Year: 1861

conference with any marfses or passengers Of or in
any other ships vessels or by any other means,
touching the fleets, vessels, and forces of the United
States; their posts and places Of station and destination,
strength, numbers, ntents and designs and such CON-


handing officer SHALL Immediately bis arrival in any
port ofhe Confederate States, from during the con-
tinuance of any voyage or cruise produce his commits
sion for such vessel, and deliver up such journal 90
kept as aforesaid, signed with his proper name and
handwriting to the Collector other chief officer ofthe
customs at nearest to such port the truth Of which
journal shall be verified by the oath Of the commanding
officer for the time being and such Collector other
chief officer Of the customs SHALL Immediately the
arrival of such vessel order the proper officer Of the
customs to go on board and take an account of the
officers and men, the number and nature of the guns
and whatever else shall occur to him. on examination,
material to be known; and such vessel shall be per-


tted to sail out of port again until such journal shall
have been delivered up, and certificate obtained un
der the hand of such Collector other chief officer Of


the customs that she is manned and armed according to
her commission and upon delivery of such certificate
any former certificate of like nature which shall have
been obtained by the commander Of such shall be
delivered up.


Sec H. That the commanders vessels having letters
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journal aforesaid, or wifuy making fraudulent en-
tries therein, obteratng the record Of any material
transactions therein where the interest Of the Confede-
rate States is concerned refusing to produce and de-
liver such journal, commission certificate, pursuant
to the preceding section Of this act then and in such
cases the commissions or letters of marque and re-
prisa of such vessels shall be liable to be revoked;
and such commanders respectively shall forfeit for


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thereof to the use of the Confederate States and the
other to the informer.


SEC. 13. That the owners or commanders Of vessels
having letters Of marque and repsal as aforesaid, VINO
shall violate any of the acts Of Congress for the coll
lection of the revenue of the Confederate
States and for the prevention of smuggling,
shall forfeit the commission or letters OF marque
and reprisal, and they and the vessels owned
or commanded by them shall be liable to all the penal
ties and fortures attaching to merchant vessels IN Ike
cases.


SEC. IA. That on all goods, wares, and mer-
chandise captured and made good and lawful
prize of war, by any private armed EMP
having commission OF letters of marque and repii-
sal under this act, and brought into the Confede-
rate States there shall be allowed deduction Of IS is
per cent on the amount Of duties imposed by law.


SEC. 10. That hye per eenlum on Tue het anouh'


latter deducting all charges aud expenditures) OF the
prize money arising from captured vessels and cargoes
and on the net amount of the salvage Of vessels and
cargoes recapured by the private armed vessels Of the
Confederate States shall be secured and paid over to
the Collector or other chief officer of the Customs, at
the port or place in the Confederate States at which
such captured or recaptured vessels may arrive, or TO
the consul or other public agent Of the Confederate
States residing at the port place, not within the
Confederate States, at which such captured or recap
tured vessel may arrive. And the monies arising
therefrom shall be held and are hereby pledged by the
Government of the Confederate States az fund Tor
the support and maintenance of the widows and Or
phans of such persons as may be slain, and for the
support and maintenance of such persons as may be
wounded and disabled on board of the private armed
vessels commissioned as aforesaid, in any engagement
with the enemy, to be assigned and distributed in suen
manner as shall hereafter be provided by law.