ing a Still on Sunday. Penalty. Regulations for erecting cer tain Chargers and Receivers. Number of Greater Description of Description of Low Wines use of by any Distiller, Rectifier or Compounder, at any Time between the Hour of Eleven of the Clock in the Afternoon of any Saturday, and the Hour of One of the Clock in the Forenoon of the next succeeding Monday, every such Distiller, Rectifier or Compounder in each and every such Case, shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds. XIII. And be it further enacted, That every Person who shall be licensed under this Act to keep any Still for distilling_Spirits, shall, after being so licensed, and before making such Entry as is by this Act required of any Still or other Vessel or Utensil to be used by such Person, erect and keep the several Vessels hereinafter enumerated, and in the Manner and for the Purposes hereinafter described, that is to say; One Vessel to be called a Wash Charger, One other Vessel to be called a Low Wines Receiver, One other Vessel to be called a Low Wines and Feints Charger, One other Vessel to be called a Feints Receiver, One other Vessel to be called a Spirit Receiver, and, except as hereinafter mentioned, One other Vessel to be called a Spent Lees Receiver. XIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That there shall not be erected or kept in any Distillery more than One such Wash Charger, and One such Spirit Receiver, nor more than Two such Low Wines Receivers, nor more than Two such Feints Receivers, nor more than Two such Low Wines and Feints Chargers; and if any greater Number of such Vessels and Utensils as aforesaid shall be found in any Distillery, the Distiller in whose Distillery the same shall be found shall forfeit Two hundred Pounds, and all such Vessels exceeding the Number aforesaid, together with the Contents thereof, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any Officer of Excise. XV. And be it further enacted, That every such Wash Charger shall be a close covered Vessel, and the Content thereof shall not be less than that of the largest Wash Still; and every such Wash Charger shall be connected with the Wash Still or Stills by one close Metal Pipe to each such Still, having a Cock or Cocks thereon, one End of which Pipe shall be fixed into the Bottom of such Wash Charger, and the other End thereof shall be fixed into each such Still; and to such Wash Charger there shall be one other close Metal Pipe, having a Cock thereon, one End of which Pipe shall be fixed into the Pump or Pumps placed in the Jack Back, if any such Vessel shall be used, or otherwise to the Pipe or Trough communicating with the fermenting Wash Backs, and the other End of such Pipe shall be fixed into such Wash Charger, and such Charger shall not have any Communication with any other Vessel or Utensil whatever; and every such Low Wines Receiver shall be a close covered Vessel, with a Pump fixed therein, for the Conveyance of Low Wines from such Receiver into the Low Wines and Feints Charger or Chargers, and there shall be One close Metal Pipe, externally visible for its whole Length, attached to and leading directly from the Safe at the End of the Worm of the Wash Still, and fixed into every such Low Wines Receiver or Receivers, so that all Low Wines running into such Pipe from such Safe shall immediately be discharged therefrom into such Receiver or Receivers, which Re ceiver or Receivers shall not have any Communication with any Vessel or Utensil whatsoever, except as aforesaid; and every such of Feints Feints Receiver shall be a Close covered Vessel, with a Pump Receiver; fixed therein, for the Conveyance of Feints from such Receiver into the Low Wines and Feints Charger or Chargers, and there shall be One close Metal Pipe, externally visible for the whole Length, attached to and leading directly from the Safe at the End of the Worm of the Low Wines Still, and fixed into every such Feints Receiver or Receivers, so that all Feints running into such Pipe from such Safe shall immediately be discharged therefrom into such Receiver or Receivers, which Receiver or Receivers shall not have any Communication with any Vessel or Utensil whatsoever, except as aforesaid; and every such Low of Low Wines Wines and Feints Charger shall be a close covered Vessel, con- and Feints nected with the Low Wines Still or Stills, by a close Metal Pipe Charger ; to each such Still, having a Cock or Cocks thereon, one End of which Pipe shall be fixed into the Bottom of such Charger, and the other End shall be fixed into each such Still, and each such Charger shall have Communication with the Low Wines and Feints Receivers respectively, by means of close Metal Pipes, one End whereof respectively shall be fixed to each such Charger, and the other End whereof shall be attached to the Pump or Pumps, to be so fixed as aforesaid in the Low Wines Receiver or Receivers, and Feints Receiver or Receivers respectively, and such Charger shall not have any Communication with any other Vessel or Utensil whatever, except as aforesaid; and of Spirit Reevery such Spirit Receiver shall be a close covered Vessel, and ceiver. shall not have any Communication with any Vessel or Utensil whatever, except with the Safe of the Low Wines Still, by means of one Close Metal Pipe, externally visible for its whole Length, attached to and leading directly from such Safe at the End of such Worm, and fixed into such Spirit Receiver in such Manner as that all Spirits running therein from such Safe shall run directly and be discharged therefrom into such Spirit Receiver without resting in the said Pipe, and in every such Spirit Receiver there shall either be a Pump placed and fixed for emptying the same, or a proper Discharging Cock for drawing off the Spirits therefrom; and that each and every such Charger and Receiver shall be erected and kept in a convenient and public Situation in the Still House, or to the Approbation of the Commissioners of Excise, and exposed to open View and easy of Access and Inspection to the surveying Officer on all Parts thereof, and each such Charger and Receiver respectively shall have a sufficient Cover thereon, with a rectangular Dipping Hole cut in such Cover, not more nor less than an Inch square, and in which Dipping Hole there shall be placed such Dipping Rod as shall be provided by the proper Officer, who shall secure such Rod in such Manner as to him shall seem expedient, to prevent the Removal thereof out of any such Charger or Receiver; and every such Spent Lees Receiver shall be a close covered Vessel, and shall not have any Communication with any Vessel or Utensil whatsoever, except with the Low Wines Still by means of One Close Metal Pipe, externally visible for its whole Length, attached to and leading directly from such Still, and fixed into such Spent Dipping Rods to be fixed in Chargers, Receivers, &c. Description of Constructing Receivers con- Penalty. Keeping Pipe or Opening in any Still, except as herein described. Penalty. Distillers to make Holes or Openings in through which Officers may take Samples. Spent Lees Receiver, and which Pipe shall be the only Discharge Pipe of such Still, having a Cock thercon secured as the Supervi sor or Surveyor surveying such Distillery shall direct and approve, and in the Bottom of which Receiver shall be an internal Safe and secure Plug in a Discharge Hole, and every such Receiver shall have One other Opening, not more than One Third of the Depth of such Receiver from the Top of such Receiver, covered and secured by an internal Metal Plate, perforated with circular Holes of not more than Four Tenths of an Inch in Diameter, and such Receivers shall have no other Opening whatsoever; and if any Charger or Receiver, or Pipe therefrom, or Cock therein, shall be made use of in the Distillery of any Distiller which shall not be erected, kept and constructed in Manner herein directed, or which shall have any Hole therein except the Trap Door in the Cover thereof, properly secured by the Officer for examining or cleansing such Receiver respectively, or any Communication with any other Vessel or Utensil whatsoever, other than as by this Act is required, authorized and allowed, then and in every such Case such Distiller shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, and also the Sum of Twenty Pounds for every Day during which such Charger or Receiver, or Pipe or Cock, shall remain in the Distillery of such Distiller. XVI. And be it further enacted, That if in any Distillery, or any House for distilling, rectifying or compounding Spirits, or any Place adjoining thereto, there shall be any Pipe or Conveyance whatsoever leading directly or indirectly to or from any Still, or from the Head thereof, or any Opening whatever, into or out of any Still other than such Pipes, Conveyances and Openings as are prescribed by this Act, or if there shall be any Opening whatever into or out of the Worm of any Still, except the Communication which such Worm shall have with the Still or the Head thereof, and the Opening into the Safe at the End of such Worm, save and except such Air Valve or Conductor as shall be approved of by the Commissioners of Excise, or such Person as they shall employ, then and in every such Case the Distiller, Rectifier or Compounder so offending shall forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds. XVII. And be it further enacted, That in the Breast of every Still used by any Distiller, there shall be a Hole or Opening made, whereby the Officers of Excise may be enabled to take Gauges and Breast of Stills Samples, at the Time and in the Manner required by this Act; and such Hole or Opening shall be not less than Two Inches in Diameter, and shall be contrived so that the Officers may take a Sample or Samples from the Still with a Phial, to be drawn perpendicularly through the same, and also, so that any such Still may be thereby cleansed, subject to such Directions as the said Commissioners of Excise may think fit to give in that behalf; and proper Locks and Fastenings shall be provided by the Supervisor of Excise for the District, at the Expence and Charge of every such Distiller, for properly and sufficiently locking and securing the said Hole or Opening, and for securing the Head of each and every Still, and the Furnace Door of each and every Still respectively used by such Distiller; and all such Locks and Fastenings shall be locked and sealed by the proper Officer of Excise; not paying for and maintaining Fastenings as herein men Penalty. End of Worm of each Still to be inclosed and secured, and Spirits run into a close Safe, &c. Excise; and if any Still shall be set up or used by any Distiller, Not making in the Breast whereof such Hole or Opening of the Size aforesaid such Holes or shall not be made, or if any Distiller shall not observe any Di- Openings, or rections which may be given by the Commissioners of Excise as aforesaid in that behalf, or if such Locks and Fastenings shall not be paid for and maintained as aforesaid, or if the Officer shall be prevented or hindered by any Distiller, or his, her or their tioned Servants or Workmen from affixing any Lock or Fastening as aforesaid, or if any of the Locks, Seals and Fastenings as aforesaid shall be wilfully and injuriously opened, broken or damaged, or if by any Means, Device or Contrivance whatsoever, any Furnace Door, or any Fastening on the Head of any Still, or on the Hole or Opening in the Breast of any Still, shall be wilfully and injuriously opened by any Distiller, or by any Person in the Employ or under the Command of such Distiller, at any Time after the same shall have been locked and secured by the Officer of Excise, every such Distiller shall for every such Offence or Neglect respectively forfeit and lose the Sum of Two hundred Pounds. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That the End of every Worm belonging to every Still in the Distillery of every Distiller, shall be inclosed and secured in such Manner and by such Mechanism and Means as the Commissioners of Excise shall direct, and shall for that Purpose provide; and that all Low Wines, Feints and Spirits, from time to time running from the End of such Worm, shall run from thence into a Safe, inclosed and secured as aforesaid, and shall be conveyed directly and by such a Pipe and Pipes as aforesaid, open externally to the Inspection and Examination of the Officers for its or their whole Length from such Safe into the Receivers respectively, as the Case may be, of such Distiller; and if upon Demand by the proper Supervisor or Surveyor, the End of every such Worm in the Distillery of such Distiller shall not be inclosed and secured, and at the Expence of every such Distiller maintained and kept inclosed and secured by such Mechanism and Means as shall be so directed and provided as aforesaid, or if the whole of the Low Wines, Feints or Spirits coming from such Worm shall not be run into such Safe so inclosed and secured as aforesaid, or if such Low Wines, Feints and Spirits respectively, and every Part thereof, shall not be successively conveyed from such Safe, into the Low Wines Receiver, Feints Receiver and Spirit Receiver respectively, directly and by such a Pipe or Pipes as aforesaid, or if such Mechanism and Means of inclosing the End of such Worm and Safe as aforesaid shall not be affixed and kept and preserved affixed as aforesaid, or if at any Time after the End of any such Worm and any such Safe are inclosed and secured as aforesaid, the Mechanism or Means by which the same shall be inclosed and secured as aforesaid, or any Part thereof, shall be destroyed or injured, or if by any Art or Contrivance, any Access shall be gained or had, except by the Sample Cock of such Safe, without Notice to, and with the Knowledge of, and in the Presence of the Officer, to the inclosed End of such Worm, or to any Low Wines, Feints or Spirits, from the Time of the Extraction or Distillation thereof in any such Still, until the same have been taken Account of by the Officers in the proper Receiver or Re6 GEO. IV. C c ceivers, Distiller ofending in the Particulars herein mentioned. + Sic. Penalty. Proviso where the Worm is found prejudicial. Distiller to keep a Discharge Cock to cach Still. Penalty. Locking Discharge Cock. Distiller to keep a proper Discharge Cock or Plug in each fermenting Wash Back. ceivers, or the Officers shall be in any Manner prevented from or hindered, baffled or defeated in ascertaining by such Apparatus the Strength and Quality of any Low Wines, Finest or Spirits whilst running, or in taking a true Account in such Receiver or Receivers of all the Low Wines, Feints and Spirits distilled or made by such Distiller, then and in every such Case every such Distiller or other Person or Persons shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds: Provided always, that if inclosing and securing the End of such Worm or Safe as aforesaid shall upon Experiment be found to injure the Quality of the Spirits run therefrom, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three of them, upon Proof thereof made to their Satisfaction, to order and direct, that no Distiller as aforesaid shall be required to inclose any such Worm End or Safe as aforesaid. XIX. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a Discharge Cock fixed to every Still, kept for the making or distilling of Low Wines or Spirits, to be kept safely and securely locked by the proper Officer of Excise, except when opened by such Officer on reasonable Notice by the Distiller, not oftener than once in Six Hours, and such Discharge Cock shall not be more than Three Feet distant from the Body of such Still, or Eighteen Inches from the Brick Work, and shall be firmly attached to such Still by a straight Metal Pipe; and such Discharge Cock and Pipe shall be so fixed and placed, as that the Officers of Excise may at all Times have free and convenient Access to the same; and if any Distiller shall have or keep any Still to which there shall not be a Discharge Cock attached, and safely and securely locked in the Manner herein directed, or if there shall not be such Pipe as herein prescribed and directed, or if any Distiller shall open, injure or alter such Cock, except on Notice to and in the Presence of the Officer, and with his Consent, then and in each and every such Case, such Distiller shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds: Provided always, that no such Discharge Cock shall be locked by the Officer where a Spent Lees Receiver is provided and fixed, according to the Provisions of this Act. XX. And be it further enacted, That every Distiller shall provide and fix, to the Satisfaction of the Supervisor, a proper Discharge Cock or Plug and Plug Hole in every fermenting Wash Back, through which Cock or Plug Hole the Wash in such Wash Back shall from time to time be conveyed by a Main Pipe or open Trough into the Jack Back, if any, or into the Wash Charger; and such Main Pipe or Trough shall be placed and fixed in such Manner, that all Wash or Liquor put therein shall forthwith run and be discharged from thence into such Jack Back or Wash Charger, as the Case may be, and not elsewhere, except by a Sewer Cock fixed on such Main Pipe, and properly secured and fastened; and there shall not be any other Pipe or Conveyance entering into or passing out of any such Wash fermenting Back, except the Pipe for conveying Wort into such fermenting Back from the Coolers; and if such Discharge Cock or Plug shall not be provided and fixed as aforesaid, or if such Pipe or Trough shall not be placed and fixed as aforesaid, or if such Sewer Cock thereon 11 |