New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-28

That section forty-three be amended by
inserting after the word brand, = the sec
Ond time it occurs, the words and the
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue may
make such change in stamps and may pre-
scribe such instruments, or other means for
attaching, protecting and eanceling stamps
for tobacco, snuff, cigars, distilled spirits and
fermented liquors; or either of them, as he
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall APP
prove, such instruments to be furnished by
the United States to the persons using the
stamps to be affixed Herewith, under such
regulation as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue may prescribe"
That section forty-fOur be amended by
striking out the word ''distiller" where it
first occurs therein.
That section forty-seven be amended by
inserting after the words "Original pack
age" the words 'Or in case such spirits shall
have been rectfed, the name OF the rectl-
fer and the serial number Of the rectlhers
stamp"
That section forty eight be amended by
striking out all after the enacting clause
and inserting In lieu thereof the following;
"That on al wines liquors, OF 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 OF mixed with
distilled spirits, or by the infusion of any
matter in spirits, to be sold as wine, or as a
substitute for wiHe, 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 enc quart, and at the same rate
tor any larger quantity of such merchan-
disc, however the same may be put up, or
whatever may be the packages; and the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall
cause to be prepared suitable and special
stamps denOting the tax herein imposed, to
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, OF putting up;
said stamps to be affixed and Cancelled in
such manner as the Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue may prescribe; and the alb
sence 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
That section forty-nine be amended by
striking out the word twenty-five" and
inserting in lieu thereof the word -" ten -
also by striking out the words " the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, on the recommends
ton of the Commissioner OF Internal Reye-
nue., may appoint" and inserting in lieu
thereof the words the President may
nominate, and, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint :" also, by
striking out the words " 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 within his district wherever
it occurs.
That section fifty be amended by striking
out the word Z" supervisor and inserting
in lieu thereof the word officer ;" also, by
striking out the word detectives" and in
sorting in lieu thereof the word "agents."
That section ffty-three be amended by
striking out all from and including the
words T" fees for gauging," down to and in
Guiding the words producer of such ar
ticles."
That section fifty-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
4hov aoab avSTNliaa-
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 were 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:
" Export entry of distilled spirits entitled |
to drawback.
Entry of spirits distilled by -, in
district, State of ----, to be ex-
- is MASTER bound to .
"And the entry shall specify the whole |
number of casks or packages, the marks |
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
customs gauger, and after each cask or
package shall have been distinctly marked or
branded by said gauger as follows: "FOr ex-
port from L. 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
1ry, showing by whom each cask of such
spirits was distilled, the serial number of
the cask, and of the tax paid stamp attached
thereto, the proof and quantity of such spir-
its as per the original gauge mark on each
oask, and the quantity in proof and wine