The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-29

dwelling house, nor on board Of any
vessel or boat, nor In any building or
on any premises where beer, lager
beer, ale, porter, or other fermented
liquors, vinegar, or ether, are manu-
featured or produced, or where SUI
gars or sirups are refined, or where
liquors of any description are retail
ed, or where any other business is
carried on, nor within SIX hundred
feet from any premises authorized to
be used for rectifying; and every per-
son who shall use any still, boiler,
or other vessel for the purpose
of distilling, as aforesaid, in any
building or other premises
where the above specified articles
are manufactured, produced, refined,
or retailed, OF other business is carried
on, or on board Of any vessel or boat,
or in any dwelling house, or other
place as aforesaid, or shall aid or as
sist therein, or who shall cause or
procure the same to be done, shall, on
conviction, be fined one thousand
dollars and imprisoned for not less
than six month nor more than two
years, in the discretion of the court:
Provided, That saleratus may be man
ufactured, or meal or -four ground
from grain in any building or on any
premises where spirits are distilled;
but such meal or -four only to be used
for distillation on the premises.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted,
That there shall be assessed and coll
lected monthly, from every authorized
distiller whose distillery has an ag-
gregate capacity for MASKING and fer
menting twenty bushels of grain OF
less, or sixty gallons Of molasses or
less, in twenty-four hours, a tax OF
two dollars per day, Sundays ex-
cepted; and a tax of two dollars per
day for every twenty bushels of grain
or sixty gallons of molasses of said
capacity in excess of twenty bushels
of grain or sixty gallons of molasses
in t~wenty-four hours But any dis
tiller who shalt suspend work, as pro
dollars per day during the time the
work shall be SO suspended in his dis
tillery.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted,
That any person who shall manufac-
ture any still, boiler, or other, vessel,
to be used for the purpose of dis
Z, tilling, shall, before the same Is re-
, moved from the place of manufacture,
: notify In writing the assessor of the
district In which such still, boiler, or
other vessel is to be used or set up,
by whom it Is to be used, its capacity,
T and the time when the same is to be
I removed from the place of manufac-
ture and no such still, boiler, or
5 other vessel shall be set up without
. the permit In writing of the said as
SCISSOR for that purpose; and any per-
son who shall set up any such still,
boiler, or other vessel, without first
obtaining a permit from the said as
SCISSOR of the district In which such
! still. boiler, or other vessel is intend
ed to be used, or who shall fail to give
: such notice, shall pay in either case
e the sum of five hundred dollars,
and shall forfeit the distilling appara-
: tus thus removed or set up in viola
: ton of law.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted,
!, That every distillor shall provide, at
: his own expense, a warehouse, to be
j situated on and to constitute a part of
: his distillery premises, to be used only
for the storage OF distilled spirits, of
r his own manufacture; but no dwell
l ing -house shall be used for such pur-
: pose, and no door, window, or other
: opening shall be made or permitted
ia the walls of such warehouse lead
/ ing into the distillery or into any
f other room or building; and such
warehouse, when approved by the
], Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
] on report of the collector, is hereby
declared to be a bonded warehouse of
: the United States, to be known as a
: distillery warehouse, and shall be
: under the direction lJand control
S of the collector of the district.
and In charge Of an 81 inter-
nal revenue storekeeper assigned
: thereto by the Commissioner of In
: ternal Revenue; and the tax On the
! spirits stored in such warehouse shall
I be paid before removal from such
l warehouse.
SEC. l6. And be it further enacted.
t That the owner, agent, or superin-
: tendent of any distillery, established
as hereinbefore provided, shall erect,
| in a room or building to be provided
: and used for that purpose, and for no
: other, and to be constructed In the
manner to be prescribed by the Com
: missioner of Internal Revenue, two
t or more receiving cisterns, each to be
| at least of sufficient capacity to
hold all the spirits distilled DUR
: ing the day of twenty-four hours, into
| which shall be conveyed all the spirits
produced In said distillery; and each
of such cisterns shall be SO con-
, structed as to leave an open space of
{ at least three feet between the top
thereof and the floor or roof above,
: and of not less than eighteen inches
between the bottom thereof and the
floor below, and shall be so situated
! that the officer can pass around the
same, and shall be with
the outlet Of the worm OF condenser by
| suitable pipes or other apparatus so
constructed as always to be exposed to
the view ofthe officer, and SO connected
and constructed. as to prevent the abb
straction of spirits while passing from
the outlet of the worm or condenser
back to the still or doubler, or for
ward to the receiving cistern; such
: cisterns and the room IN which they
are contained shall be In charge of
and under the lock and seal of the
internal revenue gauger designated
for that duty; and on the third day
after the spirits are conveyed into such
cisterns the same shall be drawn off
into casks under the supervision of
such gauger in the presence of the
storekeeper, and be removed directly
to the distillesy warehouse; and on
special application to the assessor
or assistant assessor by the owner,
agent, or superintendent of any
distillery. the spirits may be
drawn off from the said cisterns IN
der the supervision of the gauger at
/ aDy time preVi0uS tn the third dav