The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-01
Interesting to Fruit Distillers.


For the information of those desiring to en-
gage in fruit distilling during the approaching
season, the following brief synopsis of the re-
quirements of the internal revenue law in re-
spect to fruit distillers is published;
Before commencing work the distiller must
register the kind and number of his stills with
the assistant assessor, and give notice, through
him. to the assessor Of bis intention to distil.
Blanks for such registry and notice will besup-
piled by the assistant assessor.
Upon receipt of the notice the assessor pro-
ceeds to make survey of the capacity OF the
distillery, or, in other words, odetermine what
quantity of brandy the distillery is capable. OF
producing in twenty-four hours. :.
The survey having been completed, the dis
tiller must then execute bond with at least two
approved securities es-the penal sum OF this BOND
is fixed by the assessor and must not be less
than double the amount of tax on the brandy
that the distillery is capable of producing in
thirty DAYS and in no case less than i've hum
dred dollars.
Having complied with the. foregoing require
ments. the distiller can commence work.
The following additional requirements must
then be observed;
The distiller must provide himself with q
book, the form of which has been prescribed
by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and
make daily entries in their book of the hours
of running, kind and quantity of material used,
number of boilings made, and quantity OF sing
lings produced. 1t is most important that this
book be carefully and accurately kept.
The. .distiller must also have some place OF
deposit for his brandy, until it has been gduged,
marked and stamped, this may be any house OF
building, most suitable for the purpose, and
must be named and described in the notice
giyen before commencing work. All brandy
should be put into casks of not less than twen-
ty gallons capacity and transferred to this place
of deposit, and then held until guaged, marked
and stamped.
On or before the twenty-fth day of each
month the distiller is required to notify the COL
lector of the probable number of packages of
brandy he will have on hand at the close OF the
month to be gauged, at which time the collec-
tor will send guager to guage and mark the
same. =,
The ssuager having guaged the brandy will
make report of the same in triplicate, and VIII
hand one copy of such report to the distiller;
upon receipt of this report the distilier will
make his monthly return on form 10, embrac.
ing therein the account kept in his distillers'
book, and the wine and proof gallons OF BRAN
DIV as ascertained by the gauger's report
The brandy produced each month should be
tilfer, in making his monthly report, will not
know how much brandy to return.
No brandy can be removed for sale or use un-
til it has been guaged, marked and stamped.
The puager's fees, which will be about one
dollar per barrel, to be paid by the distiller.
Friut distillers pay the following taxes:
list. a special tax, or license, at the rate OF
fifty dollars per annum, to be reckoned from
the first day of the month in which distilling
is commenced, to the first day of May follow.
ing; for example, fruit dstiller beginning any
time in August is assessed for nine months,
amount s375 any time in September, eight
months. amount S33 33 and so on. An addi-
tional tax of 81 per barrel upon every barrel IN
excess of the rate of one hundred barrels per
annum none, however, of the small copper
stills in this District will produce sufficient
amount of brandy to make distillers liable TO
this tax. -,
I'd. A tax of fifty cents per gallon on all
proof brandy produced. In addition to THIS
the assessor, on receipt of the distillers report
by means of the survey above referred to,
makes an estimate of. the brandy the distillery
should have made during the month.
In making this estimate, allowance Is MADE
for all all stoppages and suspensions as the cal
culation is. based upon the hours the distillery
was actually run. If then, the brandy made
during the month is less chan eighty per cent.
of the capacity thus ascegtained, the distiler Is
assessed upon eighty per cent. OF the deficiency
at fifty cents per gallon. BY careful manage
ment, however, it is believed this deficiency can
be avoided. The experience of some OF the
distillers last season may be averse to this, but
if they will examine into their operations, they
will find that their deficiencies were the result
of bad management, rather than over-estima-
ted capacities. Many of them would boil their
stills only partially filled, and, in many instan-
ces when more than one still was employed,
part would be run and the remainder left idle;
then distillers would, by keeping poor fires re-
tard boiling, and throw the number OF boiiinngs
below the number they were required to make
By avoiding all these hindrances and draw
backs, at least eighty per cent. OF their capacl-
ty can be produced. :.
One great trouble last season was that dis
tillers did not post themselves as to the law,
and in view of this, it is urged upon all ex-
pecting to distil from fruit to make themselves
familiar with above named requirements. They
should also make application as early as possi-
BILE, in order to give ample time for the arrang-
ing of all preliminary papers.
THE LATE CAPT. VIM STEELE.-The last
number of the Keowce Courier contains the fol-
lowing particulars of the life and services Of
this well-known gentleman and upright, honor
able citizen: