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 (532 Tirna xxxv.——1NTERNAL REVENUE.——Ch. 4. always to be exposed to the view of the officer, and so connected and constructed as to prevent the abstraction of spirits while passing from the outlet of the worm or condenser back to the still or doubler, or forward to the receiving-cistern. Such cisterns and the room in which they are contained shall be in charge and under the lock and seal of the internal·revenue gauger designated for that duty; and all locks and seals required by aw shall be provided by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, at the expense of the United States; and the keys shall be in charge of the collector or such gauger as he may designate. On the third day after the spirits are conveyed into such cistern they shall be drawn off into casks, under the supervision of such gauger, in the presence of the storc—kee r, and be removed directly to the distillery warehouse; but on specialpzpplication to the collector by the owner, agent, or superintendent of an distillery, the spirits may be drawn off from the said cisterns, under the supervision of the gauger, at any time previous to the third da. Breaking locks. S1·:c..&68. Every person who destroys, breaks, injures, or tampers g9i¤i¤s mm to with any lock or seal which may be placed on any cistern-room or build- °l"°"’· ‘°‘°·F P°“‘ ing by the duly authorized officers of the revenue, or opens said lock or ‘LE’.:§._. seal, or the door to said cistern-room or building, or in any manner gains 20 -l¤lY» 186*% ¢· access to the contents therein, in the absence of the proper officer, shall 3% “· 4°· "· 15- p· be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand ' dollars, and imrprisoned not less than one year nor more than three years. Furnaces, tubs, Sec. 3269. The door of the furnace of every still or boiler used in any d0¤bl¤¤”¤» W<>¤¤· distillery shall be so constructed that it may be securely fastened and tf‘E‘€}_@tY‘ locked. The fermenting-tubs shall be so placed as to be easily accessible 20 July, 1868, c. to any revenue officer, and each tub shall have distinctly painted there- 1**6, S- 17» V- l5» P- on in oil-colors its cubic contents in gallons and the number of the tub. 131* There shall be a clear space of not less than one foot around every woodstill, and not less than two feet around every doubler and worm-tank. The doubler and worm-tanks shall be elevated not less than one foot from the floor; and every fixed pipe to be used by the distiller, except for conveyance of water, or of spent mash or beer only, shall be so fixed and placed as to be capable of being examined by the officer for the whole of its length or course, and shall be painted, and kept painted, as follows, that is to say: Every pipe for the conveyance of mash or beer shall be painted of a red color; every pipe for the conveyance of low-wines back into the still or doubler shall be painted blue; every pipe for the convey- ance of spirits shall be painted black, and every pipe for the conveyance of water shall be painted white. Whenever any fixed pipe is used by any distiller which is not painted or kept painted as herein directed, or which is painted otherwise than as herein directed, he shall forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars. Apparatus and Sec. 3270. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is authorized to f¤Sfv¤i¤s¤· order and require such changes of or additions to distilling apparatus, 6 June, 1872, c_ connecting-pipes, pumps, or cisterns, or any machinery connected with 315, s. 12, v. 17, p. or used in or on the distillery premises, or may require to be put on any ?39· of the stills, tubs, cisterns, pipes, or other vessels, such fastenings, locks, or seals as he may deem necessary. Distillery ware- Sec. 3271. Every distiller shall provide, at his own ex ense, a wareljj'~*¤€· house, to be situated on and to constitute a part of his distillery premises, 20 July, 18687 c, and to be used only for the storage of distilled spirits of his own manu- 186, s. 15, v. 15,p- facture until the tax thereon shall have been paid; but no dwelling- 132- J 1872 house shall be used for such pur ose, and no door, window, or other 315 si"}; v_1g;; opening shall be made or perm1tted)in the walls of such warehouse lead- 239: ’ ’ ing into the distillery or into any other room or building; and such 3 Jim., 1877, c. warehouse, when aplproved by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Qi "· 19»P· 393- on report of the co ector, is hereby declared to be a bonded warehouse U. S. 1-. Powell, of the United States, to be known as a distillery warehouse, and shall 14 \‘V=¤U·. 493- be under the direction and control of the collector of the district, and in charge of an internal-revenue store-keeper, assigned thereto by the Commissioner.