The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-31
iSirtA. Lading within and Depar-

Oe~"U' A>oA'hS NlCAiu duO DCpdI-
ture from an lnsurrecsionary State
Vessels in ports within ar insurrec-
tionary State not declared open to the
commerce Of the world shall be laden
under the supervision of the proper
officer Of this Department, whose duty
it shall be to require before any articles
are allowed to be shipped, satisfactory
evidence that upon all merchandise
the taxes aud fees required by law and
these regulations have been paid, or
secured TO be paid, which fact. with
the amount SO paid, shall be certified
upon tie manifest. No clearance
shall be granted. If upon any article
SO shipped the lees and internal reve-
nue. taxes or either shall only haze
been secured to be paid, such facts
shall be noted upon the manifest, and
tie proper officer at the port Of desti-
nation Of such vessel shall holl the
goods till all such taxes and fees shall
be paid according to law and these
regulations.
SeOenM. Supply Stores.-Persons
desiring to keep supply store at any
place within an insa' rectionary State
shall make application therefor to the
nearest ofiir, r of the Treasury Depart
ment, which application shall set forth
that the applicant is loyal t~the Co.
vernment OF the United States; and
upon being convinced Of such loyalty
license for such supply store shall
forthwith be granted, and the person
to whom the license is granted shall
be authorized to purchase goods at anv
other supply store within the insurrec
tionary States, or at such other point
as he may select. The party receiving
such license shall pay therefor the
license fee prescribed by the internal
revenue law.
Eighth. Exempted Articles.-All
articles Of l,:al product: and con
snmptlon,> such as fruits, butter, ice,
eggs, meat, wood, coal, &C., may, with.
out fee or restriction, be freely trans
ported and sold at such points in an
lnsurrectiopary State as the owner may
desire.
Ninth. Shipment of Products Of An
lnsurrectlonary State.-Ali cotton not
produced by persons with their own
labor or with the labor OF freedmen or
others employed and paid by them,
must, betore'shipmeut to any port or
place in a loyal State, be sold to and
resold by an officer OF the Government
especially appointed for the purpose,
under regulations prescribed bv the
Secretary Of the Treasury and ap-
proved by the President; and before
showing any cotton or other product
TO be shipped, or granting clearance
Tor any vessel, the proper customs
officer or other persons acting as such
must require from the purchasing
agent Of the internal revenue officer a
certificate sllat the cotton proposed to
be shipped has been resold by him, or
that twenty five per cent. of the value
thereof has been paid to such purchas-
ing agent in money, and that the
cotton is thereby free from further fee
or tax. If the cotton proposed to be
shipped is claimed and proved to be
the product Of a persons own labor, or
of freedmen or Others employed and
paid by them, the officer will require
that the shipping fee of three cents
per pound shall be paid or secured to.
be paid thereon. If any produc. other
than cotton is offered for shipment, the
certificate Of the internal revenue
officer that all internal taxes due there
on have been collected and paid must
be produced prior to such products
being shipped or cleared, and If there