Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-07

the tax shall be collected at the same
time ard in the same manner as the tax,
snd the list or return sc made aud sub
scribed by such collector or deputy col
lector shall be deemed good and sufl ;ient
for ell legal purposes"
SEC. II. That section 1866 OF the ReVis-
ed Statutes Of the United States be
amended by striking out al after said
number and substituting therefor the fol-
lowing: "And the Commissioner OF In
terDal Revenue with the approval Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury NAV exempt
distillers of brandy made exclusively
from apples, peaches, grapes, or other
fruits from any provision OF the title re-
latiDg to the manufacture of spirits. ex
cept as to q tax thereon, when in his judg-
ment It may seem expedient 10 do so"
Sec. I. That the provisions Ct the act
entitled Gan act relating to the produc-
ton Of fruit brandy an j to punish frauds
connected with the same" approved
March 5, 1877, be amended and made sp-
pllcabls to brandy distilled from appl 8
or peaches or from any other fruit brandy
distilled from which Is not required or
hereafter shall not be required to be de-
vided that each of these warehouses es-
abolished under said act or which May
be established shall be In charge either OF
storekeeper or the storekeeper and guager
at the discretion Of the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue.
Sec. Is. That section 1882 Of the Re-
Vise& Statutes and the supplemental ere o
Shall be amended so thai said section shall
read as follows: "When judgment OF
forfeiture, in any case of seizure is re-
covered against any distillery used or fl
for use in the production Of distilled
spirits because no bond has been given !;
or against distillery used or ct for use
in the production OF spirits having reg
istered production capacity OF
less than $50 gallons per day,
every still, douoIer, worm, worm, tub
mash tub, and fermentirg tub therein
shall be Gold as in the case Of other for
feited property, without being mutilated
or destroyed; and in case of seizure of
the still, doubler, worm, worm tub,
fermenting tub, OF other distiIling appR-
ra'us Of any kind whatsoever, for any
fense involving forfeiture Of same, IL
Shall be the duty of the seizing officer to
remove same from the place where seized
to a place Of safe storage, and said
property so seiZed shall be sold as pro-
weed by law, but without being mutllsted
or destroyed"
Sec IA That section 1856 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States be
amended by striking out all after sail
number and substituting therefor the fol-
lowing: "The Secretary Of the Treasury
may exempt sIl distilleries which mash
less than twenty FIVE bushels Of grain per
day from the operations of the provisi ms
of this title relating TO the manufacture Of
spirits, except as to the payment Of tax,
which seid tex shall then be LEVIED Snd
collected on the capacity Of sgid distiler-
les, and sSid diStilleries Shall then be run
and operated without storekeepers OF
stOrekeepers and gusgers; and the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval Of said Secretary, shall estab-
lish special warehouses In which ne may
authorize to be deposited the product Of
any number of said distiileries 80 be
designated by him, and in which
sny distiller operating such distillery may
deposit his product, which, when SO de-
posted, shall be subject to all laws and
regulations as to bonds, tax, removals
and otherwise IS other Warehou es. The
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, with
the approval of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, is hereby authorized and d.
rected to make such rules and regula-
tions as may be necessary 70 carry out
the provisions of this section, provided
such regulations shall be adopted as will
require that all spirits manufactured
shall be subject to the payment of tax &C
cording to law"
Sec To- That whenever It shall be msde
to appear to the United States court or 8
judge having Jurisdiction that the health
or life Of any person imprisoned for any
offense in e county jail or elsewhere for a
period OF one year or less, is endangered
b close confinement, said court or judge
Is hereby authorized to make SUCH order
and provision for the comfort and well
being If the persons go imprisoned ss
shall De deemed reasonable and proper.
Sec 16 That all clauses Of section 3244
of the r vised Statutes and all laws
smendatory thereof and all other laws
which imposes any special taxes upon tn e
rnAnufac ureIs Of stills, retail dealers in
llql Irs and retsil dealers in malt liquors
sre hereby repealed.
Sec Il. 7 iat this act shall be IN force
from aud after July l, 1888, and ell Laws
and paris Of laws in coIflcE herewith are
repealed.
The total reduction in revenue made by
the bin is about S25, 200, 600, made up Of
$50 900 900 on tobacco aud $4,000, goo on
various p 4cisl taxes removed.
By party vote the DILL was added to
the Mills tariff bill, making one bill of
both. There was spirited controversy
in the comm ttee on the question of slow
ing q hearing of the proposed tariff
changes end the subject will again come
up at to-morrow's meeting.