcuatc declar.
ed in insurrcction, and on the pur.
chase, transportation and sale Of the
products thereof are removed, except
us to the transportation thereto or
therein Of arms, ANIMATION. articles
from which ammunition is made, gray
uniforms and gray'cloih and except
also those relating to property here.
toforc purchased BY the agents, or
captured by or surrendered to the mil.
itary forces OF the United States.
Nor will any fees Or taxes be charged
or collected, except those imposed by
the Customs and Internal Revenue
laws. And the supervision necessary
to prevent the shipment Of the pro.
liibrtcd articles wili be exercised only
BY the regular ordinary officers Of
the Customs acting uadcr the Rev.
cnnc laws Of the United States.
Second. Subordinate officers lis.
charging datics in regard to coismcr.
cial intercourse nndcr the regulations
referred to, will consider their Official
connection with his department ter.
nInating with the 30th inst. without
further notice.
Third, Agents for the purchase Of
products of the insurreciionary
states on government account. will
close their otseisl basiaess I.aO Of
the Mississippi river with the trans.
actions Of the 18th inst. and West
Of it with the traasaction Of the 9th
inst. returning 70 sellers MI property
or money received or collected since
those dates respectively, and using
such dispatch in the premises that
their connection with the department,
may, il possible, terminate with the
3Oth inst.
Feurth, Officers of this depart.
| men, charged with the duty Of re.
ceiviug and collecting. or having in
| their possession or under their con.
troll, captured, abandoned, or ceniis.
Gated personal property, will dispose
| Of the same in accordance vi,b rcsu.
| lnsions On the subject heretofore pre-.
scribcd, ut the earliest time nsistcnt
with the public interests, and will re.
frain from receiving sseh from mill.
tary or naval authorities after the
Both inst. This will not be constru-
ed, however, ~ interfering with the
opinions Of the agents now engaged
in receiving or collecting tbe proper.
" recently captured By, or esrren.
dered to the forces cf TIE United
States, whether or not covered By OF
included in the records, etc., deliver.
cd to the United States military OF
Treasury sathorisics By rebel Militia
Try okecrs or cotton agents. Thosl
50 acting will continue to discharge
the dstics thus imposed until sacf
IrroPcrty is oil received or satisiactor'
ally accounted for, sad susil sh,
amount so sccsrrd is tipped Or 9th
crvise disposed of under the regula'
,ions on the suhjcct heretofore pre-
scribed; and they will use oil th,
means a, their command with the us
most vigor to the end tha. oil Ii,
property - collected. esptsred o.
turned over shall be secured to tn,
unitaj r::atss with the least POSSIBLE
cost - delay. After the aOth iass.
the dsty Il receiving captured an
abandoned property no. embraced il
the above exception will be discharg
ell BY the usual and regular officer