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V. The monthly amount of goods that may be per- 

 ed to any trading post, shall be agreed upon be- 



upon the certificate of the Local Special Agent into 

 whose district it is desired to transport the mer- 

 chandise. 



XI. No trade, either in buying or selling, will be 

 authorized in any State declared in insurrection, ex- 

 cept within lines hereinafter designated, under Regu- 

 lation IX. 



XII. No sale of merchandise therein can be made 

 except by traders authorized under the Regulations to 

 establish trade stores. 



XIII. Trade stores will not be established at any 

 place within a State declared in insurrection, until it 

 shall be agreed by the military commander of the de- 

 partment, or of the army corps district in which such 



lace is situated, after conference between him and the 

 upervising Special Agent, or such Assistant Special 

 Agent as shall be designated by him for that purpose, 

 that the same may be done. 



XIV. After a place has been so agreed upon, if it is 

 a military post, no supplies shall be allowed to go 

 therefrom except upon the permit of the proper Local 

 Special Agent, countersigned by the commander of the 

 post, or some person authorized by him for that pur- 

 pose. 



XV. 

 mittec 



tween the proper Assistant Special Agent and the 

 commanding officer of the army corps district in 

 which such trading post is situated. The maximum 

 amount that may be authorized to any individual or 

 firm shall also be agreed upon, and this shall not ex- 

 ceed $3,000 per month, unless the commanding officer 

 for military reasons desires it to be larger, and if such 

 reasons exist, all persons trading there shall be equal- 

 ly affected thereby. If the monthly amount allowed to 

 any trade store is not all taken up by the trader dur- 

 ing the month, he may be allowed all deficiencies upon 

 any future application during the continuance of his 

 authority. 



XVI. Persons living within the lines of national 

 military occupation, must obtain permits for the pur- 

 chase of supplies at such trade stores, on application 

 to the nearest Local Special Agent, with a memoran- 

 dum in duplicate of the supplies desired, and on mak- 

 ing and filing with him the affidavit prescribed in Reg- 

 ulation XVL The Local Special Agent will, on re- 

 ceiving such application and affidavit, in case no fraud 

 appear, attach one memorandum of the supplies to the 

 application and affidavit, a,nd file the same ; and will 

 attach the other memorandum, countersigned by him, 

 to a permit, and deliver it to the applicant, charging 

 and receiving the following fees therefor: 



If the sum is under $5, be will dispense with Affi- 

 davit and Certificate, and only charge for Per- 

 mit 5 cents. 



If the sum is over $5, and not over $20, he will 

 charge for Permit, 5 cents; Revenue Stamp on 

 affidavit, Scents 10 cents. 



If the sum is over $20, and not over $50, Permit 5 

 cents, Affidavit 10 cents, Revenue Stamp on 

 Affidavit 5 cents 20 cents. 



If the sum is over $50, and not over $100, Permit 

 10 cents, Affidavit 10 cents, Revenue Stamp on 

 Affidavit 5 cents 25 cents. 



If the sum is over $100, Permit 15 cents, Affidavit 



10 cents, Revenue Stamp on Affidavit 5 cents. 30 cents. 



XVII. Persons desiring to obtain supplies elsewhere 

 than at the nearest trade store, will make and file the 

 same application and affidavit with the nearest Local 

 Special Agent, and obtain from him a certificate and 

 recommendation directed to the Permit Officer nearest 

 the place of proposed purchase of supplies ; and the 

 Local Special Agent will grant such certificate and 

 recommendation, and charge therefor as follows : 



If the sum is not over $20, for the Revenue Stamp 

 on Affidavit 5 cents, do. on Certificate 5 cents, 

 and the officer granting Permit will charge 5 

 cents 15 cents. 



If the sum is over $20, and not over $50, for Affi- 

 davit 10 cents, Certificate 10 cents, Revenue 

 Stamp on Certificate 15 cents, on Affidavit 5 

 cents, and the officer granting Permit 5 cents. 45 cents. 



If the sum is over $50, and not over $100, for Affi- 

 davit 10 cents. Certificate 10 cents, Revenue 

 Stamp on Affidavit 5 cents, on Certificate 5 

 cents, and the officer granting Permit will 

 charge 10 cents 40 centa. 



If the sum is over $100, he will charge for Affida- 

 vit 10 cents, Certificate 10 cents, Revenue 

 Stamp on Affidavit 5 cents, Certificate 5 cents, 

 and the officer granting Permit will charg 15 

 cents 45 cents. 



XVIII. In order to equalize assessments on all 

 goods transported to States and parts of States declared 

 in insurrection, persons obtaining permits to purchase 

 family or plantation supplies in States so declared, in 

 addition to the fees prescribed will be required to pay 

 five per cent, on the sworn invoice value of such fami- 

 ly and plantation supplies. 



XIX. Trade stores will be authorized only by the 

 A*istant Special Agent of the District in which 

 they are to be established, or upon his recommenda- 

 tion by any other Assistant Special Agent in the First 

 Agency, or by the Supervising Special Agent. 



XX. No purchase of products of States declared in 

 insurrection within the First Agency can be made 

 therein, except under the authority to the purchaser 

 provided for in the Regulations. 



XXI. Every authority for the purchase of products 

 shall distinctly designate the place at which or the lim- 

 its of the district within which such purchase may 

 be made, and no authority shall be issued to parties 

 beyond the limits and boundaries designated in Rule 



XXII. Authority to purchase the products of that 

 portion of States declared in insurrection within the 

 First Agency, and within the boundaries named in 

 Rule XXIV., will be given by any Assistant Special 

 Agent therein, or at the office of the Supervising Spe- 

 cial Agent. 



XXIII. After the designation of boundaries under 

 Regulation IX., boats without supplies on board may 

 be cleared by the Surveyor nearest the destination 

 thereof, to anywhere therein, with persons on board 

 authorized to purchase products within the District to 

 which they are cleared, provided that the clearance 

 of each boat for such purpose shall state definite- 

 ly where it is permitted to go, and shall be counter- 

 signed with the approval of the military officer in 

 command at the place of clearance nearest to its desti- 

 nation. Boats with supplies on board can only be 

 cleared for named places until after the supplies are 

 discharged ; after such discharge they may proceed 

 as other boats, under the original clearance, but all 

 such clearances shall also be approved by the com- 

 manding officer at the place of clearance. All clear- 

 ances must state by whom the boat is chartered, if 

 chartered, or for whom it is to transport products to 

 market. 



XXIV. The limits and boundaries of the Trade 

 Districts in the First Agency after conference with the 

 Generals commanding the Departments therein, are 

 hereby designated as follows, as provided in Regula- 

 tion IX. 



The plantations on both sides of the Mississippi 

 throughout the Agency ; the counties upon and north 

 of the Tennessee river in the State of Alabama; the 

 counties of Warren, Issequena, Yazoo, Washington, 

 Sunflower, Bolivar,Coahoma,Tunica, De Soto, Marshall, 

 Tippah and Tishamingo, in Mississippi ; the parishes 

 of Tensas, Madison, and Carroll, in Louisiana ; so 

 much of the State of Arkansas as lies upon the north 

 of the Arkansas river ; all that part of the State of 

 Tennessee lying west of the Tennessee river ; and so 

 much of the counties of Stewart and Montgomery as 

 lies north of the Cumberland river ; so much of the 

 county of Cheatham as lies north of the Harpeth river; 

 Robertson, Davidson, and so much of the Williamson 

 and Maury as lies north of the Harpeth river and east 

 of Hillsboro Pike, north of Duck river and east of the 

 Alabama and Tennessee Railroad ; Bedford, Rutherford, 

 Sumner, Macon, Warren, Coffee; so much of Frank- 

 lin as lies east of the Nashville and Chattanooga Hail- 

 road ; Marion, Grundy ; so much of Marshall as lies 



