The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-19

on imports and for other purposes" shall be
constructed, and is hereby declared to mean.
that proof offs liquor which corresponds to fifty
degrees Of Trailes's acentesimal hydrometer,
adopted by regulation Of the Treasury De-
partment Of August IL, 1850, at the tempera-
ture Of sixty degrees of Frahrenheit's thermom-
eter; and that in reducing the temperatures to
the standard Of sixty, and in levying duties on
liquors above and below proof, the table
of commercial values, contained in the manual
for inspectors of spirits, prepared BY Prof.
McCulloch, under the Superintendence Of Prof
Bache, and adopted by the Treasury Depart
ment, shall be used and taken as giving the
proportions Of absolute alcohol in the liquids
guaged and proved according to which duties
shall be levied. NO .j4 s.,g z
Sec. 43. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be designated by the Collector in
every assessment district where the same may
be necessary one or more inspectors, who shall
take an oath faithfully to perform their duties
in such form as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue shall prescribe, and who shall be en-.
titled to receive such fees as may be fixed and
prescribed by said Commissioner. And all
spirits distilled as aforesaid by any person
licensed as aforesaid shall, before the same is
used, or removed for consumption or sale, be
inspected, gagged and proved by some person
so as aforesaid designated for the performance
of such duties, and who shall mark upon the
cask or other package containing such spirits,
in q manner to be prescribed by said Commits
sioner, the quantity and proof of the contents of
such cask or package, with the duties of in
spection and the name of the Inspector. And
any person who shall attempt fraudulently to
evsde the payment Of duties upon any spirits
distilled as aforesaid, by changing in any man.
ner the mark upon any such cask or package,
shall forfeit the sum Of $500 for each cask or
package so altered or changed, to be recovered
as hereinbefore provided. And the fees Of
such Inspector shall in all cases be paid by the
owner OF the spirits so inspected, gagged and
proved. And any such Inspector who shall
knowingly put upon any such cask or package
any false or fraudulent mark shall be liable to
the same penalty hereinbefore provided for
each cask or package so fraudulently marked
And any person who shall use any cask or
package so marked, for the purpose of selling
spirits of quality different from that so in
spected, shall be subject to a like penalty for
each cask or package SO used. @
Sec. A. And be it further enacted, That
the owner or owners Of any distillery may
erect, at his or their expense, q warehouse of
iron, stone or brick, with metal or other fire.
proof roof, to be contiguous to such distillery;
and such warehouse, when approved by the
Collector, is hereby declared bonded ware
house Of the United States and shall be used
only for storing distilled spirits and to be un-
der the custody of the Collector or his deputy.
And the duty on the spirits, stored in such
warehouse shall be raid when and as it is sold
or removed from such warehouse for SALE
Sec 45. And be it further enacted, That
every person who, ON the LIST day of August,
1862, shall ba the owner of any still, boiler or
other vessel, used or intended to be used for
the purpose of dlstilling spirituous liquors, as
hereinbefore provided, or who shall have such
still, boiler, or other vessel under his saperin-
tendence. either as agent for the owner or on
bis own account and every person who, after
said day, shall use or intend to use any still,
boiler brother vessel as aforesaid, either as
owner, agent, or otherwise, shall from day to
DAY make true and exact entry, or cause to
be entered, in book to be kept by him for that
purpose, the number of gallons Of spirituous
liquors distilled by him, and also the number
OF gallons sold, or removed for consumption or
sale, and the proof thereof, which book shah
always be open in the day time, Sundays ex.
cepted, for the inspection of the said Collector,
who may take minutes, memorandum. or tran
scripts thereof and shall render to said Col
lector, on the 1st, 10th and Goth days of each
and every month in each year, or within FIVE
days thereafter, general account in writing,
taken from his books, of the number of gallons
OF spirituous liquors distilled and sold, or re-
moved for consumption or sale and the proof
thereof, for the period or factional part of q
north preceding said day, or for such portion
thereof as may have elapsed FROM the date of
such entry and report to the said day which
shall next ensue; and shall keep book or books
IN form to be prescribed by the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue, and to be open at all sea-
sonable hours for inspection by the Collector
and Assessor, Of the district, wherein shall be
entered, from day to day, the, quantities of
grain or other vegetable productions, or other
substances put into the mash tub, by him, his
agent or superintendent, fer the purpose of
producing spirits; and shall verify or cause to
be verified the said entries, reports, books and
general accounts, by oath or affirmation. to be
taken before the Collector or some other officer
authorized by the laws of the State to admins.
ter the same according toithe form REQUIRED by
this act, where the same is prescribed and
shall also pay to the Collector the duties which
by this act ought be paid on the spirituous
liquors SO distilled and sold, or removed for
consumption or sale and in said accounts men.
toned, at the time Of rendering an account
thereof. st % 355sssfslF 80 ,3sgS'yl ss ma \
See. 4e. And be It further enacted, That
the collector Of any district may grant permit
to the owner or owners Of any distillery within
his district to send or ship any spirits, the pro-
duct Of said distillery, after the quantity ana
proof thereof shall have been ascertained by ia.
spection according to the provisions Of this act
to any place without said district and within
the United States; and in such case the bill Of
lading or receipt (Which shall be in.such form as
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue NAV al.
rect) Of the same shall be taken in the name Of
the collector of the district in which the distil.
ery is situate and the spirits aforesaid shall be
consigned. in such bill of ladng or recent to
the collector of the district in which the place
is situate, whittier the spirits is sent or shipped
and the amount of duties upon said spirits sha,i
be stated in the receipt, and upon the arrival Of
the spirits, and upon the demand of the collec.
tor aforesaid, the agent Of the distil-
lery land the name of the agent for the conyen.
fence Of the collector, shall always appear in
the bill of lading or receip) shall pay the du.
ties upon the said spirits, with the expense Of
freight, and every other expense which has &C.
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