St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-02-26

the production of spirits or alcohol shall
! be made or termented in any building or
on any premises other than a distillerv
duly authorized according to law; and
no mash, wort, or wash SO made and
termented shall be sold or remove from
any distillery before being distilled and
no person other than an authorized dis
tller shall by distillation, or by any 9TH
er process, separate the alcoholic spirits
from any termented mash, wort, or wash :;
and no person shall uss spirits or alcohol
or any vapor of alcoholic spirits in man.
utacturlng vinegar or any other article.
or In any process of manufacture what
ever, unless the spirits OF alcohol so used
shall have been produced in an author
lied distillery and the tax thereon paid.
Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this section shall be fined,
for every otfense, not less than five hun
dred dollars nor more than five thousand
dollars, and imprisoned for not less than
SIX months nor more than two years {:
Provided, That nothing in this section
shall be construed to apply to fermented
liquors.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,
That every person having in his posses
sion or custody, or under his control ANY
still or distiIling apparatus set up, shall
register the same with the assistant asses
>or OF the division in which said still or
dlstllllng apparatus shall be, by filing
with him duplicate statements, i'll writing
subscribed by such person, setting forth
the particular place where such still or
distilling apparatus is set up, the kind of
still and lis cubic contents, the owner
| thereof, his place of residence, and the
purpose for which said still or distilling
apparatus has been or is intended to be
used one of which statements shall be
retained and preserved by the assistant
assessor and the other transmitted to the
assessor of the district. Stills and dis
tIlling apparatus now set up shall be so
registered within sixty days from the
! time this act takes effect, and those here
after set up shall be so registered imme
diately upon their being set up. Any
sill or distiling apparatus not SO regis
tered, together with all personal property
in the possession, or custody, or under
the control of such person and found in
the building, or in any yard or enclosure
connected with the building, in which
the same shall be set up, shall be forfeit
ed. And any person having in his pos-
session or custody, or under his control,
any still or dlstilling apparatus set up
which is not so registered, shall pay
penalty of five hundred dollars, and on
conviction shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than one
, thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not
less than one month nor more than two
years.
SEC. q. And be it further enacted,
That every person engaged in, or intend
ing to be engaged in, the business of
distiller or rectltier, shall give notice in
writing, subscribed by him, to the asses
sor of the district within which such bus
iness is carried on, stating his name and
place of residence, and if company or
firm, the name and place of re,idence
# each member thereof, the
place where said business is to be carried
on, and whether of distilling or rcctify-
ing. And if such business be carried on
in city, the residence and place Of bus
mess shall be inlicalei by the name of
the street and number of the building.
In case of distiler the notice shall also
state the kind of stills, and the cubic
contents thereof, the number and kind OF
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termenting tubs, and the cubic contents
OF each tub, the number of receiving els
terms, and the cubic contents of each cis-
tern, together with Il particular descrip-
ton OF the lot, or tract of land, on which
the distillery is situated with the size and
description Of the buildings thereon, and
of what material constructed. The no.
tce shall also state the number of hours
in which the distiller will terment each
tub of mash or beer, the estimated guam
tity of distilled spirits which the appara-
tus is capable Of distilling every twenty
four hours, and the names and residence
OF every person interested or to be inter-
ested in the business, and that said dis
tillery and the premises connected there
with are not within six hundred feet of
any premises authorized to be used for
rectitying or refining distilled spirits by
any process. In case of rectitier, the
notice shall state the precise location OF
the premises where such business is to be
carried ON, the name and residence OF ev-
cry person interested or to be interested
in the business, by what process the ap-
plicant intends to rectity, purify. or re-
fine distilled spirits, the kind and cubic
contents of any still used or to be used
for such purpose, and the estimated dquan-
tiiy of spirits which can be rectified, pu-
rified, or refined every twenty-four hours
in such establishment, and that said rec
titying establishment is not within six
hundred feet of the premises of any dis
tillery registered for the distillation of
spirits. In case of any change in the To-
cation, form, capacity, ownership, agen-
cy, superintendency, or in the persons
interested in the business of such distil-
lery or rectitying establishment, or in the
time of fermenting the mash or beer, no.
tice thereof, in writing, shall be given to
the said assessor or to the assistant asses
sor of the division within twenty-four
hours of said change. And any assist
ant assessor receiving such notice shall
Immediately transmit the same to the
assessor of the district. Every notice
required by this section shall be in such
form and shall contain such additional
particulars as the Commissioner of Inter-
nal Revenue may from time to time pre-
scribe. Any person failing Or refusing
to give such notice shall pay a penalty of
one thousand dollars, and on conviction
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