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'1‘n·u: xxxv.-JNTERNAL REVENUE.——Ch. 4. 635 SBC. 3281. Every person who carries on the business of a distiller Carrying on diswithout having given bond as required by law, or who engages in or ll"?'?' ‘*l*h°“* carries on the business of a distiller with intent to defraud the United g“,,m§ b°”d’ &°‘; States of the tax on the spirits distilled by him, or of any part thereof, p;2LXl——- shall, for every such offense be fined not less than one thousand dollars 20 J“l?'y 1869* "· nor more than five thousunc dollars, and imprisoned not less than six {$3* S' 44’ v‘15’p‘ months nor more than two years. And all distilled spirits or wines, and 6-June, 1872, c. all stills or other apparatus lit or intended to be used for the distillation 315. S- T2, V- 17. p- or rectification of spirits, or for the compounding of liquors, owned by such person, wherever found. and all distilled spirits or wines and ent- U. S. v. A D-Q sonal property found in the distillery or in any building, room, vang or- *·j"<=¤‘Y» 2 Abb- U- inelosure connected therewith, and used with or constituting a. part; of 5** 192 the premises. and all the right, title, and interest of such rson in the lot or tract of land on which such distillery is situated, and alleright. title, and interest therein of every rson, who knowingly has suffered or permitted the business of a distill; to be there carried on, or has connived at the same; and all personal property owned by or in possession of any person who has permitted 01* suffered any building, yard, or inclosure, or any part thereof, to be used for pu: ses of ingress or egress to or from such distillery, which shall be founrgzn any such building, vard, or inclosure. and all the right, title, and interest of every rson in any premises used for ingress or egressn to or from such disizillhwy, who has knowingly suEered or rmitte such premises to be used for such ingress or egress, shall be forggted to the United States. Sec. 3282. No mash, wort, or wash, tit for distillation or for the ro- Mash, wm·t,and duction of spirits or alcohol, shall be made or fermented in any builaing vinermr. or on an premises other than a distillerv dul authorized according to law; anclv no mash, wort, or wash so made ang fermented shall be sold 186, s. 4, X-. 15, pi or removed from any distillery before bein distilled; and no person, 126-‘ _ other than an authorized distiller, shall, by chstillation, or hy any other 5;M“{g18’ process. separate the alcoholic spirits from any fermented mash, wort, "' ’p' ' or wash; and no person shall use spirits or alcohol, or any vapor of alcoholic spirits, in manufacturing vinegar or any other article, or in any process of manufacture whatever, unless the spirits or alcohol so used shall have been produced in an authorized distillery and the tax thereon Enid. Every person who violates any provision of this section shall be ned for each offense not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and be imfrisoned not less than six months nor more than two years: Provide flerther, That nothing in this section shall be construed be apply to fermented liquors, or to fermented liquids used for the manufacture of vinegar exclusively. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the distillation of such fermented liquids, excc t in an authorized distillery. Sec. 3283. No mah, corn, grain, or other material shall be mashed, _N9 pr0c<-ess for nor any mash, wort, or beer brewed or made, nor any still used by a, ailshuxg l;°g‘";’°“ distiller, at any time between the hour of eleven in the afternoon of any dayP,md`f°a_ Qu;} Saturday and the hour of one in the forenoon of the next succeeding Monday. Monday; and every person who violates the' provisions of this section 20 JnlyTl€68QT shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. 1%, ¤· 35, V- 15, D- Suc. 3284. Ever distiller or person employed in any distillery who, Using mamgia1, in the absence of the smnekeeper, or person designated to act as store- 5>rr<;m¤~‘¤ngf¤p¤r¤t¤ keeper, uses, or causes or permits to be used, any material for the pur- L;:p;{‘i;‘;3‘;'°‘ pose of making mash, wort, or beer, or for the production of spirits, or ...;...4.. removes any spirits, shall forfeit and pay double the amount of taxes on 1830 ·T¤é{’» QB??. ¤· the spirits so produced, distilled, or removed, and 1u addmon thereto be 13,; “· · ‘· · P· liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. _ Sec. 3285. Every fermenting-tub shall be empt.1ed at the end of the Eugptyings ferfermenting period, and shall remain empty for twenty-four hours. mmm! tu · 20 July, 1868, c. 186, s. 19, v. 15, p. 133. Sm. 3286. Whenever any oiicer reqgxires the water contained in any Dmwing off ynworm-tub in a distillery, at any time w en the still is not at WOI'k,'l3O be 3*’;;m_€J§s“':,;’"8 drawn 0H, and the tub and worm cleansed, the water shall forthvnth be .;..2;-