The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-19
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ply store shall forthwith be granted, and the
person to whom the license is product of
persons own labor, or of freedmen or others
employed and paid by them, the officer will re.
quire that the shipping fee of three cents per
thereon. If any product other than cotton is
offered for shipment, the certificate of the In
ternal Revenue officer that all the internal
taxes due thereon has been collected and paid
must be produced prior to such produce being
shipped or cleared and if there is no Internal
Revenue officer then such taxes shall be col
lected by the Customs officer, or he shall cause
the same to be secured to be paid provided in
these regulations. ~
E ESghth-Erempted Articles.-All articles of
local production and consumption, such as
fruits, butter, ice, eggs, meat, wood, coal, &C.,
may, without fee or restriction, be freely trans
ported and sold at such points in an insurrec-
tionary State as the owner may desire. ,
NsnM-Shapnaent Of Products Of On Lasurec-
dona,y State-All cotton not produced by per-
sons with their own labor, or with the labor of
freedmen or others employed and paid by them,
must, before shipment to any port or place in
loyal State, be sold to and resold by an off,
= Ger of the government especially appointed for
the purpose, under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and approved
by the President; and before allowing any cot
ton or other product to be shipped or grant
ing clearance for any vessel .tthe proper GUS
toms officer. Or other persons acting as such,
must require from the purchasing agent, or
the Internal Revenue officer, certificate that
the cotton proposed to be shipped has been
resold by him, or that 20 per cent. of theyalue
thereof has been paid to such purchasing agent
In money, and that the cotton is therefore free
from further fee or tax. If the cotton pro.
posed to be shipped is claimed and proved to
be the property of the world, it shall be laden
Of fIn rNf1o Of
the Department, whose duty it shall be to re-
quire before any articles are allowed to be
shipped, satisfactory evidence that upon, all
merchandise, the taxes and fees required by
law and these regulation have been paid, shall
be certified upon the manifest. No clearance
snail be granted Hupon any articles SO shipped,
the fees and internal revenue taxes, or either
shall only have been secured to be paid, such
fact shall be noted upon the manifest, and the
proper officer at the port of destination of such
vessel, shall hold the goods till such taxes and
fees shall be paid according to law and these
regulations. ...' ~ 'l."" - -
Tenh-Inland Transportation. provis-
ions of these regulations, necessarily modified,
shall be considered applicable to all shipments
inland to or within the insurrectionary States
by any means of Transportation whatever.
Eleventh. Charges.-Goods not prohibited
may be transported to insurrectionary States
free. The charges upon all products shipped
or transported from an insurrectionary State
other than upon cotton, shall be the charges
prescribed by the internal revenue laws. Upon
cotton other than that purchased and resold by
the government, three cents per pound, which
must be credited by the officer collecting as
follows, viz. two cents per pound as the ship
ping fee. All cotton purchased and resold by
the government shall be allowed to be trans
ported free from all fees and taxes whatsoever.
IsoeIfh-Records to be Kept.-Full and COM
plete accounts and records must be kept by all
officers acting under these regulations, of their
transactions under them in such manner and
form as shall be prescribed by the Commission
er of Customs.
7hirteenth--Loydlty Requisite.-No goods
shall be sold in an insurrectionary State by or
to, nor any transportation held with, any per-
son or persons, not loyal to the Government of
the United States. Proof of loyalty must be
the taking and subscribing the following oath
or evidence, to be filed, that it, or one similar
in purport and meaning, has been taken, viz:
-, do solemnly swear, in presence of
Almighty God, that will henceforth faithfully
support. protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States, and all laws made in pur.
suance thereto.
L.. Fourteenth-Former Regulations Reroked.-
These regulations shall take effect, and be in
force on and after the 10th day of May, 1865
and shall supersede all other regulations and
circulars heretofore prescribed by the Treasury
Department concerning commercial inter-
course between loyal and insurrectionary States,
oil of which are hereby rescinded and annulled.
HUGH MCCULLOCH,
" Secretary of the Treasury.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, WAsHINGToN,l
...,,.. May 9, 1866.
The foregoing rules and regulations concern
ing commercial intercourse with and in the
States and parts of States declared in insurrec-
ton. prescribed by the Secretary of the Trea.
sury, in conformity with the acts of Congress
relating thereto, having been seen and consid-
cred by me, are hereby approved.
r, ANDREW JOHNSON.