New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-25

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scribe such instruments, or other means fol
attaching protecting, and canceling stamps
| for tobacco, snuff, cigars, distilled spirits anC
| fermented liquors, or either of them, as hC
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall ap
| prove, such instruments TO be furnished BY
! the United States to the persons using the
stamps to be affixed Herewith, under sucf
regulation as the Commissioner of Interna
Revenue may prescribe"
That section fOrty-fOur be amended by
striking out the word ''distiller" where il
| first occurs therein.
That section forty-seven be amended by
inserting after the words "original pack
age" the words cor in case such spirits shall
have been rectified, the name of the recti
fer and the serial number of the rectifer's
stamp"
That section forty-eight be amended by
striking out all after the enacting clause
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
THAT on all wines, liquors, or compounds
| known or denOminated as wine, and made
in imitation of sparkling wine or cham
payne, but not made from grapes grown in
the United States, and on all liquors, not
made from grapes, currants, rhubarb or
berries grown in the United States, but
produced by being rectifed or mixed with
distilled spirits or by the infusion of any
matter in spirits, to be sold as wine, or as a
substitute for wine, there shall be levied
! and collected tax of ten cents per bottle
or package containing not more than one
pint, or of twenty cents per bottle or pack
age containing more than one pint and not
| more than one quart, and at the same rate
for any larger quantity of such merchan-
disc, however the same may be put up, or
| whatever may be the package; and the
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall
| cause to be prepared suitable and special
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| be affixed to each bottle or package con-
| tanning such merchandise, by the person
manufacturing, compromising or putting up
| the same, before removal from the place of
manufacture, compromising, or putting up;
said stamps to be affixed and Cancelled in
such manner as the Commissioner of In
| ternal Revenue may prescribe and the ab-
| senee of such stamp from any bottle or
package containing such merchandise shall
be prima taeie evidence that the tax there
on has not been paid, and such merchan
disc shall be forfeited to the United States.
Any person cOunterfeiting, altering, or re-
using said stamps shall be subject to the
same penalties as are imposed for the same
otfenses in relation to proprietary stamps"
That section fOFtv-nine be amended by
striking out the word +" twenty-five and
inserting in lieu thereof the word Z" ten :"
also by striking out the words "the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, on the recommends
ton of the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., may appoint" and inserting in lieu
thereof the words 4" the President may
nominate, and, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint = also, by
striking ont the words q shall be assigned
to designated territorial district, to be
composed of one or more judicial districts
and territories, and shall keep his office at
some convenient place in his district, to be
designated by the Commissioner, and" and
inserting in lieu thereof the words " shall
be assigned by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, on the recommendation of the Commits
siOner of Internal Revenue, to duty in any
part of the United States, and may be
transferred from place to place, according
to the exigency of the public service;" and
strike out a. within his district wherever
it occurs.
That section fifty be amended by striking
out the word g supervisor and inserting
in lieu thereof the word "Oticer - also, by
striking out the word detectives and in
sorting in lieu thereof the word "agents."
That section ifty-three be amended by
striking out all from and including the
words lees for gapgiDg," down to and in
Guiding the words producer Of such ar
ticles."
That section ffty-four be amended by
striking out all after the enacting clause,
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
That distilled spirits upon which all taxes
have been paid may be exported, with the
privilege of drawback, in quantities of not
less than one thousand gallons, and in dis
tillers' original casks, containing not less
than twenty wine-gallOns each. on applica-
ton of the owner thereof to the collector of
customs at any port of entries, and under
such rules and regulations, and after max
ing such entry, as may be prescribed by
law and by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The entry for such expectation shall be in
triplicate, and shall contain the name of the
person applying to export, the name of the
distiller, and of the district in which the
spirits we're distilled, and the name of the
vessel by which, and the name of the port
to which, they are to be exported; and the
form of the entry shall be as follows:
9 Export entry of distilled spirits entitled
to drawback.
Entry Of spirits distilled by , in
district, State of -, to be ex-
ported by ---, in the --, whereof
- is master, bound to -.
"And the entry shall specify the whole |
number of casks or packages, the marks |
and serial numbers thereon, the quality or |
kind of spirits as known in commerce, the |
number of gauge or wine gallons and of |
proof gallons; and the amount of the tax on |
such spirits shall be verified by the oath or |
affirmation Of the owner of the spirits, and |
that the tax has been paid thereon, and |
that they are truly intended to be exported /
to the port of -, and not to be relanded |
within the limits of the United States One |
bill of lading, duly signed by the master of |
the vessel, shall be deposited with said col |
lectOr, to be filed at his Office with the entry /
by him. One of said entries shall |
be, when the shipment is completed, trans
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, to |
be recorded and filed in his office. The lad
ing on board said vessel shall be only after
the receipt of an order or permit signed by
the collector of customs and directed to a
customs gauger, and after each cask or
package shall have been distinctly marke1Cr
branded by said gauger as follows: For ex
port from u. 5. A." and the tax paid stamps |
thereon Obliterated. The casks or pack
ages shall be inspected and gagged along
side of or on the vessel by the gauger desig-
mated by said collector, under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe; and on application
Of the said collector it shall be the duty of
the surveyor of the port to designate and
direct one of the custOmhOuse inspectors to
superintend such shipment. And the gauger |
shall make full return Of such
inspection and gaUging in such form as may
be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas
1Ty, showing by whom each cask of such
spirits was distilled, the serial number of
Jub CASH. anu Vi Lu0 ldA paul bGdulD dGJdCHbu
thereto, the proof and quantity of such spir-
it's as per the original gauge mark on each
ossR, and the quantity in proof and wine
gallons as per the gauge then made by him.
And said gauger shall certify on such re-
turn that the shipment has been made, in
his presence, on board the vessal named
n the entry for export which return
shall be Endorsed by said Gus
tomhOuse inspector certifying that the
casks or packages have been shipped under
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