Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-03-18

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sson Of the dissller. 20 in public ssore o. hosd-
I'd warehouse. On sifhsx the 6r<s day af July
or February Aforesaid no duty having ben
paid thereon. shall be held and trra,ed a. II
distilled "a those days respectively, and said
duty shall be paid BY the owner. agent. o.
superintendent Of the still or other vessel in
which the said spirits shall have been distilled
within five days after the time rendering TIE
accounts ofspirts SO chargeaLle with duty
required to be rendered by law. And the
said duties shall be a lien on the distillery
used for distilling the same, with the stills,
vessels, fixtures, and tools therein, and on
the lot or tract of land whereon the said dis-
t;llery is situated, until the said duty shall be
paid: Provided. That the duty on all spirits
shall be collected at no lower rates than the
basis of first proof, and shall BE- increased in
proportion for any greater strength than the
strength of first proof.
Sec. Sc. And be it further enacted, That
the term first proof used in this act aud in
the laws of the United States shall be con-
strued, and is hereby declared to mean, that
proof ofa liquor which corresponds to fifty
degrees of Tralle's ccntesimal hydrometer,
adopted by regulation of the Treasury De-
partment, Of Agust twelfth, eighteen hundred
and fifty, at the temperature Of sixty degrees
Farenheit's thermometer. And in levying
duties on liquors above and below proof, the
table contained in the manual for inspectors Of
spirits, prepared by Professor McCulloch,
under the superiutendency Of Professor
Bache, and adopted by the Treasury Depart.
ment. shall be used and taken rs giving the
proportions ofabsolute alcohol in the liquids
gagged and proved according to which duties
shall be levied, until otherwise ordered by
the Secretary Of the Treasury, who is hereby
authorized to adopt such hvdrometers and
prescribe such rules and regulations az he may
deem necessary to insure q uniform system
of inspection and guageing of spirits subjcc to
duties throughout tho United States.
Sec. 81. lind be It further enacted, That
every p,.rson who shall be the owner Of any
still, boiler, or other vessel, used, or intended
to be used, for the purpose of distilling spirit
Gus liquors. as llerenbefors provided, or who
shall have such still, boiler, or other vessel
under his supcrintend-nce, either as agent
for the owner or on his own account; and
every prrson who shall use any siill boiler,
or other vessel us aforesaid, either as owner,
agent, or otherwise. shall, from day to day,
make true and exact entry ia a book to b.
kept for that purpose. the number Of gallons
of spirits distilled. and also the number OF
gallons placed in warehouse. and also the
number sold, or removed for consumption or
sale, and the proof thereof; which book shall
always be open in the daytime, Sundays
excspted) for the inspection Of the said assess
or. assistant assessor, collector, deputy COL
lector, or inspector. who may take any min
utes, memorandum, or transcripts thereof;
and shall render to said assessor or assistant
assessor, on the first. eleventh. and twenty
first days Of each and every month in each
year. or within five days thereafter. an &C.
count in duplicate, taken from his books, of
the number Of gallons Of spirits distilled, and
also tho number of gallons sold, or removed
for consumption or sale. and the proof there
Of. not before accounted for; and shall also
keep book, or books, in form to be pre-
scribed by the commissioner Of internal reve-
nue., and 10 be open at all seasonable hours
for inspection by the assessor, assistant assess
or, collector, deputy collector, deputy col.
lector. or inspector Of the district, wherein
shall be entered, from day to day, the quaint.
ties Of grain, or other vegetable productions,
for the purpose Of producing spirits; and
shall verify, or cause to he verified, the said
entries, reports. books, and accounts. by oath
or affirmation. to b. taken before the assess
o. assistant assessor. or other comps-
tent officer. according to the form required
BY law. and shall Immediately forward to the
collector Of the district one II the duplicate
sccosats, duly verified. - aferrsaid; and
shah also pay to the collector the duties on
the spiits - dissillrd and sold. o. removed
sos caasu@ption o. sale. and is ssid secounts
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