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 13d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 598, 599. JUN E 18, 1934 . 1013 ICRAPTER 598 .1 AN ACT June 18, 1934. To authorize the reduction of the required distance between liquor distilleries and 	[H.R. 9617.]	 rectifying plants and to authorize higher fences around distilleries. [Public. No. 405.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ es of the United States of America in Congress ass embled, That section 3266 adi ge r fyingpun rs s of the Revised Statutes (relating to premises on which the distilling R.S.sec .3266,p.631; of liquor is prohibited) (U.S.C., Supp . VII, title 26, sec . 1170) Is 615 Supp. VII, p. amended by inserting after the word " rectifying " a comma and the Premises for distil- following : " except that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized lin g ; distance . to permit such use for distilling on premises at such lesser distance that 1 six hundred feet as he prescribes, in any case in which he deems that such permission may be granted without danger to the revenue ". SEC. 2. Section 3280 of the Revised Statutes (relating to minimum R .S ., see., p . 634; distance between places where businesses of distilling and rectifying 617 .c., Supp.VII, p. may be carried on, and to conditions precedent to carrying on distill- Premises for distil- ing business) (U .S .C., Supp . VII, title 26, sec. 1183) is amended by 1mg and rectifying. striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following : " except that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to permit such business of distilling or process of distillation to be carried on at such lesser distance than six hundred feet as he prescribes, in any case in which he deems that such permission may be granted without danger to the revenue ". SEC. 3 . So much of section 3244 " Third " of the Revised Statutes, Col lec tin g special as amended (U .S.C ., Supp . VII, title 26, sec . 1830), as reads "no U.s., 8u 244,p. 3. officer shall collect any special tax for rectifying distilled spirits on 69z any premises less than six hundred feet in a direct line from any distillery " is amended to read as follows : " no officer shall collect any special tax for rectifying distilled spirits on any premises less than six hundred feet (or less than the distance permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury in the particular case) in a direct line from any distillery " SEC. 4. Section 3275 of the Revised Statutes (relating to keeping acc g essb 0g distilleries distilleries accessi ble) (U.S .C ., Supp . VII, title 26, sec . 1177) is R .S.,sec .3275,p.633. U SC., Supp. VII, amended by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence p.616. and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following : " but the Fencing premises . Secretary of the . Treasury may authorize the construction and main- tenance of a fence or wall of such greater height than five feet as lie shall prescribe in any case in which in his opinion such higher fence or wall is necessary to give adequate protection from trespas sers ." Appro ved, June 18, 1934. ICHAPTER 599 .1 AN ACT Jane 18, 1934. Authorizing the Sistersville Bridge Board of Trustees to construct, maintain and [H R. 9618.] operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at Sistersvill e, Tyler Cou nty, West [Pu blic, No . 406 .] Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to Oh io River. Bridge authorized promote interstate commerce, improve the postal service, and pr o- across at sist ersville, vide for military and other purposes, C. S. Sutton, president of the W.Va. county court of Tyler County, West Virginia, and his successors in office, W. L. Sutton, mayor of the city of Sistersville, West Virginia, and his successors in office, and Arnold Stoeffer, president of the Board of Cou nty Co mmiss ioners of Mo nroe C ounty, Ohio , and his successors in office, all as trustees, are hereby authorized to construct, Construction. maintain, and operate a bri dge and appro aches thereto across the Vol .34,i . 84. 1 So in original.