, 1890-08-30

lOILIdUC6 vi WudUCkCI NuViCS uO AIO1 as
sign to them. The Governor will be au-
th0rised to appoint officers to take charge
of spirit warehouses established under the
ordinance, and such officers will he debarr.
ed from having any interest, either direct
or indirect, in the sale of any spirits. Any
person diStilling spirits without a licence
will be subject to a penalty OF $1,000 plus
81 for every gallon 80 distilled or rectiied
with forfeiture of all apparatus aud spirits
found Oh unlicensed premises, Ii a distil.
Ter be convicted of felony his licence will
ipS0 fdctO be forfeited, and if a diStiller be
C0lN icted a third time Ofan offence against
any excise law the Governor may direct his
lSence to be forfeited or suspended. The
regulations for diStillerirS are excessively
minute tar too much so to permit even OF
enumeration in an ordinary newspaper ar
ticle aud we certainly think that before
the bill is considered in committee it should
be published i'll detail for the Information
of all concerned. A fraudulent entry III u
stock book Wi II subject a diStiller to a pen
atty not exceeding $500. Every diStiller
will be required & provide at his distlliery
a spirit store, Which $ to be set apart sole
ly for the storing of spirits as distilled, OF
cOlOuIiug matter, aIGuf Packages Intended
for The removal Of spirits. 1t is To b8 a
secure place, approved BY the Chief Com
I~niSSary in conjunction with the dlStlller,
any difference Of opinion between them to
be settled by the Governor Ia Court OF
Policy. With regard to the st0rage and
removal of spirits from spirit stores
eXcapr with the permission III writing OF
the Chief CommiSsary none may be
brought in to a distilIer'S store, unless they
have beeu distilled in his diStillery and
conveyed direct from the still into the
store, nor any removed from the store ex-
Cept to a spirit warehouse, nor then OF any
less strength than 35 degrees over proof,
nor in any quantity less than 20 gallons.
ANY spirits found i'll a store in COntraven-
ton of this section will subject the d%iStiller
to q penalty OF not more than $1,000 and
forfeiture of the spirits. Neglect on the
part of a diStiller TO provide ;cCOlnmOda'
ton at his spirit store, to the satisfaction
of the Chief COmmiSSary, for the officer III
charge thereof, will entail upon such dis
stiller IA penalty not exceeding 500 per
week for every week during which the do.
fault continues. The provisions with re.
gard to spirit warehouses appear to ind
cate that it Is the intention to establish
such warehouses at convenient places
throughout the colony, and no longer to
require that rum intended for consumption
in the colony shall first be W%areh0uSed
either at Georgetown or New Amsterdam,
and thence redistributed throughout the
colony for consumption. 1t Is proposed to
emoOwer the Governor and COurJ of Policy
to appoint any suitable place Or building
in any part of the colony to be n warehouse
for the receipt and StO age, without pay
ment or duty thereon, OF spirits manufac-
tured in the COLONY. But it Is evidently
intended that in future spirits intended for
export and spirils intended for conSump-
ton In the COLONY shall not be stored IA the
same warehouses. 1t il distinctly provid-
ed that every warehouse shall be either
for storage of spirits intended for cOusnmp.
tiOii in the colony or for the storage Jf
spirits intended for expectation from the
colony I'll Sc for the storage of spirits for
consumption in the colony TO be under the
charge Of the Chief CommiSsary, and those
for the storage of spirits intended for ex+
pOrtatiOn to be under the Charge OF the
Comptroller. of Customs. Bvr this means
the expense of conveying ruin intcnded for
consumption i'll the colony from remote
districtS-such as frotu ESSeqnebO to
Georgetown aud from the Corentyne to
New Amsterdam and thence back again to
the Retail spirit shop i'll these districts will
be avoided. 1t is. also evidently intended to
afford other than retail Sfirittlealels great
er facilities for obtaining rum in compare.
lively small quantities. a distiller will lie
liberty to dispose of a. package not less
than % GALLONS and to lave it removed