The weekly standard., 1870-07-06

I'd. Each person having a still SO regis
tered, and intending to use the same for the
distillation Of brandy, must, before com.
mencing distillation, give notice on Form
271 to the Assessor through tho Assistant
Assessor of his intention to dstil.
Sd. On receipt of notice, Form 27I, the
Assessor, with the aid of his designated As.
sistant, will proceed to make careful sur.
vey of such still or stills.
4th. After the completion OF such survey
and before the commencement of distila.
ton, each distiler shall make and execute
a bond on Form 30t, and with at least two
sureties to be approved by the Asses,
| sor. The penal sum of said bond shall not
| be less than double the amount of tax on
| the spirits that can be distilled in his dis.
| tillery during period of thirty days, as as
| certained by the survey, and in no case shall
| such bond be for less sum than five hun.
l dred dollars.
Distillers of brandy, producing less than
one hundred and fifty barrels annually, arc
| required to pay Il special tax of fifty dollars
| per annum, and every such distiler produc.
ing more than one hundred barrels of forty
proof gallons each within the year, shall pay
an additional tax of four dollars for each
barrel over one hundred barrels.
party commencing business in August
will pay $3.50 special tax and four dollars
per barrel for every barrel in excess OF sew
enty-five barrels, or Il party commencing in
September will pay $3333 special tax and
fur dollars for every barrel in excess of 66S
barrels. (
I L. L..
Form No. 25II, in which he shall, from day
to day, make or cause to be made true
and exact entry of the hours between which
the still is operated each day; the kind,
quantity, and conditions of the fruits used I;
the number of times each still has been boi-
led off during each day, and the quantity of
singlings and of brandy produced thereby
which book must be always kept open to
the inspection of any revenue officer. Severe
penalties arc provided in the law for max
ing false entry in such book, or for fraudu'
lently altering any entry made therein, ol
for omitting to make or have made the en.
tries required.
Distillers are at liberty to procure thu
book in any way they see fit All the fore
going requirements must be complied witt
| by the distiller before the Assessor can ap
| prove his bond. and the distiler must no
commence work at his distillery before til,
bond is approved and the special tax paid
On completing the process of distillation
the distiler must draw the brandy distilled
by him into casks, each of not less capacit,
than ten gallons, wine measure. and mus
retain the same at the designated place o
deposit at the distillery until the tax is pai'
thereon and the tax stamps attached thereto
Severe penalties are provided in the lay
for altering, changing, consuming, or remov
ing the spirits before the tax is paid Thereon
and the tax stamps attached thereto.
10th. On or before the 25th day of eacl
month, the distiller shall notify the Collcc
tor of his district, on Form A, stating tn
probable number of packages of brand
that will be distilled by him within til
month, and probable number of wine ga
Ions, with his request to have the sam
, | gauged and marked; and on the receip
of such notice, and after the last day q
the month, the Collector shall cause tn
brandy produced during the month t.
be gauged, proved, and marked by
| | gauger, who, upon the order of the Col
lector, shall proceed at once to gauge, prove
and mark each package at the distillery O
designated place of deposit; and shall Gu
upon the bung stave OF each package til
wine gallons, the proof, and the proof G
gallons; and shall cut or burn on the heat
of each cask the name of such distillcr, tn
district, the serial number of the cask an
) kind of spirits, &c The gauger, on compile
ting each inspection, shall lmmediatel
make report thereof, in triplicatc, on Forr
595, and sign the same, delivering one cop
thereof to the distiller, and TRANSMITTING
, one copy thereof to the Assessor and ono I
the Collector of the district.
Immediately on the receipt of such rctur
l from the gaugcr, and on or before the tent
day of each month, the distiller shall max
S return, in triplicate, on Form 10, whic
f return shall be signed by the distiller an
: sworn to by him before the Assistant Asse
sor, aud shall be transmitted to the Assesso
: On payment of the tax upon the brand
x. fifty cents per gallon) as shown in I'll
gaugcr's report, the Collector shall prepal
tax-paid stamps of the proper denomina
tion, with all the blanks filled up, and d.
n liver to the distillcr.
| Upon the receipt from the Collector of til
tax paid stamp, the distiller shall aflix til
same to the packages in a secure and pc
mancnt manner, by fastening the same upo
4 the head of the packages, at the place pr
1 viously designated by the gauger, and b
driving tacks, one in each corner one in I'll
centre, and at each side of the stamp, mai
ing not less than seven in number; an
shall cancel the same by writing across tn
: face OF the stamps his name, &c.
$ The brandy, when put up, marked, an
stamped as required, may be disposed of b
the dlstillers by sale or otherwise, at Il
place of manufacture, in the original casb
S or packages to which the tax stamps are
| fixed. Distillers desiring to retain IL
brandy for their own consumption, must p,
it up, mark it, and stamp it, the same as
l intended for sale. Under these regulation
c it is permissible that a distiller legally al
thorized may receive either of the fruit
apples, peaches or grapes, or the undistilc
products thereof, from another person f
the purpose of distillation, returning to thi
other person all or part of the brandy pr
duced therefrom. Distillers cannot dispo,
of the brandy distilled by them IN any 9th,
than the tax stamped packages, nor at al
other place than the place of manufactur
9TH: No assessment for per diem tax wi
/ hereafter be made against distillers ofbrand
: from apples, peaches, or grapes, exclusivel
w. D. JONES,
Assessor 4th Dist N. G..