The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-27
DrsrILLED SPIRITS IN BOND.
regulations For BOttling Them Pro.
mulgated.

washington, May 26.-George w. Will
con acting commissioner of internal rev.
enue. with the approval of the secretary
of the treasury, has formulated regula-
lions and instructions concerning :he
bottling of distilled spirits in bond, under
the act of March g. 1897.
Under these regulations any distfller
authorized by the act of March 3 to
hottie distilled spirits of his own pro-
Junction. is required TO set apart a por-
@ion Of his existing warehouse for this
nurpose and shall separate il from the
warehouse by solid, secure and unbroken
partitions, with no interior communication
IUhateVer between the different portions
of the warehouse. The construction of
additions to a warehouse to be used for
ahis purpose viii be allowed on applica-
aion.
The premises set apart for bottling pur-
noses should he that portion of the ware
house most remote from the cistern room,
and the removal of the spirits from the
warehouse to the bottling house must be
over an open space exposed to public
view When all the specifications as to
location or construction of a bottling
room or house, have been complied with,
the distiller is required to give notice to
the collector of his district of his inten-
ton to bottle spirits, which must contain
a full and accurate description of the
warehouse to be used, the apparatus and
its per hour capacity, etc.
Irpon receipt of this notice. the collec-
tor IN person or by deputy will make an
examination of the premises and report
10 the commissioner. The bottling por
ton of the warehouse will be under the
control of the collector of internal reve-
nue. for the district, and in joint custody
olraar etn
gauger, and of the distiller.
The entire operation of bottling the spir
its the casing and stamping, etc, must
be conducted under the supervision of the
storekeeper. No spirits can be withdrawn
for bottling until the period during which
a request for regauge can be made, has
eXpired The entry for withdrawal, there
fore, must bear date not less than four
years after the date of the deposit of the
spirits in bond. Packages of spirits of the
same kind and only differing in proof,
produced by the same distillery by the
same distiler, during the same distilline
season. may not be removed to the bottling
warehouse together; nor can spir
its withdrawn for export and spirits with
drawn tax paid be in the bottling room
at the same time. No material or sub
stance of any kind other than pure water
can be added to the spirits during the
process of bottling, nor can any substance
or material be subtracted from the spirits,
except that charcoal sediment, or other
like substances may be removed by strain
ing them through cloth, felt or other like
material; nor can any method or process
be applied to alter or change in any way
the original conditions or character of
product except as authorized by the stat
utes.
1.-THE blank space in bottle stamps,
which must cover the mouth of the bot
tie, must contain the registered distiler'
number, the real name of the bona iide
distiller, the state and district, the proof
OF the spirits, the year, and distilling sea-
SON. whether spring or fall, and the dates
of the original inspection or entry into
bond and of bottling. And every bottle
shall contain the full quantity which its
size imports. A cautionary notice against
the reuse of bottle without destroying
the stamp is required to be fixed to each
bottle the penalty for the violation Of
which is not less than 800 nor more than
$1,000 and Imprisonment for not more than
two years. The proprietor of any special
bonded warehouse, who may desire TO
bottle, on behalf of the owners thereof,
fruit brandy deposited in such ware.
house, or to afford opportunity for the
owners to bottle the same may do so upon
approval of their application under the
same requirements ard restrictions as are
prescribed for botttling spirits at dis
llltFN WdItnOuStS.
The act prescribes that the real name
of the actual bona fide distiller is required.
to be burned on the government side OF
the packing case and no trade mark will
be allowed to be placed on the bottle, TN.
less the real name of the distiller is also
conspicuously placed upon it. The pur-
pose of this requirement is interpreted to
be that spirits bottled in bond shall bear
that name in which the distiller, whether
an individual or a firm, ordinarily and US
ually conducts his or its business, and
holds himself or itself out to the public;
and not in the name, or any of the names,
in which the person or firm may have tenn
porarily qualified as distiller during the
production of some limited quantity of spir-
its.
Bottles of four sizes only are permitted
to be used; one-fifth gallon, one quart, one
pint and one-half pint. The regulations
also provide for the necessary accounts
to be kept and reports to be made, and
also prescribe rules to govern proceedings
In the expectation of bottled spirits sub
sequent to their removal from the bot
Ting warehouse. Cases of spirits intend
ed for export are required to be wired
and sealed, and as a further preventive
against fraud, they are required to be
opened and their contents examined by
the customs officers at the port of ex-