Casks to be
marked, brand
ed, and stamped
before removal
from warehouse.
Storekeeper
deliver^spirits.
Bills of lading
to be filed with
collector of dis
trict.
Spirits to be
shipped over
bonded routes.
T. D. 23186.
Bills of lading,
entries, etc., to
be forwarded to
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
and collector of
customs.
Art. 41. Before removal of the spirits from the ware
house, either for immediate exportation or for the pur
pose of being bottled for export, the gauger will at once
affix the export stamps to the packages, and he will cut
with a die, or burn upon the cask, the name of the dis
tiller, the district, the date of withdrawal, the number of
proof gallons then ascertained, the number of the export
stamp, and the name of the port from which the spirits
are to be exported.
This brand may be abridged in the following manner:
J. Smith & Co.,
Dist’rs,
6 Dist., 0.
Withd’n Jan. 10, 1905, P. G. 44,
Ex. St’p 3855.
To N. Y. for Exp. 1
The letters and figures, branded or cut as above speci
fied, are to be in no case less than half an inch in length.
> Art. 42. After the spirits have been properly gauged,
stamped, and branded the storekeeper will deliver the
same to the party named in the collector’s order, provided
the party named exhibits the collector’s permit to the
storekeeper and takes the spirits within thirty days of
the date of the bond named in the permit.
Art. 43. Upon receiving the spirits from the store
keeper the distiller must immediately deliver to the col
lector three bills of lading, which must in every case be
through bills of lading, and bind each railroad or other
transportation company, and the owner or proprietor of
each vessel or other conveyance transporting said spirits
while in their custody and being transported by them
from the place of shipment to the port of entry.
Art. 44. The spirits must in all cases be consigned in
11 care of the collector of customs 1 ’ of the port of export, and
must be properly described in the bill of lading by serial
numbers.
Whenever practicable, these shipments must be made
over bonded routes. In such cases the goods must be for
warded in cars secured by customs fastenings, except in
instances where a sufficient quantity of such merchandise
is not offered to fill the entire car, in which case the pack
ages should be corded and sealed.
Art. 45. Upon receipt of the bills of lading (to be
marked “C” in case of direct exportation and “CC” in
case of transportation for export) the collector will
immediately forward one copy thereof to the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, together with a copy of the
application and entry, order, report, and permit, Form A
(Cat. No. 206), as also the duplicate of the bond, with
affidavits of sureties when not indorsed on the bond.
He will also promptly forward to the collector of customs
to whom the spirits are consigned a complete set of
: Or transfer to bonded manufacturing warehouses, as the case may be.