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 A.D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgh III. C. 5, 583 Hours at the leaft before he, fhe, or they fhall begin to take any of the faid Spirits out of the faid Warehoufe or Warchoufes : And in cafe any fuch Diftiller or Diftillers fhall negledl or refufe to give ant? failing In any of the fuch firft Notice, before he takes out any of the faid Spirits, or toinfertin fuch Notice the Particulars P^^^^^:J^"'^^^=^J'"«^^^^^^^ in fuch Notice herein before required, or to give a frefli Notice in manner aforefaid, four Hours at the leaft before he, flie, or they lliall begin to take out any of the faid Spirits in cafe he, fhe, or they fhall not begin and proceed to take out the faid Spirits at the Hour and Time mentioned in the faid firlt Notice, or within two Hours next afterwards, fuch Diftiller or Diftillers fliall, in every fuch cafe, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and lofe the Sum of one hundred Pounds. out the. , . _ __ off" immediately from the Still into a like Calk as is before directed to be provided and entered for theficer's Fiefenre, and rfc» containing of Spirits immediately diftilled from Low Wines ; and when the whole Quantity of Spi-tifie^,- and run off into rits defigned to be made into Brandy fhall be colle61cd in fuch Cafk from each Still, the fame fhall be^'^^^|^^''^^^^^5^ ^ immediately made up in the Prefence of the Officer of Excife to the Strength of one to fix under hy-^",j ga^geT^ ^"^ '^°°' drometer Proof, at which Strength all Spirits are to be exported, and a true Gauge of fuch Spirits and are afterwarduo be fo made up, fhall then be taken by the Officer of Excife, who fliall keep an exa6l Account thereof; put intoCaiks, and/hip- and fuch Spirits fhall immediately afterwards be put into Cafks, and, in the Prefence of the Officer?^*^ for Exportation, or of Excife, either carried diredlly on Ship-board tor Exportation (if intended to be immediately ^^-^^^^^^ '" ^'°^" '^'"^" ported) or elfe into fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufe, to be locked up in manner aforefaid. XXII. Provided always, and it is hereby enaded b^ the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe it fhall ^'^^^^^^^Pi"" ""'^ at any Time fo happen, that the Spirits diftilled for Exportation in one Day belonging to any Dif-Spi^|'"Q^/^j^g°g'^^p^ tiller or Diftillers, cannot, for Want of Time, be conveyed from the Spirit CafiC (into which they and' fecured in the Ware- are dire6led to be run immediately from the Still) and locked up in the Warehoufe or Warehoufes, houfe, as herein before is dire(5f:ed, the Officer of Excife fhall gauge the fame, and fecure the Lid of the faid Spirit Caftc, and take Samples thereof; which Spirits fliall be locked up in fuch Warehoufe or Ware-'^'|'-^°^^" fo gauge houfes the next Morning (if^ not intended for immediate Exportation) : And if it fliall appear thatpj^^Tj thereof and fecul^' any Decreafe has been made in the Qiiantity or Quality of the faid Spirit fo gauged, or in cafe any the Lid of the Caik ; fuch Spirits fhall have been removed in the Abfence of the Officer of Excife, in either of the faid-md if any Fraud fJiall Cafes the Diftiller or Diftillers fhall be and are hereby charged for the faid Spirits fo decreafed or re- ^"^"PO" Recommitted, moved, with double the Duties fuch Spirits would have been charged with if made for Home Con- ^|]^Jj'^'j^||^|g„^*'^ P^^ fumption ; which the Officer of Excife is hereby required to charge accordingly. XXIII. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That if any fuch Di- ftiller or Diftillers, after he, fhe, or they have depofitid any Spirits made for Exportation (whether raw or rectified) in manner aforefaid, in fuch Warehoufe or W^arehoufes, fhall be defirous of "^ingfr"X°aiiy inte,|jed^^o|f'" any fuch Spirits for Home Confumption, and fhall fignify fuch his, her, or their Defire to the Com- Exportatio'n/ma^y upon miffioners of Excife for the Time being, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Commiffionersj or Application to the Com- any two of them, to dire6l the Quantity of Spirits fo defired to be taken out of fuch Warehoufe ormi'^'oners, and Payment Warehoufes, and delivered to fuch Diftiller or Diftillers, he, flie, or they having firft duly paid to °J^^'J^',^ °"^^J'^^^ ^-■'l^'^"^ the proper Officer of Excife appointed to receive the Duties on Low Wines and Spirits, the Sum ofand°u'reVfor Home Con- forty Pounds and ten Shillings, for each Ton of fuch Spirits of the Strength they were taken into fumption, fuch Warehoufe ; videlicet, one to fix under hydrometer Proof. A Gallon of Brandy, or XXIV. And for the Purpofes of this Acl, it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, ThatPronf Spirit,. to be re'ck- each Gallon of Brandy, or Spirits of the Strength of one to fix under hydrometer Proof, fhall beo'iedat jlb. i3or. th&. taken and reckoned at feven Pounds and thirteen Ounces the Gallon. Gallon. XXV. And it is hereby further enabled by the Authority aforefliid. That from and after the Taid Thc^'f^"^| Sj^fi?/? twenty-firft Day of January one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, Vv-hen any Qiiantity of J"aWp^,o'd,ic'ed,^is"wasVehver-- Spirits fhall, in purfuance of any Notice, be delivered out of the V/arshoufe or Warehoufes, in ed out ot' raw Spirits to' order to rectify the fame, as .many Gallons of rectified Spirits, and of the fame Strength when made be rediiicd, up, fliall be produced, as fuch Qiiantity amounted to when taken out of the Warehoufe or Ware- houfes, allowing only for the Feints; and the Commiffioners of Excife for the Time being are hereby allowing forthe Feints.. authorifed and required to make juft Allowances for neceifary Wafte,. and the Difrerence that will Allowances^to be made arife between gauging and weighing Spirits; which Feints fliall alfo be run oft' from the Still directly ^A'"°*°'' ^^f^> and the- • i _ 1 .^ 1 T? • .r /^ ^ 1 n II 1 • 1- < 1 ,- 1 o Ml • rr UirKrence between caue-- into one large entered teint Caflc, and fhall be immediately gauged as loon as the Still is oft, ;„„ g^j ,^,eigl,in„ Sp^.j^^^^ and an Account thereof taken by the Officer of Excife, and kept in Stock by him, who fhall andpe^nt^ to be run" off into'- may take a Sample or Samples of fuch Feints ; which Feints fliall be in like manner locked up in fuch the Feint Ca/k, and gaug- Warehoufe or Warehoufes, and fiiall be there put into one or more large Cafks to be provided by fuch ed, and kept in Stock,. Diftiller or Diftillers, and marked with the Word Feints ; and every fuch Diftiller and Diftillers fliall, ^^^ ^''^^^^^ 'tu Offi "" once a Month at leaft, diftil all his Feints, and make up the Spirits to be produced therefrom of the ^j^"J^be"alldiftmed once Strength of one to fix under hydrometer Proof; and all fuch Spirits fhall then be locked up, or ex:- a Month, atiejft, and ported, as other Spirits for Exportationare hereby direiSted to be. made into Proof Spirits;. XXVI. And it is hereby further enacted bv the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid^nJthcn'^cJieduporex- twcnty-firft Day oi January one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, in order the more effectually. P^^'^^jj^^ ^^ pay double to prevent fuch Diftillers from fraudulently removing Wafli, Low Wines, or Spirits,, if any Decieale x)xxi^, for anyVrauduknt ihall at any Time or Times appear to be found in the Wafh of any Diftiller or Diftillers, brewed orDecie.^feot WafhorSpji- made for the Diftilling of Spirits for Exportation (except fuch Decreafe as fliall be made appear tor:ts for Exportation j, the Satisfaction of the Commiffioners of Excife for the Time being, to have really and truly arifen fxom Accidents) fuch Diftiller or Diftillers fhall be, and is asid are hereby charged v/ith a double. D-ut^.