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Such reduction in proof must be made by the distiller on 
the distillery premises, immediately after the spirits are 
removed from the distillery warehouse, by the addition of 
water only. The alcoholic strength of the spirits must 
not be reduced to a point lower than 90 per cent proof 
spirits. 
The gauger, immediately after such reduction, will legi- re .^ r k k a £f to ** 
bly mark the following upon the stamp head of the casks, ^ 
in letters not less than three eighths of an inch in length, 
taking care to properly fill the blank spaces: 
Reduced to proof. 
U. S. Gauger, 
District of . 
, 191—. 
In case there should not be room enough on the stamp 
head to affix the said marks without obscuring the marks 
and stamp thereon the same may be applied to the other 
head. 
The internal-revenue gauger will append to his report 
Part 3, Form A, the following: 
And I further certify that the spirits described above as inspected Gauger’s re- 
and gauged by me on the day of , 191— [here insert the of ‘“P 60 " 
date of regauge before the addition of water], were in my presence re 
duced in proof by the addition of water only, without the addition of 
any other matter whatever, and were again gauged by me on the 
— day of , 191—, and found to be as follows: 
Number 
of pack 
ages and 
kind of 
Spirits. 
Serial 
numbers 
of 
pack 
ages. 
Num 
bers of 
ware 
house 
stamps. 
Num 
bers of 
export 
stamps. 
Wine. 
gal 
lons. 
Per 
cent of 
proof. 
Proof 
gal 
lons. 
Tax 
able 
gal 
lons. 
Amount 
of tax. 
The report will be signed by the gauger and attested by 
the storekeeper. 
Art. 18. A detailed statement on Form 59 of the re- ** 
gauge made befoffe the reduction in proof and of that made scribed in wah 
rter such reduction will also be appended to each copy of bond?etc 6114 r y * 
the report; and in the entry (article 30), in the bond 
(article 36 or 37), and in the bill of lading (article 36) the 
spirits will be described as in the gauger’s report of last 
gauge. Where the quantity ascertained on such last re 
gauge is less than the quantity shown by the previous 
regauge, the tax on the deficiency should be collected, and ]ec ^ ^Vefi- 
should be so entered in the indorsement on Form A. ciency. 
Where, however, an excess appears on such last regauge, 
jko quantity shown by such regauge will in all such cases 
be entered in the export entry, bond, and bill of lading, 
but the quantity to be entered in the indorsement on 
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