Giving an untrue Declaration, &c.

Penalty.

Increase of
Gravity of

Wort after De-
claration.

Penalty.

Wort or Wash found to exceed in Gravity or Quantity the Gravity or

Quantity previously ascertained by Officer.

Proceedings thereon, and

Penalty.

Number of Dry Inches, that is to say, the Number of Inches not occupied or wetted by the Wort, being the Space between the proper Dipping Place of such Back and the Surface of the Wort therein; and no Yeast or Barm or Bub or other Matter or Thing capable of causing Fermentation, shall be added to or mixed with the Wort or allowed to be in such fermenting Back for the Space of Two Hours next after such Wort shall have been collected in such fermenting Back or Backs, and reduced as herein directed, and after such Declaration shall have been given thereof as aforesaid, unless the proper Officer shall, within such Two Hours, have taken an Account of the Quantity and Gravity of such Wort; and if any Wort shall be conveyed into and collected in any fermenting Back or Backs in any other Manner than as is therein directed, or if the Gravity of all such Wort shall not be reduced as herein directed, or if such Declaration shall not be given as herein required, or if any untrue Declaration shall be given of the Quantity or Gravity of any such Wort, or if any Yeast, Barm or Bub or other Matter or Thing capable of causing Fermentation shall be so added to or mixed with any Wort, or allowed to be in any such fermenting Back contrary hereto, then and in each and every such Case, the Distiller shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

LV. And be it further enacted, That if at any Time after any such Declaration as aforesaid shall have been delivered, the Gravity of any such Wort shall be found to exceed the Gravity specified in such Declaration, or if the Quantity of any such Wort or Wash shall be found to exceed by Five per Centum the Quantity of Wort mentioned in such Declaration, as the Quantity collected as aforesaid, then and in each and every such Case such Distiller shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

LVI. And be it further enacted, That if at any Time after any Officer of Excise shall have taken an Account of and ascertained the Gravity or Quantity of any Wort or Wash in any fermenting Back, any Wort shall be found in such Back or any Wash in Process of Fermentation shall be found in such Back, which shall exceed in Gravity the Wort or Wash in such Back of which such Account had been taken, or which shall exceed in Quantity, by Five per Centum or more, the Wort or Wash in such fermenting Back, of which such Account had been previously taken, all such Wort or Wash in such Back shall be considered as new Wort or Wash, and not included in any former Charge against the Distiller in whose Possession such Wort or Wash shall be found; and such Distiller shall be charged with Duty in respect of the whole Wort or Wash in such Back, in like Manner as such Distiller is by this Act chargeable in respect of any Wort or Wash not before charged, and the Wort on Wash of which such Account had been previously taken in such Back shall be deemed to be distilled or decreased, and the Distiller shall be charged for a Quantity of Spirits in respect of such Wort or Wash so deemed to be distilled or decreased, in like Manner as such Distiller is chargeable under this Act for any Wort or Wash actually distilled or decreased; and such Distiller shall also, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

LVII. And

other Composi

LVII. And be it further enacted, That every Distiller who shall Regulations intend to make or prepare the Composition called Bub or any for Distillers other Composition for inducing or increasing the Fermentation of making Bub or any Wort or Wash, shall from time to time, at least Six Hours tion for excitprevious to the beginning to make or prepare any such Compo- ing Fermentsition, give or cause to be given a Notice in Writing to the ation. proper Officer surveying the Distillery of such Distiller, specifying the Time when, and the particular Vessel or Vessels in which such Composition is to be made or prepared, and the particular Wash, fermenting Back or Backs into which the same is to be put, and also specifying the Quantity of such Composition to be put into every such Back, which Quantity shall not exceed the Proportion of Five Gallons for every One hundred Gallons of the Wort or Wash to which such Composition is to be so added; and it shall not be lawful for any Distiller to have or use at any Time any such Composition of greater Gravity than the Gravity of the Wort which such Distiller shall at such Time be authorized to use under the Provisions of this Act; and if any such Composition Acting con- ! shall be made or prepared in the Distillery of any Distiller trary to such contrary to the Directions hereinbefore prescribed, or if the Regulations. Gravity of any such Composition shall be increased at any Time

after the Officer shall have taken an Account thereof, or if the whole Quantity of such Composition shall not, as herein. directed, be conveyed into the particular fermenting Wash Back or Backs specified in such Notice, within Twenty four Hours after the Time specified in such Notice for making such Composition, then and in each and every such Case, the Distiller in whose Distillery every such Offence or Default shall be committed or made shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

Penalty.

distil, that all

LVIII. And be it further enacted, That when the whole Wort Distiller to or Wash brewed or made in any Distillery during any brew- declare before ing Period, shall be collected into the fermenting Wash Backs beginning to in such Distillery, and before the Commencement of any distilling wort and Wash Period in the Distillery of such Distiller, and before any Still shall is collected into be made use of in such Distillery for the distilling of such fermenting Wort or Wash, a Declaration in Writing, by or on behalf of Backs. such Distiller, shall be delivered to the proper Officer, that the whole Wort and Wash in the Distillery of such Distiller is collected into the fermenting Wash Backs in such Distillery, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Officer surveying such Distillery at any Time, not being less than Twelve Hours subsequent to the Delivery of such Declaration, and such Officer is hereby Officer to act authorized and required to open any Still or Stills in such Distil- thereon. lery, by removing such Fastenings as prevent such Still or Stills from being used; and if any Still in the Distillery of any Dis- Distiller tiller shall be made use of before such Declaration shall have offending. been delivered as aforesaid, or before the Expiration of such Twelve Hours as aforesaid, or if all the Wort and Wash in any such Distillery shall not then be collected as stated in such Declaration, then and in every such Case such Distiller shall forfeit Penalty. the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

LIX. And be it further enacted, That Eight Hours before any Wash shall be conveyed from any fermenting Wash Back in the Distillery of any Distiller, a Notice in Writing shall be given

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to

Distiller to give Notice before moving Wash

from ferment

ing Back to the to the proper Officer, by or on behalf of such Distiller, in which Wash Charger. shall be stated the Number of the Back in which such Wash is

Officer to attend and take Accounts, & c. Distiller offending.

Penalty.

Officer may

of Wash to be distilled.

contained, and the Day and Hour when such Wash is to be removed, and such Officer shall attend at the Time specified in such Notice, and after he shall have locked the Charging Cock or Cocks of the Wash Still or Stills, he shall remove all such Fastenings as prevent the Conveyance of such Wash from any Back, mentioned in such Notice, into the Wash Charger, and thereupon, forthwith and without Delay all the Wash which shall be contained in such fermenting Wash Back, or so much of such Wash as such Charger shall be capable of containing, shall be conveyed into such Charger in Manner prescribed in this Act; and such Officer, after having affixed and secured the Fastenings which he had so removed, shall be at liberty and authorized to take an Account of the true Quantity thereof, and shall thereupon unlock the Charging Cock or Cocks aforesaid; and if any Wash shall be removed before such Notice shall have been given, or shall be removed or conveyed from any other fermenting Back, or at any other Time or Manner than shall have been mentioned in such Notice, or before the proper Officer shall have removed or secured respectively such Fastenings as before mentioned, and taken Account of the true Quantity of the Wash in such Charger, such Distiller shall in each and every such Case forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

LX. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful order Samples for any such Officer as aforesaid, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to take and convey away out of such Distillery, from any Wash Back or Charger in the Distillery of any Distiller, a Sample not exceeding the Quantity of Twenty Gallons of the Wash contained in any such Back or Charger, and to cause such Sample of Wash to be distilled into Low Wines in any Still provided for that Purpose by the Commissioners of Excise, and such Officer shall guage or measure the Quantity, and ascertain the Strength of the Low Wines produced by the Distillation of such Wash.

Distiller to clean out Low Wines Receiver, &c. and assist Officer in distilling a Charge of Wash out of

any Wash Back required by Officer.

LXI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Officer of the Rank of Supervisor of Excise, at any Time to require that any Low Wines Receiver in the Distillery of any Distiller shall be emptied and cleaned out, and that any Quantity of Wash shall be conveyed into any Wash Still in the Distillery of such Distiller, and from any Wash Back as such Officer shall direct or require, in order that such Wash may be forthwith distilled into Low Wines; and all Persons in the Employ of such Distiller shall, on reasonable Notice, give and provide Aid and Assistance and Fuel to such Officer at his Request in distilling such Wash into Low Wines, and in conveying the whole of such Low Wines directly into such Low Wines Receiver which shall be so cleaned out, and such Low Wines shall be kept in such Receiver, unmixed with any Matter or Thing whatsoever, until such Officer shall have taken an Account of the Quantity and Strength of such Low Wines; and if such Low Wines Receiver shall not be emptied and cleaned out, or if such Wash shall not be conveyed into such Wash Still, or from such Wash Back, as shall be required by such Officer, or if such Aid and Assistance and Fuel shall

not

not be given to such Officer in the distilling such Wash into Low
Wines, or in conveying the whole of such Low Wines into such
Receiver, or if such Low Wines shall not be kept in such Re-
ceiver, unmixed as aforesaid, until such Officer shall have taken
such Account as aforesaid, then and in every such Case every
such Distiller shall for each Default or Offence forfeit the Sum of Penalty.
Two hundred Pounds.

Produce of Wash distilled

exceeding Proportion herein

mentioned for every Five Degrees of Gravity attenuated.

LXII. And be it further enacted, That in every such Case, whether such Low Wines shall have been produced from Wash distilled in any Wash Still in such Distillery, and conveyed into any Low Wines Receiver in such Distillery as aforesaid, or shall have been produced from any Sample of Wash taken by such Officer as aforesaid, and distilled in any Still provided by the Commissioners of Excise as aforesaid, such Officer shall ascertain the Quantity of Proof Spirit in and equivalent to such Low Wines, according to the Strength of such Low Wines; and if such Quantity of Proof Spirits so computed shall, in any of the respective Cases aforesaid, exceed the Rate or Proportion of One Gallon and One Quarter of a Gallon of Proof Spirits from each and every One hundred Gallons of such Wort or Wash, for and in respect of every Five Degrees of the Gravity of such Wort or Wash which shall have been attenuated, as taken by the Surveying Officer; that is to say, for every Five Degrees of Difference between the highest Gravity of the Wort from which such Wash was produced, as declared by such Distiller pursuant to this Act, or as appearing on any Account thereof taken by the Officer, and the lowest decreased Gravity of such Wort or Wash, as taken by the Officer previous to the Distillation thereof as aforesaid, then, and in each and every such Case respectively, every such Distiller shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds; and Penalty. also the Sum of Sixpence for every Gallon of Wort or Wash contained in the Wash Back from which such Wash so distilled was removed or taken: Provided always, that such Officer shall pay to such Distiller the Value of every Sample of Wash which he shall so take away from such Distillery, or return the Produce thereof, and mix the Low Wines with the Low Wines of the Wash Back to which they belong: Provided also, that such Distiller, or any Person acting in his Behalf, shall and may be present at the Distillation of any such Wash, if such Distiller or other Person shall desire to be so present. LXIII. And be it further enacted, That after any Wash shall Removing have been removed from any fermenting Back in any Distillery, it shall not be lawful to remove any Wash from any other fermenting Back in such Distillery, until the whole Contents of such first mentioned Back shall have been taken a separate Account of by the proper Officer in the Wash Charger, and conveyed into the Wash Still or Stills; and if any Wash shall be removed contrary hereto, the Distiller in whose Distillery such Offence shall be committed shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds. LXIV. And be it further enacted, That Four Hours at least before any Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits respectively shall be removed out of any of the respective Receivers of Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits in the Distillery of any Distiller, a Notice in Writing, specifying the Day and Hour when such Low Wines,

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or

Officer to pay for Samples or return Pro

duce, &c.

Distiller may be present.

Wash before Contents of Back conveyed to Still.

Penalty.

Notices to be given for reWines, Feints moving Low or Spirits from Receivers.

move fasten

ings.

or Feints or Spirits respectively are to be removed out of such Receivers respectively, shall be given to the proper Officer, by or in Behalf of any such Distiller; and such Officer shall attend at the Time specified in such Notice, and after having taken an Account of the Quantity and Strength of such Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits respectively, as the Case may be, such Officer Officer may re- shall remove the Fastenings of the Pumps, or other Conveyances used for the Removal or Conveyance of Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits, and of the Receivers containing such Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits respectively, and forthwith and without Delay all the Low Wines or Feints which shall be in such Low Wines or Feints Receiver or Receivers respectively shall be removed and conveyed into the Low Wines or Feints Charger or Chargers; and all the Spirits which shall be contained in such Spirit Receiver shall be removed and conveyed into the entered Spirit Storehouse of such Distiller; and if any Low Wines or Feints respectively shall not be removed and conveyed as aforesaid, or shall be removed from any such Receiver without such Notice, or at any other Time than shall have been specified in such Notice, or before the Officer shall have removed the several Fastenings, as herein directed, or if after such Officer shall have taken an Account of the Quantity and Strength of the Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits respectively in any such Receiver, any other Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits shall be conveyed into any such Receiver, until the whole of the Low Wines, or Feints or Spirits. of which such Account shall have been taken shall have been removed or conveyed from any such Receiver, and the Fastening thereof shall have been again secured by such Officer, then in each and every such Case the Distiller in whose Distillery such Offence shall be committed shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

Removing Spirits without Notice, or before

Officer has re

inoved fastenings.

Penalty.

Low Wines,
Spirits and
Feints produced

from Wash in

cach Back, to be kept separate, until Account thereof taken. Proceedings upon such Account.

Acting contrary thereto.

such

LXV. And be it further enacted, That all the Low Wines produced by the Distillation of the Wash contained in each fermenting Back in the Distillery of any Distiller, shall be collected and kept in the Low Wines Receiver or Receivers separate and apart from and unmixed with any Low Wines produced by the Distillation of any Wash contained in any other fermenting Back, or with any other Matter or Thing whatever, until an Account of the Quantity and Strength of such Low Wines so separately collected shall have been taken by the proper Officer; and upon Account having been taken, all such Low Wines shall be removed from such Receiver or Receivers into the Low Wines or Feints Charger or Chargers, before any other Low Wines shall be made or produced from any subsequent Distillation of Wash in such Distillery; and all the Spirits and Feints produced by the Redistillation of such Low Wines, of which such Account shall have been taken, shall in like Manner be collected in the Spirits and Feints Receiver or Receivers respectively, and kept therein separate and apart from, and unmixed with any other Matter or Thing (save as is hereinafter provided) until an Account of the Quantity and Strength of such Spirits and Feints respectively shall have been taken by the proper Officer; and if the whole Quantity of Low Wines, which shall be produced by the Distillation of all the Wash contained in each fermenting Back in the Distillery