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 626 FIFTY- FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 378, 379. 1897. national cemetery; and if in a destitute condition, free of cost. The Secretary of War is authorized to issue certiiicates to those army nurses entitled to such burial." Approved. March 3, 1897. ¥·*°‘* “· W'- cnsr. ave.-An Act To allow ua ummm; or distilled spam in bona. i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _UMted BI¤'*°,*f f_*}‘]f;g‘ji_d States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any distilled •pn·1am*l»¤1. spirits deposited in the warehouse of a distillery having a surveyed daily capacity of not less than twenty bushels of grain, which capacity or not less than twenty bushels thereof is commonly used by the distiller, have been duly entered for withdrawal upon payment of tax, or for export in bond, and have been gauged and the required marks, brands, and tax-paid stamps or export stamps, as the case may be, have been affixed to the package or packages containing the same, the distiller or owner of said distilled spirits, if he has declared his purpose so to do in the entry for withdrawal, which entry for bottling purposes may be made by the owner as well as the distiller, may remove such spirits to a separate portion of said warehouse which shall be set apart and used exclusively for that purpose, and there, under the supervision of a United States storekeeper, or storekeeper and gauger, in charge of such warehouse, may immediately draw off such spirits, bottle, mm, pack, and case the same: Provided, That for convenience in such procn:.*,g,_*“"‘ °' "" ess any number of packages of spirits of the same kind, diiferin g only in proof, but produced at the same distillery by the same distiller, may be mingled togetherin a cistern provided for that purpose, but nothing herein shall authorize or permit any mingling of different products, or of the same products of different distilling seasons, or the addition or _ the subtraction of any substance or material or the application of any method or process to alter or change in any way the original condition umotbotumswm or character of the product except as herein authorized ; nor shall there '°'*"°""‘ be at the same time in the bottling room of any bonded warehouse any spirits entered for withdrawal upon payment of the tax and any spirits Bortlins fr¤i¤ entered for export: Provided also, That under such regulations and limib'“"°" tations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe, the provisions of this Act mayobe made to apply to the bottling and casing of fruit brandy in special nded warehouses. mms •¤¤¤p•. Every bottle when filled shall have aiiixed thereto and passing over the mouth of the same such suitable adhesive engraved strip stamp as may be prescribed, as hereinafter provided, and shall be packed into cases to contain six bottles or multiples thereof, and in the aggregate not less than two nor more than five gallons in each case, which shall Sm-1>¤ <>¤ ¤··¤¤ be immediately removed from the distillery premises. Each of such cases shall have aihxed thereto a stamp denoting the number of gallons therein contained, such stamp to be aiiixed to the case before its removal from the warehouse, and such stamps shall have a cash value of ten cents each, and shall be charged at that rate to the collectors to whom _ issued, and shall be paid for at that rate by the distiller or owner using the same. in-um on mes. And there shall be plainly burned on the side of each case, to be known as the Government side, the proof of the spirits, the registered distillery number, the State and district in which the distillery is located, the real name of the actual bona fide distiller, the year and distilling season, whether spring or fall, of orignal inspection or entry into bond, and the date of bottling, and the same wording shall be placed upon the adhesive engraved strip stamp over the mouth of the bottle. It being understood that the spring season shall include the months from January to July, and the fall season the months irom July to January.