, 1869-10-04

Of honor to willingly allow h,mself to be put IN
orpozluoo 70 hla aasoCsa1a and oncal supet.ot:
Hh2teTe1 he hA& done IN this onAna3 haA
therefore, tn "a supo1sant sense, BY hin. i Z
due 10 both ol the1e gentlemen 70 s4y that they
sre saToe:sg xaEstng sosssaer 10! sae net tnts,,
Of fee dulles of the hoase, certain dep<tnsnta Of
tue business arc astiSned tO tha assistant AGENT
Mn'sa =. na.e formed the sasis of the Ta~ss' fstn-
50 IL = n hare learned, there has beea-no
deta!catson II ~ IL the usual seust of tazt word.
We bear Of no charge that AZ dlsnuttiax axent
= tne ss'aol1shment has ntappsupE1ated funds
1p sse annual exhl6is Vi l. % asseeS Tns it fns1;-
] =: :e9 II Z. :: s11:a "a e Il a.
F:ent hs!1Dg difee1 cnaxxn. taas taa po1chases
ory; nat inttead Of tuytag a mt nan1s, the
he-t Of the printing tepsItnen bad n2de p7r-
chaae. thrc1En1 cons1aiahnu me1ca2H, and thss
er tnAn Hoo1d have BEEN given had the purchases
been made directly n the na12facsIrezL We DO
a9aonrsa Of I'VE Ra11ons o. more q the 1aEne
time, and l0lt1 the kales Of fct2 dealers TO quan-
titles less tha1 dTe Gallone n tho sane nne II
totlors, tntzefnrer tint N packages Of nve sa1-
lon4 Or more ssaa mnsk cone fsom wholesale
b1 Section s md tfai PACKAGES Q! iesa taaa ave
gallons 1re not required to be gagged or stamped
he agcs ien m !, liz tqso1snn; III sa2ed a f. % Wbe,her
tho gallon named IN these eeet.ooa IS the wtne Or
proof Gallon secst1a Of the act Of Jaly -. 1889
III herealtet made, ealloa aha2 be f1ken to 6e !
gallon Of Ffoof sItt1ts- Ihefefofe, said sections
should be underwood - fcadlng proof ganon1,
when applied to s2les Of distilled spirit.
Section Il provides for Ezu2tng and marttuG or
6TonolnE u CASE Of change OF PACKAGE contalntnR
sts o sn s5e see oa q
pactaeeA Of not Less than uve gallons and ~ every
package nlied on fhe premises Of such dealer Is
e es ss r. n q
rqulrt d D. Section Is, third form; but II anJ Of
such packages contain Ten g.llous or uore. these
don don t. Tne aosenee @ q I'D ssaps nd y msff
Or brands on packages eo 1l.ed, containing more
than tise gallons subjects the same to forfeiture
though package containing Just nye gallons Is
rrqn1rtd u be EsrEtd sod stamped, jet the an-
EeLce Q! such stamp doea not WORK Its forfeiture
packages containing mora than dre gAioha; blt
The Nhoesae dealer no sells packa9e Of just lse
gallons H,.neat ganaing q ssanr1ns INC saue, as
Escsion q, Of tne act Of JnlJ p, ls1l
"St4nd easks," !. hen used as such, e.e let no
sne T On sns q ne ds; c9t e.
casks Or packages 10 be sold. 10 ailo1 tre,r ne,
uaGer Section =, and msrked q hFasdeti under
SETON Il, at eser3 ullinc, Or be subject 10 for.
fest1fr under Stchon 81; sud tho s4ue NAV be
said ~ to the packages died tnerrln,n, II con
talnin4 fTe GaIlobA or moft. The 1nprsc:icahlhsv
VI TO ue1GB tuem IL arpa12n', and must OF Itself
put them oct o. use Tne whole tenor Of II. lav
y. that Al PACKAGES Of RpsHts held tor sae, mu.t
te protected ff"m seizure By tue Stamps, and
Ma1kh u btauAA. 0ne Of the oblecls OF eslnpaog,
8Lu M&rklnS or bfb bndtDz, Is the idelt1.y OF the
P .rt1cuiar p.cLa8rs. The use 0: "sfauu easks"
rs Buch would dE3eAt that object, and a. vel. tue
object ct The law IN prescribing the books that are
20 be kept under Section -, and s1ard fsc'',ric7
n t4i1stF
teaitrs ~hoesae arc Eerati, must % rsq11ret, TO
.fsar from the stamped and bFacHe<t psckx--s
they pofcnase, DIRECT, into those In which the
spts'ta arc to- be sDl1, BAD no Other caan~t Of
pfcksgc nlsr be ailoEed, except when THndtr.d
recessatJ 10 prevent waste, Anl when the require
EeIts y! Section 4I must ~ compisef wttE; A.
the ultimate object Of sach chzrse Il for the pur.
ptse OF sale. In such cases, tae package into
Nhcl the sptttts ate dra1n Tor presar. alton,
VII. tor the purpose Of tu'nre sales, bc r:,A-d-d
tls seu ~ PACKAGES putChastd oJ the utae-,
aud be nc5 era y tne.rfrotr, fur eaIe.
BEING sattsned tnat dealers generally are uslny
thece ttabu casAs IL iGncTAnce Of the fact thai
tte'r asc ns -1:n is ~ v'o!at'ou Of tar, would
not I'd, se An ludlserlm.natu seizure On that &c
c1R, I. I'M ea-Se :. thai you n:otm the dta;ets OF
'n G'.trirr rat the ~ Is p-nhthlt@, and ate.
ahnro,pE them an oppor1r3ny to d.tPeust Win
tbt1r ltac eEiulce TIL laa lst III ta this re'p-cf.
EelJ respectfully,
.- &. DEL4SCt E3U alSaI1utr.
il. n. SEEps. Esq., Assessor, Washtcyton, D. G,