Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-07-05
Stauttto1t Spettatur.
Tuesday, July 8, 1870.
Information for Distillers of Brandy.

Information for Distillers of Brandy.
The regulations concerning the manufacture
OF brandy have been materially changed since
last year. The bond required is not so large az
befor, being proportioned to the producing
power of the distillery. The distiller is also
relieved from the per diem tax and several 9th
er requirements. The following is synopsis
of the more important of the present regula-
tons:
Every Still in the possession of any person
must be registered either as being for use OF
not for use. Omission to register incurs pen
atty of five hundred dollars.
Notice on form 273 must be given before
commencing The form can be obtained Of
the Assistant Assessor. After this notice is
given the stills to be used will be surveyed
After the survey the distiller must give bond in
amount not less than double the amount of the
tax on the spirits that can be distilled in his
distillery in thirty days, but in no case to be
less than five hundred dollars This bond will
expire on the last day of April, 1871. Hereto
fore the amount Of the bond was five thousand
dollars.
The special tax is the same as before, fifty
dollars per year for persons producing less than
one hundred and fifty barrels The tax year
begins with the first of May and is estimated
for the unexpired part of the year. Thus a
person commencing in September, when eight
months of the special tax year are to succeed,
will pay eight twelfths of the whole tax, or
$33 49, A distiller paying fifty dollars special
tax, has one hundred barrels exempt from bar
rel tax. One distilling but six months and pay
ing but twenty-five dollars special tax would
have but fifty barrels exempt, and in the same
proportion for other amounts The distiller
must pay barrel tax Of four dollars on every
barrel in excess of the number exempt. A bar
rel is considered to be forty proof gallons,
whether in one package or more.
Every distiller must provide himself with
and keep the book prescribed, and this book
must be kept open to the inspection Of any
revenue officer and preserved at least two years.
All the foregoing requirements must be COM
piled with before the bond Of the dister can
be approved, and any distiller commencing
work before he is notified that his bond is ap-
proved is subject to all the liabilities of an il
licit distier
The distiller may designate any suitable place
other than his distillery if he chooses, where
he desires to keep his brandy before it is
gagged and stamped The penalty for re-
moving it from that place is severe
On or before the 18th Of each month the dis
olo1J Al, ho1
form, of the probable number Of packages and
gallons of brandy produced or to be produced,
in the month. It will then be guaged. As soon
as guaged, and On or before the tenth of the
month, the dister shall make return to the
Assistant Assessor of his operations the pre-
vious month.
On the receipt, by the distiller, of the tax
paid stamps he must afix them to the barrel
On which they belong himself Brandy re-
tanned by the distiller for his own use must be
stamped the same as if for SALE Distillers may
sell in the packages as originally gagged and
stamped, when the sale is made from the place
OF manufacture, without any liability to an ad-
ditional tax; but if packages are changed in
any way, liability to additional tax accrues
No assessment of the per-diem tax of two
dollars per day will hereafter be made against
brandy distillers nor will they be required to
give notice Of commencement and suspension
of work.
Stanton.
One of the Editors of the Abingdon Vugiini-
an-Mr. Coale-having recently visited this
place, thus speaks of it in hisexcellent journal
''Staunton is wide awake, busy, enterpris-