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 140 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 186. 1868. ¤¤ strong, safe, and convenient ladders of sufficient length to enable the furnish ladders, m · d 1 t ·1 · I dp -11 _ “gms’&c_“d 0 cer to examine an gauge·auy vesse or u_ens1 m suci ist; my 0;- opeudoon. premxses; and shall, at all times when required, supply all assistance, lights, ladders, tools, staging, or other things necessary for inspecting the premises, stock, tools, and apparatus belonging to such person, and shall open all doors, and open for examination all boxes, packages, and all casks, barrels, and other vessels not under the control of a revenue officer Pemnty. in charge, under a penalty of five hundred dollars for every refusal or neglect so to do. Revenue om- Sec. 34. And be it urther enacted That it shall be lawful for an °°”S· &°- m’·Y revenue officer and anyf person actinv in his aid to break up the round break up ground ’. . °. _ f. d.. . g on premise,, of on any part of the distillery or premises 0 a istiller, rectifier, or comdistillcrs, &<=· to pounder of liquors, or any ground ad_)0inin¤· or near to such distillery 0;- search for pipes ·. . · · . c . ·, Bw _ * premises, or any wall or partition thereof, OI belonging thereto, or other '$ . · , place, to search for any pipe, cock, private conveyance, or utensil; and ending pipe, upon finding any such pipe or conveyance leading therefrom or thereto, tlwv my break he may break up any ground, house, wall, or other place throueh or into u house wall · · ° &l;_* * winch such pxpe or other conveyance shall lead, and break or cut away such pipe or other conveyance, and turn any cock, or examine whether such pipe or other conveyance may convey or conceal any mash, wort, or beer, or other liquor which may be used for distillation of low wines pr spirits frokm the sight or view of the officer, so as to prevent or hinder tim rom ta ine a true account thereo. b No natepial to Sue. 35. Auld be it further enacted, That no malt, corn, grain, or other b;fcE{:“gf‘n;I£3;’ material shall be mashed, nor any mash, wort, or beer brewed or made, nor can uw; nor any still used by a dtstiller at any time between the hour of eleven in g€;]‘;g;**lf.lT;f¤¤ the afternoon of any Saturday and the hour of one in the forenoon of the S,,mrd,;y_ &c_ neat succeeding Monday; and any person who shall violate the provisions renutty. of this section shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. 1 1;_istiltedspjr- Sec. 36. And be it further enacted, That all distilled spirits found elsed‘;“§f;2$"£;_‘“ where than in a distillery or distillery warehouse, not having been reppt lrjpgilly re- moved therefrom according to law, shall be forfeited to the United States. Egg *0 be ¥¤¤‘· And in case of the seizure of any distilled spirits found elsewhere than in In (gases of a distillery, distillery warehouse, or other warehouse for distilled spirits zetlztpe ofldis- authorized by law, or in the store or place of business of a rectifier, or of f;u‘:":l£;t‘imr_ a wholesale honor dealer, or of a compounder of liquors, or in transit from den ,,;·p,·,,,,rm any one of said places; and in case of the seizure of any distilled spirits xshlzptpppw. found in any one of the- places aforesaid, or in transit therefrom, which {mud hm Wm shall not have been received into or sent out therefrom m conformity to committed, &e. law, or in regard to which any of the entries required by law to be made in the books of. the owner of such spirits or of the storekecper, wholesale dealer, reetiher, or compouuder, have not been made at the time or in the manner required, or in respect to which the owner or person having possesston, control, or charge of said spirits shall ha.ve omitted to do any act requtrecldto be done, or shall have done or committed any act prohibited in rcgar to said spirits, the burden of proof' shall be upon the claimant of said spirits to show that no frand has been committed, and that all the re- . quircments of the law in relation to the payment of the tux have been m;?{l;l;{n?;i;; comphed with. And any person who shall remove, or shall aid or abet dismmd spirits, in the removal of any distilled spirits on wl1ich the tax has not been paid, or concealing to a place other than the distillery warehouse provided by law, or who °b°‘° ’°m°"°d· shall conceal or aid in the concealment of any spirits so removed or who shall remove or shall aid or abut in the removal of any distilled spirits from any distillery warehouse, or other warehouse for distilled spirits authorized by law, in any manner other than is provided by law, or who shall conceal, or aid in the concealment of any spirits so removed, shall be _ liable to a penalty of double the tax imposed lon such distilled spirits so removed or concealed, and shall, on conviction, be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and im risoned v P not less than three months nor more than three years.