Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed nj the Second Session Of the Forty
Second Congress.
PUBLISHER BY AUTHORITY. 7
IMPORTS CONTINUED

Apd providcd further That brewers may remove
or transport, or cause to be removed or trcns-
ported, malt liquor of their own manufacture,
known as lager beer, in quantities of not
less than six barrels in one vessel, and may
also remove or transport or cause to be re-
moved Sr transported malt liquors known
as ale, porter, or any other malt liquor not
heretofore mentioned in quantities not
less than fifty barrels at time, from their
breweries or other places of manufacture,
to depot, warehouse, OR other place used
exclusively for storage or sale in bulk, and
occupied by them, from one part of one
collection district to another part of the
the same collection district, OF from one
collection district to another collection dis
trlct, without aftiXing the proper stamp on
said vessels of lager beer, ale, porter, and
other malt liquor at the brewery or place
of manufacture, under permit to be OBJ
tanned from the collector of the district.
(who is to grant the same upon applica-
tion,) wherein said malt liquor is manu>
featured, to said depot or warehouse, but to
no other place, under such rules and regu-
latiOns as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue may prescribe, and thereafter the
manufacturer Of the malt liquor so remov-
ed shall stamp the same when it leaves
such depot or warehouse, in the same man.
ner and under the same penalties and liza
bIlltleS as when stamped at the brewery as
herein provided; aud the collector of the
district in which such depot or warehouse
is situated, shall furnish the manufacture
er with the stamps for stamping the same,
as if the said malt liquor had been manu-
featured i'll his district: And provided FIR
her, That said permit must be affixed to
each and every such vessel or cask, and
cancelled or destroyed in such manner as
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
shall prescribe, and under the same penal
ties and liabilities as herein provided as to
stamps: And l)rOUided further, Than when
fermented liquor has become sour or dam
aged, so as to be incapable of use as such,
brewers map sell the same for manufaetur-
ing purposes, and may remove the same
to places where it may be used for such
purposes, In casks or other vessels, unlike
those ordinarily used for fermented liquors,
containing, respectively, not less than one
barrel each, and having the nature of their
contents marked upon them, without af-
fixing thereon the permit, stamp, or
stamps required.
Sec. %. That every brewer shall by
branding mark. or cause to be marked,
upon auy hogshead, barrel, keg, or other
vessel containing the fermented Liquor
made by him, before it is sold or removed
from the brewery, or brewery warehouse,
or other place of manufacture, the name
OF the person, firm, or corporation by
WnOm Such liquor was manufactured, and
the place where the same shall have been
made. And any other person other than
the owner thereof, OF his agent, authorized
so to do, who shall Intentionally remove
or deface such marks therefrom, shall be
liable to penalty of fifty dollars for each
cask or vessel from which the mark is so
removed or defaced Provided, howeuer,
That when brewer shall purchase fer
mented liquor finished and ready for sale
from another brewer, in order to supply
the customers OF such purchaser, such pur-
CHASER may, upon written notice to the col
lector of his intention so to do, and under
Such regulations as the Commissioner of
Internal revenue may prescribe; furnish
his own vessels, branded with his name
and the place where his brewery is locat-
ed, to be filled with the fermented liquor
so purchased, and to be so removed; the
proper stamp or stamps to be affixed and
cancelled as aforesaid, by the manufacture
er, before removal.
Sec rs That where brewer shall, by
reason OF an accident by fire or flood, or by
season of his brewery Undergoing repairs,
VI otnef circumstances which may, IN tne
opinion OF the collector of the proper dis
trlct, require or render it proper that such
brewer shall be permitted to Conduct his
business wholly or partially at some other
place within the same or adjoining district
for temporary period, it shall be lawful
for such collector, under such regulations
aud subject to such limitation of time as
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
may prescribe, to issue permit to such
brewer authorizing him to conduct his bus
mess wholly or partially according to the
circumstances, and Such other place for a
period IN such permit to be stated, and
such brewer shall not be required to pay
another special tax for the purpose.
Sec. q. That where malt liquor or tun
liquor, in the first stages of fermentation,
known as unfermented worts, of whatev-
er kind, is sold by one brewer to another
for the purpose of Producing fermentation
or enlivening old or stale ale, portor, lager