Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-22

! be the package and the Commissioner of
! Internal Revenue shall cause to be pre-
| pared suitable and special stamps denoting
the tax herein imposed, to be affixed to
each bottle or package containing such
! merchandise, by the person manufactur-
| ing, compromising, orputting up the same,
before removal from the place of manufac-
turing, compromising, or putting up
/ SAID stamps 10 ue affixed and ciii-
| celed in such manner as the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue may prescribe; and
| the absence of such stamp from any bot
| tie or package containing such merchan-
disc shall be prima-facie evidence that the
! tax thereon has not been paid, and such
merchandise shall be forfeited to the Unit
| ed States. That any person counterfeit
| ing, altering, or refusing said stamps shall
be subject to the same penalties as are inn
posep for the same otfenses in relation to
proprietary stamps"
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 1.-THE Sec
rotary of the Treasury, on the recommen-
dation of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, may appoint" and inserting i'll
lieu thereof the words "the President may
nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoints" also by
striking out the words "shall be assigned
to designated territorial district, to he
composed of one or more judicial districts
and territories, ana 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
Treasury, on the recommendation of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to
duty in any part of the United States, and
may be transferred from place to place, ac-
cording to the exigency of the public SER
vice )" and strike out "within his district
wherever it occurs.
That section fifty be amended by strik
ing out the word supervisor and insert
ing in lieu thereof the word "officer;"
also, by striking out the word detectives"
| and inserting IN lieu thereof the word
agents"
! That section fifty three be amended by
striking out all from and including the
words fees for gauging," down TO and in
Guiding the words producers of such ar
ticles."
| That section fifty three be amended by
striking out all after the enacting clause,
and inserting in lieu thereof the follow
ing: That distilled spirits upon which all
taxes have been paid may be exported,
with the privilege of drawback, in quanti-
| ties of not less than one thousand gallons
and in dstilers' original casks, contain
ing not less than twenty wine-gnllons
e9qhvronecJor OF customs Mt any port of
entries, and under such rules and regula-
| tions and after making 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 aD-
! plying to export, the name of the dstiller,
and of the district i'll 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 enti-
tied to drawback;
Entry of spirits distilled by
-, in -- district, State of -,
to be exported by ----, in the
-, whereof - - is master. bound
! to ---'
And the entry shall specify the whole
number OF casks or packages, the marks
and serial number 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 spirit shall be verified by the
oath or affirmation of the owner of the
| spirits, and that the tax has been paid
thereon, and thai they are truly intended
10 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 collector, TO be filed
at his office with the entry retained by
MN. one of said entries shall be, when
the Shipment Is complete, transmitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury, to be re
corded and filed in his office. The ladinp
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 Gus
| tom gauger, and after each cask or pack
age shall have boon distinctly marked or
branded by said gauger rs follows: "For
export from L. 5. A. and the taX.paid
stamps thereon obliterated. The casks or
packages shall be inspected and gagged
alongside of or on the vessel by the gaug-
er designated by said collector, under such
rules and regulations as the Secretary of
the treasury may prescribe and on an
plication OF the said collector il shall he
the duty OF the surveyor Of the port to des.
lgnate and direct one of the custom house
inspectors to superintend such shipment.
And the gauger aforesaid shall make n full
return of such inspection and gauginp i'm
such form as may be prescribed by the
secretary OF Treasury, 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 in proof and wine gallons as per
the gauge then made by him. And said
gauger shall certify on such return that
the shipment has been made i'm his pres
ence, an board the ship named in the en-
try for export, which return shall be en-
dorsed by said custOm-house inspector GER
tifying that the casks or packages have
been shipped under his supervision on
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