1862 June 6 Corinth Miss

                Head Quarters  District of the Mississippi
                                   Corinth, Miss June 6th 1862

Genera Order }
            No 31}

                               1st The attention of all officers
of the department is called to the Regulations of the
Treaure Department in regard to trade in the
insurrection states. Persons having permitts[sic] from
the proper Revenue officers will be alowed[sic] to trade
freely outside of the lines of our camps unless they
violate the condition of their permits or some milit
=ary regulation in which case they will be arrested
and reported to Head Quarters.
      11nd  Military officers will not interfere with the
shipment of cotton and other products of the coun
=try nor with the landing of Goods under Treasure
permits except in cases of suspicion of improper
traffic in which case the facts will be reported
as above.

                111rd  No one will be permitted to seize
cotton in the hands of the owner unless it be exposed
to be distroyed[sic] by the enemy, in which case it will
be [ink blob]peted for and turned over to the Quartermaster
Cotton Department, Cotton so seized will be sold
shipped to market and sold at public auction.
the proceeds[?] after deleting expenses to be accounted for
to the owner unless such owner is in the Rebel ranks
or rendering assistance to the enemy in which case the
money will be returned to be disposed of as may hereafter
be determined, Commanding Officers will be careful

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that the authority is not abused and that the quiet
people of the country are assured that their property and
Legitimate business will not be interfered with

                             By Command of Major Gen Halleck
                                    [?] C. Ketton
                                    Assistant Adjutant Genl


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