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 126 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch. 186. 1868. meters, or meter safes as may have been prescribed for use- at his distillery, and to furnish all the pipes, materials, labor, and fac1l1t1es necessary to complete such attachment in accordance with the regulations of the gommgssion. commissioner of internal revenue, who  hcreby·further authorized to seals &e. used in or on the distt ery premises, or may require o' e pu on any l of the stills, tubs, cisterns, pipes, or other vessels, such iastenings, locks, or seals as he may deem necessary. O · _ _ _Dpfiniticp_0f Sec. 4. And be it furtlwr enacted, That distilled spir1ts,sp1rits,alc0. g'?;;;°d;§:Qf5• hol, and alcoholic spirit, within the true intent and meaning of this act, is gg,’ that substance known as ethyl alcohol, hydrated oticide of ethyl, pr spirit; of wine which is commonly produced by tie ermentation o gram, starch, iholasses, or sugar, including all dilutions and mixtures of this Tax whento substance; andthe tax shall attach to this substance as soon aslit is in “““°h· existence as such, whether it be subsequently separated as pure or impure , spirit, or be immediately, or at any subsequent time, transferred into any other substance, either in the process of original production or by any W3]? gajyésh subsequent process ; and no mash, wort, or washiit for d1st1llation or the for distillation, production of spirits or alcohol shall he made or fermented in any building W- to 2** ;"d*$‘·l° or on any premises other than a d1st1llery duly authorized according to 3:,;; §c_;mg’ law ; and no mash, wort, or wash so xnade and fermented shall be sold or nor be sold, removed from any distillery before being distilled; and no person other &°é 0%% than an authorized distiller shall by distillation, or by any other process, be sgpamted separate the alcoholic spirits from any fermented mash, wort, or wash; from ¤¤=¤Slh &<=· and no person shall use spirits or alcohol or any vapor of alcoholic spirits °"§‘;}f:ilQ"g,fg°°' in manufacturing vinegar or any other article, or in any process of manuvapor, &o._not facture whatever, unless the spirits or alcohol so used shall have been unless, &c_son who shall vxolate any of the provismns of this section shall be fined, renn1ty._ for every ollenee, not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than five n0:l:;j\;‘$§f°:) thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not less than six `months nor more fgrmgmgrl than two years: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be conl*<1“°”- strued to apply to fermented liquors. I · · _ 1’ersons_hav- Sec. 5. And be tt j&u·the·r enacted, That every person having in his possession or custody, or under his control, any still or distilling appa- ,,,`msw,upm ratus set up, shall register the same with the assistant assessor of the rcgimr dm division in which said still or distilliug apparatus shall be, by tiling with °";l';],e of mgiS_ him duplicate statements, in writing, subscribed. hy such person, setting tering._ forth the particular place where such still or disttlling apparatus is set np, D“Pl‘°*‘“’ the kind of still and its cubic contents the owner thereof his lace of resstatcments. . . ’. . . . . ’ P idence, and the purpose for wlnch said still or clistilling apparatus has been or is intended to be used; one of which statements shall be retained and preserved by the assistant assessor and the other transmitted to the Stills, Sm. assessor of the district. _ Stills and distilling apparatus now set up shall wlvgj; w the be so registered within sixty days from the time this act takes eifect, and mg" °r° ’ those hereafter set up shallrhe so registered immediately upon their being if not regi=— set up. Any still or dxsulling apparatus not so registered, together with Egigfgggj all personal property in the POSSCSSIOH, or custody, or under the control ,0u,1pwpm_y_ of such person and found in the- building, or in any yard or enclosure connected with the building, in whtch the same shall be set up, shall be Penalty for forfeited. And any person having in his possession or custody, or under h -0 —L  & ·. . . · . . · [1:::;% igtéré dh °‘ his control, any still or distilhng apparatus set up which is not so registered, shall pay a penalty of five hundred dollars, and on conviction shall he lined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not less than one month nor more than two years. lziatillers and Sec. 6. And be it _;%u·ther enacted, That every person engaged in, or '°° °” t°g"° intending to be engaged in, the business of a distiller or rectitier, shall
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