or which is painted otherwise than as herein directed, he shall forfeit the sum of $1,000.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2823. CHANGES IN APPARATUS AND FASTENINGS.

(a) POWER OF COMMISSIONER.-The Commissioner is authorized to order and require such changes of or additions to distilling apparatus, connecting pipes, pumps, or cisterns, or any machinery connected with or used in or on the distillery premises, or may require to be put on any of the stills, tubs, cisterns, pipes, or other vessels, such fastenings, locks, or seals as he may deem necessary.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2824. EXEMPTIONS OF SMALL DISTILLERIES FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

(a) POWER OF COMMISSIONER.-The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may exempt distillers whose distilleries have a daily spirit producing capacity of 30 gallons of proof spirits, or less, from such of the provisions of law in regard to grain distilleries which require the processes of distillation to be carried on through continuous closed vessels and pipes, or which require the cisterns to be connected with the outlet of the worm or condenser by suitable pipes or other apparatus, or which require certain clear spaces about the cisterns and other vessels of the distillery, or which require the distillers to have or furnish a plan of the distillery, as he may deem.

proper.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.-

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2825. EXEMPTION OF DISTILLERS OF FRUIT BRANDY FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may exempt distillers of brandy made exclusively from apples, peaches, grapes, oranges, pears, pineapples, apricots, berries, plums, pawpaws, papayas, cantaloups, persimmons, prunes, figs, cherries, dates, or citrus fruits (except lemons and limes) from any provision of the internal revenue laws relating to the manufacture of spirits, except as to the tax thereon, when in his judgment it may seem expedient to do so: Provided, That where, in the manufacture of wine or citrus-fruit wine, peach wine, cherry wine, berry wine, apricot wine, prune wine, plum wine, pear wine, pawpaw wine, papaya wine, pineapple wine, cantaloup wine, or apple wine, artificial sweetening has been used, the wine, or the fruit pomace residuum thereof, or the citrus-fruit wine, peach wine, cherry wine, berry wine, apricot wine, prune wine, plum wine, pear wine, pawpaw wine, papaya wine, pineapple wine, cantaloup wine, or apple wine, may be used in the distillation of brandy or citrus-fruit brandy, peach brandy, cherry brandy, berry brandy, apricot brandy, prune brandy, plum brandy, pear brandy, pawpaw brandy, papaya brandy, pineapple brandy, cantaloup brandy, or

apple brandy, as the case may be, and such use shall not prevent the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, from exempting such distiller from any provision of the internal revenue laws relating to the manufacture of spirits, except as to the tax thereon, when in his judgment it may seem expedient to do so: And provided further, That the distillers mentioned in this section may add to not less than 500 gallons (ten barrels) of grape cheese not more than 500 gallons of a sugar solution made from cane, beet, starch, or corn sugar, 95 per centum pure, such solution to have a saccharine strength of not to exceed 10 per centum, and may ferment the resultant mixture on a winery or distillery premises, and such fermented product shall be regarded as distilling material.

SEC. 2826. KEEPING DISTILLERY ACCESSIBLE.

(a) REQUIREMENTS.-No fence or wall of a height greater than five feet shall be erected or maintained around the premises of any distillery, so as to prevent easy and immediate access to such distillery, but the Secretary may authorize the construction and maintenance of a fence or wall of such greater height than five feet as he shall prescribe in any case in which in his opinion such higher fence or wall is necessary to give adequate protection from trespassers. And every distiller shall furnish to the collector of the district as many keys of the gates and doors of the distillery as may be required by the collector, from time to time, for any revenue officer or other person who may be authorized to make survey or inspection of the premises, or of the contents thereof; and said distillery shall be kept always accessible to any officer or other person having any such key. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this subsection by negligence or refusal, or otherwise, shall pay a penalty of $500. (b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2827. ENTRY AND EXAMINATION OF DISTILLERY.

(a) POWER OF REVENUE OFFICERS.-It shall be lawful for any revenue officer at all times, as well by night as by day, to enter into any distillery or building or place used for the business of distilling, or used in connection therewith for storage or other purposes, and to examine, gauge, measure, and take an account of every still or other vessel or utensil of any kind, and of all low wines, and of the quantity and gravity of all mash, wort, or beer, and of all yeast, or other compositions for exciting or producing fermentation in any mash of beer, of all spirits and of all materials for making or distilling spirits, which may be in any such distillery or premises, or in possession of the distiller.

And whenever any internal revenue officer, or any person called by him to his aid, is hindered, obstructed, or prevented by any distiller, or by any workman, or other person acting for such distiller or in his employ, from entering into any such distillery or building or place as aforesaid; or any such officer is by the distiller, or his workman, or any person in his employ, prevented or hindered from, or opposed, or obstructed, or molested in the performance of his duty under the

internal revenue laws, in any respect, the distiller shall forfeit the sum of not exceeding $1,000.

And whenever any officer, having demanded admittance into a distillery or distillery premises, and having declared his name and office, is not admitted into such distillery or premises by the distiller or other person having charge thereof, it shall be lawful for such officer at all times, as well by night as by day, to break open by force any of the doors or windows, or to break through any of the walls of such distillery or premises necessary to be broken open or through, to enable him to enter the said distillery or premises; and the distiller shall forfeit the sum of not exceeding $1,000.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2828. DISTILLERS AND RECTIFIERS TO FURNISH FACILITIES AND GIVE ASSISTANCE FOR EXAMINATION OF PREMISES. (a) POWER OF REVENUE OFFICERS.-On the demand of any internal revenue officer or agent, every distiller or rectifier shall furnish strong, safe, and convenient ladders of sufficient length to enable the officer or agent to examine and gauge any vessel or utensil in such distillery or premises; and shall, at all times when required, supply all assistance, lights, ladders, tools, staging, or other things necessary for inspecting the premises, stock, tools, and apparatus belonging to such person, and shall open all doors, and open for examination all boxes, packages, and all casks, barrels, and other vessels not under the control of the revenue officer in charge, under a penalty of $500 for every refusal or neglect so to do.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2829. INSTALLATION OF METERS, TANKS, AND OTHER APPARATUS.

(a) POWER OF THE COMMISSIONER.-The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, is authorized to require at distilleries, breweries, rectifying houses, and wherever else in his judgment such action may be deemed advisable, the installation of meters, tanks, pipes, or any other apparatus for the purpose of protecting the revenue, and such meters, tanks, and pipes and all necessary labor incident thereto shall be at the expense of the person on whose premises the installation is required. Any such person refusing or neglecting to install such apparatus when so required by the Commissioner shall not be permitted to conduct business on such premises.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2830. OFFICER'S AUTHORITY TO BREAK UP GROUNDS OR WALLS. (a) POWER OF REVENUE AGENT.-It shall be lawful for any revenue officer, and any person acting in his aid, to break up the ground on any part of a distillery, or premises of a distiller or rectifier, or any ground adjoining or near to such distillery or premises, or any

wall or partition thereof, or belonging thereto, or other place, to search for any pipe, cock, private conveyance, or utensil; and, upon finding any such pipe or conveyance leading therefrom or thereto, to break up any ground, house, wall, or other place through or into which such pipe or other conveyance leads, and to break or cut away such pipe or other conveyance, and turn any cock, or to examine whether such pipe or other conveyance conveys or conceals any mash, wort, or beer, or other liquor, which may be used for the distillation of low wines or spirits, from the sight or view of the officer, so as to prevent or hinder him from taking a true account thereof.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2831. SIGNS OF DISTILLERS, RECTIFIERS, AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS.

Every person engaged in distilling or rectifying spirits, and every wholesale liquor dealer, shall place and keep conspicuously on the outside of the place of such business a sign, exhibiting in plain and legible letters, not less than three inches in length, painted in oil colors or gilded, and of a proper and proportionate width, the name or firm of the distiller, rectifier, or wholesale dealer, with the words: "Registered distillery," "rectifier of spirits," or "wholesale liquor dealer," as the case may be. Every person who violates the foregoing provision by negligence or refusal, or otherwise, shall pay a penalty of $500,

And every person, other than a rectifier or wholesale liquor dealer who has paid the special tax, or a distiller who has given bond as required by law, who puts up or keeps up the sign required by this section, or any sign indicating that he may lawfully carry on the business of a distiller, rectifier, or wholesale liquor dealer, shall forfeit and pay $1,000, and shall be imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six months. And every person who works in any distillery, rectifying establishment, or wholesale liquor store, on which no sign is placed and kept, as herein before provided, and every person who knowingly receives at, carries or conveys any distilled spirits to or from any such distillery, rectifying establishment, warehouse, or store, or who knowingly carries and delivers any grain, molasses, or other raw material to any distillery on which such sign is not placed and kept, shall forfeit all horses, carts, drays, wagons, or other vehicle or arimal used in carrying or conveying such property aforesaid, and shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six months.

SEC. 2832. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CARRYING ON BUSINESS OF DISTILLING.

It shall not be lawful for any distiller to commence the business of distilling until he has given the bond required by law and complied with the provisions of law relating to the registration and survey of distilleries, and the arrangement and construction of distilleries and the premises connected therewith; nor shall it be lawful for any person to engage in the business of distilling on any premises distant less than 600 feet in a direct line from any premises used for rectifying; nor shall

the processes of distillation and rectification both be carried on within the distance of 600 feet in a direct line; except that the Secretary is authorized to permit such business of distilling or process of distillation to be carried on at such lesser distance than 600 feet as he prescribes, in any case in which he deems that such permission may be granted without danger to the revenue.

SEC. 2833. DISTILLING WITHOUT GIVING BOND.

(a) PENALTY AND FORFEITURE.-Any person who shall carry on the business of a distiller without having given bond as required by law, or who shall engage in or carry on the business of a distiller with intent to defraud the United States of the tax on the spirits distilled by him, or any part thereof, shall, for every such offense, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 and imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than two years. And all distilled spirits or wines, and all stills or other apparatus, fit or intended to be used for the distillation or rectification of spirits, or for the compounding of liquors, owned by such person, wherever found, and all distilled spirits or wines and personal property found in the distillery or in any building, room, yard, or inclosure connected therewith, and used with or constituting a part of the premises, and all the right, title, and interest of such person in the lot or tract of land on which such distillery is situated, and all right, title, and interest therein of every person who knowingly has suffered or permitted the business of a distiller 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 or suffered any building, yard, or inclosure, or any part thereof, to be used for purposes of ingress or egress to or from such distillery, which shall be found in any such building, yard, or inclosure, and all the right, title, and interest of every person in any premises used for ingress or egress to or from such distillery, who has knowingly suffered or permitted such premises to be used for such ingress or egress, shall be forfeited to the United States.

(b) TRANSFER OF DUTIES.

For transfer of powers and duties of Commissioner and his agents, see section 3170.

SEC. 2834. MASH, WORT, AND VINEGAR; VINEGAR FACTORIES. No mash, wort, or wash, fit for distillation or for the production of spirits or alcohol, shall be made or fermented in any building or on any premises other than a distillery duly authorized according to law; and no mash, wort, or wash so made and fermented shall be sold or removed from any distillery before being distilled; and no person, other than an authorized distiller, shall, by distillation, or by any other process, separate the alcoholic spirits from any fermented mash, wort, or wash; and no person shall use spirits or alcohol 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 (except in the case of vinegar) the tax thereon paid. Every person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined for each offense not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than two years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to fer