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248 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 315. 1872. mit, or die of the kind before mentioned, or who shall procure the same to be done, shall be imprisoned for not; less than one nor xnore than five Pmqisiou as years; Provided, That every brewer who sells fermented liquor an retail ff ””'l °’·’°’“* at the brewery, or other place where the same IS made, shall afiix and r°w°ry' cancel the proper stamp or stamps upon the hogsheads, barrels, kegs, or other vessels in which the same is contained, and shall keep an account of the quantity so sold by him, and of the number and size of the hogsheads, barrels, kegs, or other vessels in which the same has been coutained, and. shall make a. report thereof, verified by oath, monthly, to the assessor, and forward e duplicate of the same to the collector of the dis- Brewers mey triet: And provided further, That brewers may remove or transport, or f;;'}?? Eifsalg cause to be removed or transported, malt liquor of their own manufacture, wmanqqusno- known as lager-beer, in quantities of not less than six barrels in one veslies uni? 5****** sel, and may also remove or transport, or cause to be removed lor trans- {:3: §°w;;r;’t0 ported, malt liquors known as ale or porter, or any other malt, liquor no; their warehouse heretofore mentioned, in quantities not less than fifty barrels at a time,

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’;§fk°;iiQ;”_ from their breweries or other places of manufacture, to a depot, warecut amxgng house, or other place used exclusively for storage or sale in bulk, and

stamp. occupied by them, from one part of one collection-district be another part. of the same collectiomdistrict, or from ono c0IIect;ion—dist.rict to another collection-district, without effixing the proper stamp on said vessels of 1ager—beer, ale, porter, and other mall: liquor at the brewery or place of menufixcture, under a permit to be obtained from the collector of the district (who is to grant the same upon application) wherein said malt liquor is manufactured, to said depot or warehouse, but to no other place under such rules and regulations as the commissioner of internal revenue Such liquors to may prescribe, and thereafter the manufacturer of the malt liquor so re-

};’njgQ,';(l’j.l‘}0”r:x1‘°“ moved shall stamp the same when it leaves such depot or warehouse, in

,,,mh0,,Sc_ the same manner and under the same penalties and liabilities as when Stamps to be stamped at the brewery as herein provided ; and the collector of the dis- P¤`°<=¤¤¢d» Wh°¥°· trict. in which such depot or warehouse is situated shall furnish the manufacturer with the stamps for stamping the same, as if the said malt liquor _ Mode ofamx- had been manufactured in his district: And provided further, That said }Q’£lf‘“d °““°°u“' permit must be affixed to each and every such vessel or cask, and camcelled or destroyed in such manner as the commissioner of internal reveuue shall prescribe, and under the same penalties and liabilities as herein Mmmm; and provided as to stamps: And provided further, That. when fermented liquor sale of som- or has become sour or damaged, so as to be incapable of use as such, brewers ‘:;’;;‘£‘;i£$” may sell the same for manufacturing purposes, and may remove the same ` to places where its may be used for such purposes, in casks or other vessels, unlike those ordinarily used for fermented liquors, containing, respectively, not less than one barrel each, and having the nature of their coutexits marked upon them, without adixiug thereon the permit, stamp, or stamps required. b Bi-ewershto Sec. 25. That every brewer shall by branding mark, or cause be be r;‘“g;"‘;f. lg;" marked, upon every hogsheed, barrel, keg, or other vessel coiitainiug the mJ,,m’hqu0,S fermented liquor made by him, before it is sold or removed from the gsjxlsvld or r¤— brewery, or brewery warehouse, or other place of manufacture, the name ° of the person, firm, or corporation by whom such liquor was manufac- Penaltp form- tured, and the place where the same shall have been made. And any per- §‘é**§":l£lg;{:°· SOD, other than the owner thereof; or his agent, authorized so to do, Wh0 ‘ ’shall intentxonally remove or defaee such marks therefrom, shall be liable Bwwm 0. penalty of fifty dollars for each cask or vessel from which the mark chasing fml;*;*;tP 18 so removed or defaced: iProvzded, however, That when a brewer shall ed liquors of purchase fermented liquor nmshed and ready for sale from another brewer, otherfbrcyfrs _ 111 order tO supply the customers of such purchaser, such purchaser may,

   ‘h°“' upon wrnhen notice to the collector of his intention so to do, and under

branded and such. regulations as the qommissioner of internal revenue may prescribe, ¤¤¤m1>¢d· furnish his own vessels, branded with his name and the place where his