STOREKEEPER-GAUGERS SEC. 4018. ENGAGEMENT IN OTHER BUSINESS. No storekeeper-gauger shall be engaged in any other business while in the service of the United States, without the written permission of the Commissioner. SEC. 4019. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. The general provisions of law relating to annual leave of absence and sick leave of employees in the executive departments shall apply to storekeeper-gaugers. SEC. 4020. TEMPORARY CHARGE OF WAREHOUSES. (a) ArmoORIzATIoN. -In case of the absence by reason of sickness or other cause of any storekeeper-gauger assigned to an internal rev- enue bonded warehouse under subsection (a) of section 4013, the collector having control of the warehouse may designate a person to have temporary charge thereof, who shall, during such absence, per- form the duties and receive the pay of the storekeeper-gauger for the time he may be so employed, and shall for any violation of the law be subject to the same punishment as storekeeper-gaugers. (b) TRANsFER OF POWERS AND DrTIES.- For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents in respect to liquor, see section 3170. SEC. 4021. PENALTIES. (a) DELEGATION OF DUTIEs.- Whenever any storekeeper-gauger employs any owner, agent, or superintendent of any distillery or internal revenue bonded warehouse, or any person in the service of such owner, agent, or superintendent, or any rectifier or wholesale liquor dealer, or any person in the service of such rectifier or wholesale liquor dealer, to use his brands or to discharge any of the duties imposed upon him by law, he shall, for each offense so committed, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000. This subsection shall not apply in any case in which the use of the storekeeper-gauger's brand or the discharge of his duties by another has been directed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary under authority of law. (b) FRAUDULENT INSPECTION, GAUGING, OR PROOF. -Every store- keeper-gauger who makes any false or fraudulent inspection, gauging, or proof, shall pay a penalty of $1,000, and be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, and imprisoned not less than three months nor more than three years. (c) UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF DISTILLED SPIRITS FROM BONDED WARE- IIOUSE. - For penalty imposed for unlawfully removing or permitting to be removed distilled spirits from a bonded warehouse, see section 2913. SEC. 4022 . RULES AND REGULATIONS. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may pre- scribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of sections 4011, 4012, 4013 (c), and 4019. 493
�
