The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-20
internal Revenue Decision Regarding
Dtsttllers.


The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has IL
sued the following circular, concerning the con-
nection Of stills with receiving cisterns
TREASURY DErARrxEsr,
OFFICE or INTERNAL RgyESUK,
WASHINGTON, Oct. IL, 1866.
Inform alton has been receiv ed nj this ONCE that
officers Of Internal in various parts Of this
country permitting distllers to continue under
the law the old practice Of separating the low
and high wines by allowing them to run into sep
arate open tubs placed the outlet of the still
OF worm. 1t is understood that the almost uni
verssl custom in grain distieries has been 10
place GEAR the outlet ef the worm two open tubs
into one Of which the highwnes are conveyed, and
into the other the low wines-the former connect.
ed by pipes with the highwine cistern, and the
latter with the still or doubler.
This arrangement il not consistent with the
terms of the act Of July Is, 1868. Sec. "a (par.
1851 Of that act provides that all the spirits dis
titled during each day of twenty -four hours shall
be conveyed on that day into one Of the receiving
cisterns prepared for that purpose, and that such
cistern shall be connected with the outlet Of the
still by suitable pipes or other apparatus, SO con
the inspector.
This language clearly prohibits the use Of open
tubs for separating low and high wines The out
let Of the still worm must be connected with
the cistern bv pipes or other apparatus exposed to
the view of the inspector. Open tubs not the
pipes or other apparatus" contemplated by Law.
The intention Of the law a. is we'll known, il TO
cut of the opportunities for the commission OF
fraud heretofore existing. To this end, the de-
sign was to keep the spirits, 1t were, under
close guard, continuously, from the worm to the
bonded warehouse, by the use Of q pipe connectin
the worm with the eistern, by having the eistern
in safe room under the lock and seal Of the in
spoctor, and by having the spirits, under the i'm
mediate inspection Of thst officer, drawn Of into
casks or packages, which, after being duly
gsuged, proved and marked, be is to see removed
into the bonded warehouse, which, again, /. under
his lock and key.
Now, to permit the spirits to be run from the
worm into open tubs, for the ostensible purpose
Of separating thelow from the high wines, would
be to Illustrate the grand object Of the law, and
render all other safeguards provided by the law,
wholly nugatory.
Consequently, distillers must in all cases be re-
CURED to connect the still or worm with the re-
ceiving cistern by pipes or other apparatus, which
must be so constructed as to convey the spirits d.
rect TO the cistern.
As it is necessary for the interest Of the disiller
TO prevent the low wines from running into the
highwine cistern, and as the use Of the open tubs
for this purpose cannot be allowed, it becomes
necessary to adopt some arrangement by which
this can be done.
II is deemed entirely feasible to separate the
low from the high wines by the of a glass ves-
sci, which shall be connected with and made
part Of the pipes or apparatus connecting the out
let Of the still with the receiving cistern. The
precise form Of this apparatus for separating the
low and high wines is not now prescribed, but dis
tillers must be Immediately notified that some
such arrangement must be adopted and put in use
by the 18th day of November next. Any distilfe-
~ which, after that date, shall be found without
such apparatus, mus, be closed up and proceeded
against according TO law.
THOMAS HARLAxp,
Acting Commissioner