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AN ACT 
 
 TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES, OR OF ARTI- 
 CLES NOT NECESSARIES OR OF COMMON USE. 
 
 Thz C niyress of thz Cjiifedera'e States of Amzrica do enact. That 
 fr mi aid ajfter the first ilay of M irch next it shall not be lawful td 
 imp >rt into the C mfe lerate States any Brandy, Wines or other 
 spirits, or any other article specified in sc'ied lie A of an act enti- 
 tled ' Ao act to provide revcnin from c mm xlities imported from 
 foreign countries," appr.tvel M iy 21, lS3f, or any g >ods, wares or 
 merchandise enumerated in schedule 8 of said act, except the fol- 
 lowing articles: All thing-! for medicinal purp>ses; camphor, 
 refined; pickles; molasses; pepper; pimento; cloves; nutmegs; 
 cinnam >n and all other spices ; soap, Castile, Windsor and all other 
 toilet soaps ; sugar of all kiuds ; syrup of sugar; galloons, laces, 
 knots, star-*, tassels tresses and wings of gold aud of silver, or 
 imitations thereof, intended for uniforms of officers in the military 
 or naval service. 
 
 Sec. 2. And it shall not be lawful to import the following arti- 
 cles, enumerated in schedule C of said act: Beer, afe and porter ; 
 muffs and tippets, and all other manufactures of fur, or of which 
 fur shall be a component port* except caps and hats; carpets, car- 
 petings, hearth rugs, bedsides, and other portions of carpeting, of 
 any kind or description; carriages and parts of carriages; ciier 
 and other beverages not containing alcohol ; clocks and parts of 
 clocks; cotton laces, cotton jnsertings, cotton trimmings, or laces 
 of thread and other material ; coral, manufactured ; dolls and toys 
 of all kinds; firecrackers, sky-rockets, Roman candles, and all 
 similar articles used in pyrotechnics ; furniture, cabinet and house- 
 hold ; glass, colored, stained or painted; India matting of all 
 sorts : jet and manufactures of jet, and imitations thereof; jewelry, 
 or imitations thereof; manufactures and articles of marble, marble 
 paving tiles, slabs or blocks, and all other marble ; matting, China 
 or other floor matting and mats made of flags, jute or grass; paper 
 hangings, paper for walls, and paper for screens or fire-boards ; 
 paving and roofing tiles and bricks, and roofing slates and fire- 
 bricks ; thread lacings and insertings ; velvets of all kinds. 
 
 Sec. 3. And it shall not be lawful to import the following arti- ' 
 cles, enumerated in schedule D of said act: Angona, Thibet and 
 other goats' hair or mohair, unmanufactured; bananas, cocoaauts, 
 
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plaintains nod oranges; cabinets of coins, medals, gems and col- 
 lections of antiquities*; diamonds mosaics, getn.'', pearls, rubies, 
 and other precious stones, and imitations thereof, set in gold, or 
 silver, or other metal; engravings, bound or unbound'; 'rattans 
 and reeds; paintings and statuary; leaf and unmanufactured to- 
 bacco and cigars; or the following articles enumerated in schedule 
 E : Diamonds, cameos, mosaics, pearls, gems, rubies and other 
 precious stones, and imitations thereof, when not set. 
 
 Sec. 4. None of the manufactures of metal, designed as either 
 household or personal ornaments, shall be admitted ; and iu order 
 to confine importations to articles of necessity and of common use, 
 the Secretary of the Treasury^shall prescribe the maximum foreign 
 prices at which and within which importation of goods, manufac- 
 tured wholly or partly of cotton, flax, wool, or of silk, and designed 
 for Avearing apparel, and not herein prohibited, may be made, and 
 beyond Which importations thereof shall uot be male: Provided, 
 that articles herein allowed to be imported shall not be impressed 
 by the Government or its agents after they have reached the Con- 
 federate States : Provided, further, that nothing herein contained 
 6hall be construed to prohibit any importation foi the use or ac- 
 count of the Confederate States, or either of them : Provided fur- 
 ther, that this«fict shall not apply to any article or articles which 
 have been, or shall be shipped, without knowledge of the passage 
 of this act, before the first day of March next, but which shall 
 arrive in a Confederate port after that day. 
 
 Sec. 5. That whenever any article or articles, the importation 
 of which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the first day of 
 March next, be imported into the Confederate States, contrary to 
 th" true intent and meaniug of this act, or shall, after the first day 
 of March next, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or 
 carriage, with the intention of importing the same into the Con- 
 federate States, all such articles, as well as all other articles on 
 board the same ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to 
 the owner of su^h prohibited articles, shall be forfeited, and the 
 owner thereof shall, moreover, forfeit and pay double the value of 
 such articles. 
 
 Sec. 6. If any article or articles, the importation of which is 
 prohibited by this act, shall, nevertheless, be on board any ship or 
 vessel, boat, raft or carriage, arriving after said first day cf March 
 next in the Confederate State*, and shall be omitted in the mani 
 fest, report or entry of the master, or the person having the chargp 
 or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall 
 be ouiitled iu the entry of the goods owned by the owner, or con- 
 
signed to the consignee of such article?, or shall be imported or 
 landed, or attempted to be imported or landed, without a permit, 
 the same penalties, tines an i forfeitures shall Ife incurred, an 1 may 
 be recovered, as in the ease of similar omission or omissions, land 
 ing. importation or attempt to land or import, in relation m Articles 
 liable to duties on their importation into the Confederate States. 
 
 Sec. 7. Every collector, naval officer, survey. r or oilier officer of 
 the customs, shall have the like power and authority to seize goods, 
 wares and merchandise imported contrary Jo the intent and mean- 
 ing of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have 
 been ascertained whether the same hare been forfeited or not. and 
 to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling-house, store, building or other 
 place, for the purpose of searching ftw and seizing any sueh goods, 
 wares and merchandise which he or they now h .ive by law in rela- 
 tion to goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty : and if any 
 person or persons shall conceal or buy any goods, ware-; or mer- 
 chandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this a-r. such 
 person or poisons shal\ on conviction there if, forfeit and pay a 
 sum double the amount or value of the goods, wares or merchan- 
 dise so concealed or purchased. 
 
 Sec. 8. The following additional oath or affirmation shall be 
 taken by masters or persons having charge or command of any 
 ship or vessel arriving at any port of the Confederate States after 
 the said tirst d iy of March next, viz : " I furthei swear (or affirm) 
 that there are not, to the best of my knowledge ami belief, on 
 board [insert the denomination ami name of the vessel.] any goods, 
 wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the Confede- 
 rate States is prohibited by law; and I do further swo-w (or affirm) 
 that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares 
 or merchandise, on board of the said vessel, or which shall have 
 been imported in the same, I will immediately, ami witl out delay, 
 inr*ke due report thereof to tbo collector of ibe port of this 
 district." 
 
 Sec. 9. After said first day of March next, importers, consignees 
 or agents, at the time of entering goods into the Confederate 
 States, shall take the following additional oath, viz: " I also swear 
 (or affirm) that there are not, to ibe best of my knowledge and 
 belief, amongst the said goods, wares or merchandise, imported or 
 consigned as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the im- 
 portation of which into the Confederate States is prohibited by 
 law : and I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter 
 discover any such goods, wares or merchandise among the said 
 goods, wares and merchaudise, imported or eousigued ad aforesaid, 
 
I will immediately, and without delay, report the same to the col- 
 lector of this district." 
 
 Sec. 10. All penalties and forfeitures arising under this act may 
 be sued for and recovered, and shall be distributed and accounted 
 tor in f lie manner prescribed by the act entitled "An act to regu- 
 late the col ecti"n of the duties on imports and tonnage;" and 
 With penaltic- and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or re- 
 miiie 1, in like planner and under the like conditions, regulations 
 and restrictions as are prescribed, authorized and directed by the 
 act entitled " An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the 
 forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cases 
 therein mentioned." 
 
 Sec. 11. That this act shall expire on the day of a ratification of 
 a treaty of peace with the United States. 
 
 Approved February 6, 1864. 
 
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