New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-30

cAn 10 re80liy examined, except pipes 10
water and spent beer.
Pipes for the flow of spirits above proc
must be painted black, those for lowe
proof, known as Glow winee," blue; thOs
for beer red, those for water white.
| All pipes and vessels conveying spirit
from still to cistern room, Or from still Il
doubler, must be closed so that no spirit
can be abstracted, and must be always Ok
posed to the view of an officer.
The cistern room must be perfect.
secure room, and so locked and secured tina
no one can enter it without detection
There should be three cisterns with closely
fitting covers securely fastened; the faucet
| must be locked, the csterns should b,
raised eighteen inches from floor, and thu
tops three feet from the ceiling; they should
be SO placed that an officer can walk around
and examine each. The product of on,
days distillation must not be mixed ur
with that of another in the cistern. The
flow OF spirits into these cisterns is con
trolled by the storekeeper from without
| who has the stOpcOcks to the pipes leading
| to the cisterns under lock and kew,
Meal hOppers must be covered, all open
| ings in spirit pipes and vessels must be
locked, and when the distillery suspends
| operations the furnace doors must be locked
by the collector or his deputy, SO that NO
| fire can be started.
tillery premises, with door opening on yard
| or street, and no opening is Permitted into
the distillery from the warehouse. The
door must be locked and The lock sealed.
The maximum period of fermentation
fixed by law is forty eight hours; in distil-
leries such as the Fehrenbach's where yeast
is used, a distiller can elect shorter periods
of fermentation. If he does, his distillery
must be resurveyed, as that would increase
its capacity.
In sweet mash distilleries, like Fehren-
bach'e: fOrty-tive gallons of mash or beer
represents one bushel of grain.
When distiller's bonded warehouse is
approved by the department at Washing
ton. a storekeeper is assigned thereto; the
distiller gives bond in double the amount of
tax on the spirits that can be produced in
that distillery in fifteen days.
No other business can be carried on in
distiilery; grinding of grain therein can
only be done for distillatiOn purposes.
No mashing or distillatiOn is permitted
after ii P. NJ. on Saturday, nor before
A. NJ. on Monday.
The time from whence distillery opera
tiOns commence is reckoned at II NJ, on the
third day after the approval of the dis
tiller's bond by the collector.
Notice of reduction of capacity must be
given twenty-four hours before taking
effect, and tube, when emptied, must stand
twenty-four hours empty before being
sealed. Sealed tubs must have close fitting
covers with nails, or seals. or otherwise the
distiler can also reduce by cutting down
the size of the tubs. Any increase of ca
pacity. beyond the original surveyed capac-
ity, involves a new survey and an in
creased penal sum in distiller's bond.
Netice to suspend, except in case of &C.
cident, must be given twenty four hours
before suspension.
The same notice must be given to re-
sumo.
The distiller must provide scales for
weighing grain, meal, etc. He must also
furnish facilities for examidation of all
parts Of the distillery under his control.
The distiller must provide books and
make daily entries therein of all material
brought into the dist llery and from whom
purchased: also by what conveyance
brought, the quantity and kind of grain
put into the mash tub and date, the num-
Der OF casks of distilled spirits and their
contents in wine and proof gallons entered
in bonded warehouse and date of entry.
The same details must be given of spirits
from the bonded warehouse and
to whom sold. He must also keep a record
of al! termenting tubs yeasted; giving all
details as to date and time of yeasting,
number of tub gravity. temperature and
quantity IN gallons OF beer in each tub |
roasted at II M. every day: also the time |
ii emptying such tubs. He must also |
enter in book all packages received from |
bond, and all sales made of spirits dis.
,iiled by him, giving dates of sale, to
Y HON sold, where the parties do business,
Sho distilled ahe spirits, who inspected |
hem, the date of Inspection, wine and |
root gallons, serial numbers of casks, of
tamps, etc. MASKING and distlllipg in the
'osence OF the storekeeper is prohibited.
The dlstlller must make entry for de-
'oslt first OF each month, and give ware
louse bond for all spirits remaining in bond |
i the preceding months distillation.
Inc dlstilier presents entry for with
travail TO collector, pays tax on certain de-
ignsted packages. The collector issues
Ak paid stamps to gauger, indorees with
rawals entry, forwards it to storekeepsr.
Tho permits the gauger to enter the ware
ouse, when he atfixes tax paid stamps and
rands the packages. The spirits are then
assed into the possession of the distiller,
no must be at once removed from the dis
Hers premises. The deputy collector who
'ceives distiller's returns must by a per.
mai examination of books and premises
'tls1y himself of the accuracy of such re-
!rns before transmitting them to his gu
erior officer.
When distillery is ready for making
/ .
5eper il distilleries is desi grated for an.
by the collector Of internal reve-
lie, and commissioned and assigned by the
OF internal revenue. He gives |
md in the penal sum of $40, 900 for the {
i'hful performance of his duties. He can 6
It engage in any other business when as I
med to duty, except on the written con- G
Mt OF the commissioner OF internal reve g
TO- he must always be present super {
sing the manual and mechanical opera. {
ms during the hours for which be is as. L
med, and until relieved by his fellow c
,rekeeper or the collector t
tie must thoroughly inform himself on all | c
'tters pertaining to the duties of his Office. p
10 dlstlllery operations as controlled by d
v, and whatever violations of law or reg n
'tion he discovers therein he must at b
60 report 10 the collector of the district u
q commissioner OF internal revenue: he q
lst weigh all grains received into the | Il
tiiiery before it is stored, and make re- 81
a OF the same in detail in the government ! q
ie must weigh all meal intended for dis. Ii
alton before the same is put in the mash e
}, and make entries in detail Of the same | ia
The government book. Ct
ie must record the date and time of ELL. III
and emptying fermenting tubs, the ju
ciflc gravity, temperature and volume &C
the mash or beer therein, note all it's b.
nges from day to day until the tub is il
Dtied, and make careful entries of same st
the government book He must not
W tubs to be emptied under forty eight re
RS, and keep them empty twenty T. four it
re-. or
o must, from time to time, test all W,
es; test all beer; examine closely all to
% and vessels; hold personally. while an
iuty, all keys Of locks about distillery co
aratus, except those pertaining to the ev
ern room. and all entries in government | ab
KS, where possible, must be the result of if