Regulations and Instructions Concerning the Tax on Distilled Spirits Under the Revised Statutes of the United States and Subsequent Acts. April 15, 1901 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... 67 upon their respective requisitions, and for those receive predecessors in office. Outgoing collectors will take r their successors in office for the Government locks then in tmtrict. (For instructions relative to keeping account of locks issued by collectors, see under heading "Record 99" on page 142 herein.) On the 1st days of January, April, July, and October, or within ten days thereafter, collectors will render to this office a report on Form 152, showing the number and kind of the Government locks and seals in their respective districts. Each report will also exhibit the whole number of Government locks and seals on hand at date of last report and the number received since. Collectors are instructed, when the supply of paper seals has become nearly exhausted, to make requisition for a number of such seals sufficient to meet the wants of the district for six months, stating the number of seal locks in service in the district at the time of making such requisition. Section 3268, Revised Statutes, provides that--Every person who destroys, breaks, injures, or tampers with any lock or seal which may be placed on any cistern room or building by the duly authorized officers of the revenue, or opens said lock or seal, or the door to said cistern room or building, or in any manner gains access to the contents therein, in the absence of the proper officer, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five t housand dollars, and imprisoned not less than one year nor more than three years. Section 3311, Revised Statutes, provides that every person who breaks, injures, or in any manner tampers with any lock, seal, or other fastening applied to any furnace, still, or fermenting tub, or other vessel, in pursuance of the provisions of law, or...