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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 463. 1916. 785 lliyévzliilymdiglydipggilgrlilzed zllistilleigliand the Commissioner of Internal "‘°°,§Q‘x·gf°‘” L, · ~ » mg e_1a ty of any distiller of wme spirits to Aiiowmammstiuei assessment under section thirty-three hundred and nine of the Re- f°§pgit“”“h"”"°· vxsgd btatptes, is authorized to allow such distiller credit_in his com- Mr-` “S°°` 3m' p` pvpnségiplrpslagrtgg Xisrie spirits withdrawn to be used in fortifying sweet "Sec. 43. That the wine s irits m t' d t' f - Wim l '¢ d ¤¤¤·i- herein mentioned is the prodliict resuelltiiiiomfroihdl tls; il(is1till(aIttii7>1iNi’>(f ¤¤¤i2iiii¤;$8il sp? m' fermented grape juice, to which water mayghave been added prior to M"' p' 78* during, or after fermentation, for the sole urpose of facilitating the iermeritaézioizhand eczlongmgcal distillation tihereof, and shall be held B‘°“‘*Y*¤°1¤d°d· o inc u e e ro uc rom gra es or their res`du l known as grape brandy, and shall include commercial ;l·aC(eHl>1i·ii0ri1d; which may have been colored with burnt sugar or caramel); and the Pumswsst Wim dopuresweet wine which may be fortified with wine spirits under the mm }’§£}SS$‘L‘i§ °£-i€i“i.t‘2`°$SI?t1f2Z?H$?tid if "“Z`”i“1l¥.i fi"H“’°"“i g'“"° » re men an s a con am no other substance whatever introduced before, iat the time of, or after fermentation, except as herem expressly provided: Provided, That_ the _{,§‘f{;_’,°,;',;,, 0, $,1,,,,,, addition of pure boiled or condensed grape must or pure crystallized °°°·· ¤¤¤W¤<i· ' cane or beet sugar, or pure dextrose sugar containing, respectively, Ee; l§ss_than nmtety-five per centirlimfotfh actual siégar, calculated on a asis or wa er or any or a 0 em to e pure gra e juice before fermentatioxi, or to the fermented product of such ape ]l11C6, or to both, prior to the fortiication herein provider? for, either for the purpose of perfecting sweet wines according to commercial standards or for mechamca purposes, shall not be excluded _ gy; the defimtion of pure sweet wine a oresaid: Provided, Iwwever, S“g"'“‘““““°"· _ at the cane or beet sugar, or pure dextrose sugar added for sweetening lpurposes shall not be in excess of eleven per centum of the weight of the wme to be fortified: And promdedf/umt er, That the addition of ‘“‘"“°“ °"'°""’· water herein authorized shall be under such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may from time to time prescribe: Provided, however, ,,,§$§3,‘f"°““ ““d *“' That recor s kept in_ accordance with such regiulations as to the percentage of saccharme, acid, alcohohc, and a ded water content of the wine offered for fortification shall be open to inspection_by any official of the De artment of Agriculture thereto duly authorized bg Mmmm Mmmm the Secretary of riculture; but in no case shall such wines to whic ,~,t,.,,,,m,_ water has been ad ed be eligible for fortification under the provisions of this Act, where the same, after fermentation and before fortification, have an alcoholic strength of less than five per centum of their _ volume. _, " Sec. 45. That under such regulations  official supervision, and sphiihiiiwiiloaiumoi upon the execution of such entries and the giving of such bonds, bills P‘§;,¤;,°°° rim- _ _, . ,p.¢48,am¤¤d- o lading, and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ea. withl the approval of the Secretary §fgIhe(l‘{)ea.s;1;111sjjy,l?xhi;ill prescrilolearany pro ucer o ure sweet wines as e e y _ c may W1 aw wine spirits fiiom any special bonded warehouse m original packages or from any registered distillery in ang quantity not less thaneighty wine gallons, an may use so much of the same as may be required byohim R hmm etc under such reg ations, and afger tig: fglling ogiuch npticei and nds °g“ ’ ‘ nd the kee in of such recor s an the ren tion 0 suc re rts as fo materialspanid products and the disposition of the same as the) Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe, in fortifying the pure sweet wines made by him, and for no other purpose, in accordance with the foregoing Restriction on pm limitations and provisions ; an the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, of mthmwd, gpm with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized whenever he shallil deem it to be necessary for the (prevention of violations of this law to prescribe that wine spirits with awn under this section 91890°-vox. 39-Yr 1·-—50