The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-31
Entry of spirits distilled by in
district, State o., to be ex-

------- district State OF -----. TO be
ported BY in the where
OF --- is master, bound to - -
"And the entry shall specify the whole number of
casks packages the marks aud serial numbers
thereon, the quality kind of spirits as known in
commerce. the number of gauge or wine gallons and
OF proof gallons; and the amount of the tax such
spirits shall be verified by the oath affirmation of
the owner Of the spirrs and that the tax has been
paid thereon, and that they truly intended to be
landed within the limits of the United States. One
bill of ading duly signed by the master Of the YES
sell shall be deposited with said collector, to be filed
at his Office with the entry retained by him. One of
said entries sh IL be, when the shipment is compet
ed transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury to
be recorded and filed in his office. The ladng 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 marked or
branded by said gauger follows For export from
U. S; A., and the tax-paid stamps thereon oblite-
rated The casks or packages shall be inspected and
gagged alongside OF or the vessel by the gauger
designated by said collector under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary Of the Treasury NAV
prescrbe and application of the said collector it
shall be the duty of the surveyor of the port to desg
nate and direct of the cpstom-house inspectors
to superintend such shipment. And the gauger
aforesaid shall make full return Of such inspection
and gaugng in such form as may be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury showing bv whom
each cask of such spirits was distilled the serial
number of the cask and of the tax-paid stamp at
tached thereto the proof and quantity of such spirits
as per the original gaugemark each cask and the
quantity in proof and wine gallons per the guage
then made by him. And said gauger shall certify on
sucn return tnat the Shipment has been made in his
presence on board the vessel named inthe entry for
export which return shall be Endorsed by said Gus
tom-house inspector certifying that the casks or
packages have been shipped under his supervision on
b ard said vessel, aud the tax-paid stamps obit-
Grated; and the said inspector shall make similar
certificate to the surveyor of the port Endorsed on or
to be attached to the entry in possession of the Gus
tom-house. drawback shall be allowed upon dis
titled spirits on which the tax has been paid and ex
ported to foreign countries under the provisions of
this act, when exported as herein provided for The
drawback allowed shall include the taxes levied and
p Id upon the distilled spirits exported at he rate
or seventy cents proof on per last gauge of
said spirits prior TO expectation and shall be due and
payable only after the proper entries have been made
and fled and all other conditions complied with as
hereintofore required and filing with the Secre-
tary of the Treasury the proper claim accompanied
by the certificate the collector of customs at the
port OF entry where the spirits entered FIR ex-
port that such spirits have been received into his
custody and the tax paid stamps thereon obteraed:
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe
be necessary to secure the treasury of the United
States against frauds; Pr0vided, That the draw |
back spirits distilled prior to the passage of this
act shall not exceed sixty cents per proof gallon'
That section filty-tve be amended by striking out
all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: THAT distilled spirits may
be withdrawn from distillery bonded warehouses; at
the instance of the of the spirits for exporta
ton in the original casks in quantities Of not less
than one thousand ga Ions, without the payment of
tax, under such rules and regulations, and after
making such entries and executing and filing with
the collector Of the district from which the removal
is to be made such bonds and bills of lading and |
giving such other additional security may be pre-
scribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
with the approval of the Secretary of the TreaSury
Prooded. That bonds given under this section shall
be Cancelled under such regulations as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall prescribe
All distilled spirits intended for export, as afore.
said before being removed from the distiliery ware
house shall be marked as the Commissioner of Inter-
nal Revenue may prescribe, and shall have affixed to