The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-30

the purpose Of distilIiDg; and the
materials she'll be sold as In case of
other forfeited property.
SEC. 43. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of every
person who empties or draWss of, or
causes to be emptied or drawn of.
any distilled spirits from a cask or
package bearing any mark, brand, or
stamp required BY law, at the time of
empty1ng such lcask or package. to
eface and obliterate said mark. stamp.
or brand. Any such cask or package
from which said mark, brand. aud
stamps not so efaced and obliterated,
as herein required, shall be forfeited
TO the United States, and may be
seized by any officer of the internal
revenue wherever found. ANY rail-
road company or other transportation
company, or person, who shall re-
ceive or transport, or have in pos
session with intent to transport,
or with intent to cause or procure
TO be transported, any such empty
cask or package, or any part thereof,
having thereon any brand, mark or
stamp, required by law 10 be placed
on any eask OF package containing
distilled spirits, shall forfeit three
hundred dollars for each such cask
or package, or any part thereof, so
received or transported, or had 10 pos
session with the intent aforesaid and
any boat, railroad car, cart, .dray,
wagon, or other vehicle, and all
horses or other animals used in
carrying or transporting the same,
shall Be forfeited to the United
States. Any person who shall fail or
neglect to efface and obliterate said
mark, stamp, or brand. at the timefo
1 emptying such eask or package, or
who shall receive any such cask or
package, or any part thereof, with
the intent aforesaid, or who shall
transport the same, or knowingly aid
or assist therein, or who shall re-
move any stamp provided by this act
from any cask or package containing or
which had contained distilled spirits.
without defacing and destroying the
same at the time of such removal, or
who shall aid or assist therein, or
who shall have in his possession any
such stamp go removed, as aforesaid,
or have in his possession. any gan
celled stamp. or stamp which has been
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used upon any cask or package of
distilled spirits, shall be deemed
guilty of felony. and, on conviction,
shall be fined not less than five hun
dred dollars nor more than ten thou
sand dollars, and imprisoned not less
than one year nommore than FIVE.
SEC. a.. And be it further enacted,
That any person who shall carry on
the business Of a distiller, ractiier,
c~ompounder of liquors, Wholesale
liquor dealer, retail liquor dealer, OF.
manufacturer of stills, without having
paid the special tax, as required by
law, or who shall carry on the busi-
ness of a distiller without having civ
en- bond as required by law. or who
shall engage in or carry on the bust
ness of a distiller, with intent TO de-
fraud the United States Of the tax on
the spirits distilled by him, or
any part thereof, shall, for every
such offence, be fined not less
than one thousand dollars nor
more than FIVE thousand dollars,
and imprisoned not less that 1six
months nor more than two years.
And all distilled spirits or wines, and
all stills or other apparatus, fit or in-
tended to be used for the Installation
or rec~tification Of spirits or for the
compounding of liquors, owned by
such person, wherever found, aud all
distilled spirits or wines and personal
property found in the di~stillery or
reotifying establishment, or in the
store or other place of business of
the o~ompoundeF, or in any building,
room. yard, or enclosure connected
Herewith, and used with or consti-
tuting a part OF the premises; and
all the right, title, and interest
| of such person in the lot or
tract of land upon which such distil-
lery Is situated, and all the right, title,
and interest therein of every person
who knowingly has suffered or per-
mitted the business of a distiller to be
there carried on, or has connived at
the same; and all personal property
| owned by or in possession of any per-
son who has permitted or suffered any
building, yard, or enclosure, or any
part thereof, to be used for purposes
of ingress or egress to or from such
distillery which shall be foundin any
such building, yard, or enclosure, and
all the right, title, and interest of
every person in any premises used for
ingress or egress to or from such dis
tillery, who has knowingly suffered or
permitted such premises to be used for
such ingress or egress, shall be forfeited
to the United States rsanffD +
SEC. As. And be it further enacted,
That every rectifer, wholesale liquor
dealer and compounder of liquors
shall provide himself with a book to
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shall be prescribed by the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, and shall,
on the same dayaonwhieh he receives
any spirits, and before he shall draw
off any part thereof, or add water or
anything thereto, or Ia any respect
alter the same. enter in such book,
and in the proper columns respective
Iy prepared for the purpose, the date
when, the name of the person OF firm
from whom, and the place whence the
titled, rectifed, or compounded, and
when and by whom inspected, and, if
in the original package, the serial
of wine gallons and proof gallons,
the kind Of spirit, and the number
and kind of adhesive stamps thereon .
and every such rectifer, eompounder,
and wholesale dealer shall, at the
time Of sending out of his stock or
possession any spirits, and before
the same shalt be removed from his
premises, enter, in like manner, in
the said book, the day when, aud the
name and place of business of the
person or firm to whom such spirits
are to be sent, the quantity and the
kind or quality OF such spirits, and
also the number of gallons and frac-
tons Of a gallon at proof; and if in
the original packages in which they
were received, he shall enter the