The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-08
THE NEW LIQUOR LAW,
And the Trouble it Causes the
Dealers.
Some Interesting Notes in Regard to
the Same.

The STAR OF yesterday gave its readers
some important news concerning the new
law affecting the transcripts of wholesale
liquor dealers and rectifers' books.
The law has created fearful excitement
among the liquor men as they are unani-
mously OF the opinion that the same is a
nuisance which should at once be abated.
1t is required of them that if they sell over
flve gallons of liquor at one time to any one
person the record of the same is tu be sent
to Washington, including the names of the
buyer and purchaser, the amount sold, etc.
Up to this time the Internal Revenue
Collector has not yet been fully posted as
to the matter, and the STAR has the honor
OF being the first to give all the liquor deal
ers thorough understanding of what they
must do.
The laws reads as follows:
1S19-Department No. 54-Internal Rev
enue circular No. POI.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., 1870.
By Section Of the act entitled ian act
to amend the laws relating to internal reve-
nue." approved March LIST, 1870, Section
3,3lS, Revised Statutes, is amended as fol-
lows:
That every person required to Keep the
books prescribed by this section shall, on
or before the 10th day OF each month, make
full and complete transcript of all entries
made in such book during the month pre-
ceding, and, after verifying the same by
oath, shall forward the same to the Collec-
tor of the District in which he resides. Any
failure by reason Of refusal or neglect, to
make said transcripts shall subject the per-
son so offending to fine of 800 for each
neglect or refusal.
'GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner"
In accordance Herewith every person
whose duty it is to keep the wholesale
liquor dealers and rectifiers' books, will, on
or before the tenth day of this month, be
required to make, verify and forward the
transcripts, as above provided, for the pre-
ceding month"; and thereafter to make,
verify, and forward the transcripts monthly
on or before the 10th day of each month,
as provided by law. When received the
collector will examine them for the pur-
pose of completing the record of sales in
his district. He will then carefully file
and preserve them for future reference.
Blanks for this purpose will be furnished
quarterly to dealers on application to the
Revenue office. If any dealer or rectfier
prefers to make the transcripts on manifold
or other paper, furnished at his own ex-
pense, he will be permitted to do so, but
they must correspond to the form pre-
scribed, and must be verified by oath.
There is another tlIingof importance con-
cerning this law, and it is that any pipe,
hogshead tierce, barrel, cask or other pack
age withdrawn from store or bonded ware
house after June 80, 1879, purporting to
contain imported liquor found without hav-
ing thereon the required stamp, will be for
fcited to the United States.
Whenever any cask or package of i'm
ported distilled spirits OF not less than five
wine gallons are filled for shipment, sale or
delivery on the premises of any wholesale
liquor dealer, the same must be stamped
with special stamp for imported spirits.
The law further provides for infraction of
the stamping of the casks or packages.
The rectitiers complain that under the
bill they must give bond in proportion to
the business done, so that small dealers
will give small bonds and large dealers
large ones.
Section seven of the law SAYS that every
rectfier on the Is ui May OF each yearmust
execute bond in the form prescribed by
the Internal Revenue commissioner, with at
least two sureties, and that the bond is to
be approved by the Collector. The penal
sum OF the bond shall not be less, in the
case of q rectifcr who rectities by the pro
cess Of redistilling or of teaching, than
double the amoLnt of tax imposed by law
on the spirits that can be rectitled.
Any rectiher who fails to comply with
this law in not giving his bond will on con-
yiction be fined not more than 5000.