The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-13 00:00:00

THE MALT FOR CATTLE BILL.

The fo:lowit3g is a copy of the bill, brought in by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to allow the mak-
ing of malt duty free to be used in feeding cattle:--
Whereas it is expedient to allow malt to be made duty free
to be used in the feeding of cattle; be it enacted by the
Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons,
in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority
of the same, as follows :-
1. It shall be lawful for any person who shall give such
security as hereinafter required in that behalf, and upon
taking out a proper license as a maltster, to make malt un-
der the provisions of this act in a malthouse approved by
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the sole purpose
of being consumed in the feeding of cattle, and all malt
which shall be so made and which shall be mixed with
linseed cake or linseed meal as hereinafter directed in such
malthouse shall be free from the duties of excise charge-
able on malt; and it shall also be lawful for any maltster
(not being a distiller) who shall be entitled to make
malt for the purpose of being consumed in the distil.
ling of spirits under the provisions of the act passed in
the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty's reign, chap. 94.
to mix malt with the materials aforesaid for the sole pur-
pose of being consumed in the feeding of cattle, upon his
complying with the provisions and regulations of this act .
2. Every person who shall intend to make malt duty-free
under the provisions of this act shall enter into a bond to
her Majesty, with two or more sufficient sureties, to the sa-
tisfaction of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and in
such sum as the said Commissioners shall think proper,
conditioned to the purport or effect following, that is to say
—that such maltster shall duly make into malt all corn and
grain which shall be received into any such malthouse as
aforesaid, and shall not take, send out, remove, or deliver
from any such malthouse as aforesaid any malt, except malt
duly mixed with some material prescribed by this act in that
behalf, and removed in conformity with the provisions of
this act, and shall not convey away, hide, or conceal any
malt, or corn, or grain, contrary to any of the provisions of
this act, or of any act in force in relation to maltsters or the

making of malt ; and the condition of such bond shall also
contain all such further terms and stipulations as the Com-
missioners of Inland Revenue shall deem to be necessary or
proper for enforcing compliance on the part of such malt-
ster with the terms and provisions of this act and the regu-

lations which the said commissioners may make in pursu-
ance thereof, or for preventing frauds in relation to the malt
to be made by such maltster ; and such maltster shall give a
fresh bond with such sureties as aforesaid, when and as
often as he shall be required so to do by the said commis-
sioners, and in default thereof he shall not be entitled to
make malt duty free under the provisions of this act.
3. Every person who shall make malt under the provi.
visions of this act shall paint or place and fix in letters dis-
tinctly legible, three inches at the least in height, and of
a proper and proportionate breadth, conspicuously upon
the principal gate, door, or entrance of his malthouse, his
Christian and surname, together with the words "Entered
to make malt to be used in feeding cattle," and shall pre-
serve and keep the same so painted or placed and fixed,
and shall repaint and renew the same as often as occasion
shall require.
4. All malt made under the provisions of this act shall
be deposited in a storeroom provided by the maltster and
entered with the excise for that purpose, and shall be con-
veyed to and from the room in which the same is intended
to be ground as hereinafter mentioned upon such notice to
the officer of excise, and under such regulations as the Com-
missioners of Inland Revenue shall direct and appoint in
that behalf.

5. The maltster shall provide at his own expense a safe
and secure room or rooms in his malthouse, to be approved
in writing by the proper collector and supervisor of the dis-
trict, for the purpose of grinding the malt made by him in
such malthouse, and mixing and storing the same when
mixed ; and all such rooms to be provided as aforesaid
shall be properly secured to the satisfaction of the said col-
lector and supervisor, and shall be at all times kept locked
by the proper officer of excise, and neither the maltster nor
his servants or workmen shall be admitted therein, except
upon such a notice in writing to be given by the maltster to
the officer as the said commissioners shall direot.

6. All malt made under the provisions of this act shall,
before the removal thereof from the malthouse in which
the same shall have been made, be ground and thoroughly
mixed with one-tenth part at the least of its weight of
ground linseed cake or linseed meal; and all such malt,
and the said material to be mixed therewith, shall be
ground to such a degree of fineness and in such manner as
the said commissioners shall direct or approve, and shall be
mixed together in a quantity not less than 40 bushels at a
time in the presence of an officer of excise by such means
and in such manner as shall be directed or approved by the
said commissioners ; and for any refusal or neglect on the
part of the maltster to comply with the requirements of
this clause, or any of them, the malt and also the material
mixed or intended to be mixed therewith shall be forfeited.
7. The maltster shall keep an account, in such form as the
commissioners shall supply to him for that purpose, of the
quantity, by weight or measure as the commissioners shall
require, of all malt mixed as aforesaid which he shall from
time to time send out or deliver from his malthouse, with the
respective dates of such sending out or delivery, and the
name and place of abode of the person to or for whom such
mixed malt shall be so sent or delivered, together with such
other particulars respecting the same as the said commis-
sioners shall require in that behalf.
8. All malt which shall be found mixed with linseed cake
or linseed meal shall be deemed to have been mixed under
the provisions of this act, and if any person shall separate
or attempt to separate any malt from any material with
which the same shall have been mixed as aforesaid, or shall
use any malt which shall have been so mixed as aforesaid in
or for the brewing of beer or distilling of spirits, he shall
forfeit the sum of 1200, and all such malt and material shall
be forfeited.

9. If any person shall be found taking or removing malt,
or any corn or grain making into malt, from any malthouse
or premises on the principal or outer gate whereof the words
" Entered to make malt to be used in feeding cattle" shall
be painted, placed, or fixed, and not being malt mixed with
such material as aforesaid, and removing under and ac,ccrd-
ing to the provisions of this act, he shall be dealt with in
like manner and be liable to the like penalty and punish-
ment as are prescribed in the 32d section of the said act
passed in the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty in the case
of a person offending as therein mentioned.
10. All the provisions, regulations, penalties, and for-
feitures contained in the several acts of Parliament now in
force in relation to maltaters or the making malt, and also
the provisions contained in the sections hereinafter enume-
rated of the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her Ma-
jesty's reign, chapter 94, that is say, sections 6, 11, 13, 14,
15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 31, so far as they relate to
maltaters not being distillers, and so far as the same shall be
consistent with the express provisions of this act, shall be
applied and put in execution with respect to maltaters and
the making of malt under this act as fully and effectually to
all intents and purposes as if the same had been repeated
and specially enacted, tnutatis mutandis, with reference to
maltaters and the making of malt under this act.
11. This act shall continue and be in force for five years
from the passing thereof, and until the end of the then next
session of Parliament, and shall then expire, except as to
any act done or offence committed, or any penalty or for-
feiture previously incurred.