The national Republican., 1866-10-15
THE DEPARTM ENTS.
Important to Distillers.

The following circular concerning the con-
nection Of stills with receiving cisterns was
issued on Saturday by the Acting Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue:
TRzAsrRr DErARrsESr,l
QrrIcs OF iSrERsAL kEvESuH,
wAsHIsoroS, Oct. II, 1866.
Information has been received at this office that
officers Of internal revenue in various parts Of the
country are permitting distiers TO continue, under
the new law the old practice Of separating the low
and high wines, BY allowing them to run into sepa.
rate open tubs placed the outlet Of the still or
worm. II 10 understood that the almost universal
custom In grain dstieries has been to place near
tho outlet Of the worm two open tubs, into one Of
which the high wines are conveyed, and into the
other the low wines-the former connected by pipes
with the highwine oistern and the latter with tho
still or doubler.
This arrangement is not consistent with tho
terms Of the act Of July 49, 1865. Section "a (par
1881 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-
structed as always to be exposed to the view Of the
inspector
This language clearly prohibits the use Of open
tubs for separating low and high wines. The out
let Of the still or worm mns be connected with the
cistern by pipes other apparatus exposed to the
other apparatus" contemplated by law The in.
tention Of the law, as is we'll known Is to cut of
the opportunities for the commission Of fraud here
tofore existing. To this end, the design was to
keep the spirits, rs II WERE under close guard,
tinuously, from the worm to the bonded warehouse,
by the use of pipe connecting the worm with tho
cistern, by having the cstern In a safe under
the lock and seal Of the inspector, and BY having
the spirits under the immediate inspection Of that
officer drawn of into casks or packages which,
after being duly gauged, proved, and marked, he
is to see removed into the bonded warehouse,
which, again, is 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 the low from the high wines, would bs
to frustrato the grand object Of the law and render
all other safeguards provided BY the law wholly
nugatory.
Consequently distillsrs must in all cases bs re.
qured to connect the still or worm with the re.
ceiving cstern by pipes or other apparatus, which
must be so constructed as to convey the spirits
directly to the cistern.
As 1t necessary for the interest of the distiller
to prevent the low wines from running into the
high.wine cistern, and the use of the open tub,
for this purpose caanot be allowed, II becomes
necessary to adopt some arrangement by which this
can be done.
from the high wines by the use Of glass vessel
which shall be connected with and made part
of the pipes or apparatus connecting the outlet
Of the still with the receiving cistern. The pre-.
cise form Of the apparatus for separating the low
and high wines Is not now prescribed but distllers
must be Immediately notified that some such ar.
rangement must be adopted and put In use by the
18th day OF November next. Any dstilery which,
after that date, sfsl be found without such appa-
ratus must be closed up and proceeded against &C.
cording to law. THOMAS HARLASp,
Acting Commissioner.