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PUBLIC LAW 85-859-SEPT. 2, 1958
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tion, arrangement, and method of operation will afford adequate security to the revenue. "(2)
PRODUCTION FACiLmES.—
- ' (A) Any person establishing a distilled spirits plant may,
as described in his application for registration, provide facilities which may be used for the production of distilled spirits from any source or substance. " (B) The distilling system shall be continuous and closed at all points where potable or readily recoverable spirits are present and the distilling apparatus shall be so designed and constructed and so connected as to prevent the unauthorized removal of such spirits prior to their production gauge. " (C) The Secretary or his delegate is authorized to order and require such identification of, changes of, or additions to, distilling apparatus, connecting pipes, pumps, tanks, or any machinery connected with or used in or on the bonded premises, or require to be put on any of the stills, tubs, pipes, tanks, or other equipment, such fastenings, locks or seals as he may deem necessary to facilitate inspection and afford adequate security to the revenue. " (3) BONDED WAREHOUSING FACILITIES.—
" (A) Any person establishing a distilled spirits plant for the production of distilled spirits may, as described in his application for registration, establish warehousing facilities on the bonded premises of such plant. " (B) Distilled spirits plants for the bonded warehousing of distilled spirits elsewhere than as described in subparagraph (A) may be established at the discretion of the Secretary or his delegate, by proprietors referred to in subparagraph (A) or by other persons, under such regulations as the Secretary or his delegate shall prescribe. " (C) Facilities for the storage on bonded premises of distilled spirits in casks, packages, cases, or similar portable approved containers shall be established in a room or building used exclusively for the storage, bottling, or packaging of distilled spirits, and activities related thereto. "(4)
B O T T L I N G FACILITIES.—
" (A) The proprietor of a distilled spirits plant authorized to store distilled spirits in casks, packages, cases, or similar portable approved containers on bonded premises may establish a separate portion of such premises for the bottling in bond of distilled spirits under section 5233 prior to payment or determination of the internal revenue tax. " (B) Facilities for rectification of distilled spirits or wines upon which the tax has been paid or determined, may be established as a separate distilled spirits plant or as a part of a distilled spirits plant qualified for the production or bonded warehousing of distilled spirits. Such facilities, when qualified, may be used for the rectification of distilled spirits or wines, or the bottling or packaging of rectified or unrectified distilled spirits or wines on which the tax has been paid or determined. " (C) Facilities for bottling or packaging any distilled spirits upon which the tax has been paid or determined (other than bottling facilities established under subparagraph (B)), may be established and maintained only by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by the proprietor of a distilled spirits plant qualified for the production or bonded warehousing of distilled spirits, as a part of such plant or as a separate dis-
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