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 Trru: xxxv.—INTERKAL REVENUE.—Ch. 4. 631 producing capacity for a day of twentv-four hours. In all surveys 24 Dev-._187?. <¤· orty—i1ve gal ons of mash or beer brewed or fermented from grain shall 13·“·1·"·1'·P·‘*°l; represent not less than one bushel of grain, and seven gallons of mash U. S. v. Ferrary or beer brewed or fermented from molasses shall represent not less than <**¤l·· 93 U- S-» 625- one gallon_of molasses, except in distilleries operating on the sour·mash plrgnciple, in which distilleries sixty gallons of beer brewed or fermented m grain shall represent not less than one bushel of grain. A written report of such survev shall be made in triplicate. of which one co v shall be delivered to the distiller. one copy shall be retained by the colllector, and one copy shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and the survey shall take effect upon the delivery of such copy to the distiller. W'henever the Commissioner is satisfied that any report of the capmity of a distillery is incorrect or needs revision. he shall direct the collector to make, in like manner, another survey of said distillery. and the report thereof shall be made and deposited as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 3265. Any person who manufactures any still, boiler, or other N¤¤¢¤l¤f7¤¤¤;¤¤· vessel to be used for the purpose of distilling, shall, before the same is f‘°°““"`° “ "·’“ll; removed from the place of manufacture, notify in writiu the collector 20 July, 1868, c. of the district in which such still, boiler, or other vessed is to be used mh 8- 1% 1‘· li P- or set up, by whom it is to be used, its capacity, and the time when the 13g;,Du_ 18.., _ same is to be removed from the place of manufacture; and no such still, 1;>,,,,_1 ,-_ j’;· pj boiler. or other vessel shall be set up without the permit in writing s i i of the said collector for that purpose: and any person who sets up any. l°°”°l*Y,f°" ?°*· such still, boiler, or other vessel, without first obtaining a permit from 2:5 uggggll ‘“°h' the said collector of the district in which such still, boiler, or other vessel pe ` is intended to be used, or who fails to givesuch notice, shall y in either case the sum of five hundred dollars, and shall forfeit the d);tilling-apparatus thus removed or set up in violation of law. S1·:c. 3266. No person shall use any still, boiler, or other vessel, for the Distillingoncep. purpose of distilling, in any dwelling-house, or in any shed, yard, or in-  premises PTO- closure connected with any dwelling-house, or on board of any vessel or l]lR‘E}__¥l‘°f‘}“f{j_ boat, or in any building, or on any premises where beer, lager-beer, ale, 13 July, 1866, c. porter, or other fermented liquors, vinegar, or ether, are manufactured or 184, S- 2, V-l4,1>- produced, or where sugars or sirups are refined, or where liquors of any 15% Julv 1868 escription are retailed, or where any other business is carried on; or H6_ s_ 1g’,,_15’; within six hundred feet in a direct line of any premises authorized to be 130. i i used for rectifying; and every person who does any of the acts prohib— 6 Jung 1872: c- ited by this section, or aids or assists therein, or causes or procures the gg ”· 1·· V l‘·¥‘· same to be done, shall be fined one thousand dollars and imprisoned for` not less than six months nor more than two years, in the diwretion of li- S- "· Wm- G- the court, for each such offense: Pzmided, That saleratus may be man- R°°d*] L"" 232 ufactured, or meal or flour und from grain, in any building or on any premises where spirits are glsfilled; but such meal or flour shall be used only for distillation on the premises: 1’r0w'ded fart/ner, That any boiler used in generating steam or heating water to be used in any distillery, may be located in any other building or on any other premises to be connected with such still or boiling-tubs, by suitable pipes or other apparatus, or the steam from such boiler in the distillery may be conveye to other premises to be used for manufacturing or other purposes. _ _ _ Srzc. 3267. The owner, agent, or superintendent of any distillery estab- R°P°5}'W{·9¤S· lished as hereinbefore provided, shall erect, in a room or building to tftdilh "T °"°?s‘ be provided and used for that purpose, and for no other, and to be con- 20 July, 1868, c. Structed in the manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal lg? “· lb- "· I5- P- Revenue, two or more receiving-cisterns, each to be at least of sufficient 6° June, 1872, c_ capacity to hold all the spirits distilled during the day of twenty-four 315, B, 12, V, 17, I,_ hours, into which shall be conveyed all the spirits pr uced in said dis- 239. _ tillcry; and each of said cisterns shall be so constructed as to leave an 132:P$°f718'ib¥- 0peu s ce of at least three feet between the top thereof and the floor ’’’P‘ ‘ or rooixaibove, and of not less than eighteen inches between the bottom thereof and the floor below, and shall be so situated that the officer can pass around the same, and shall be connected with the outlet of the worm or condenser by suitable pipes or other apparatus, so constructed as sr—0!3-—45