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hers  of  Congress  with  the  request  that  the}-  form  a  basis  of  regulations  or 
farther  Congressional  action  to  render  the  law  operative. 
George  M.  Beringer, 
Chairman . 
Robert  England, 
Wieeiam  McIntyre, 
Rush  P.  Marshal, 
Joseph  W.  England, 
Secretary. 
Suggestions  offered  by  the  Committee  on  Legislation  of  the 
National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  :  the  Committee  on 
Legislation  of  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange  ;  and  the  Com- 
mittee on  Alcohol  Legislation  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  as  a  basis  for  framing  a  law,  or  making  Regulations 
towards  defining  and  rendering  operative  Section  6i  of  the 
Customs  Law  of  1894. 
defining  1 '  manufacturer. ' ' 
That  the  term  "manufacturer"  as  used  in  Section  61  of  the  above-mentioned 
act,  and  in  these  suggestions,  shall  be  construed  as  meaning  and  including  all 
those  who  purchase  alcohol  in  original  packages,  as  hereinafter  defined,  for  the 
purpose  of  manufacturing  products  used  in  the  arts  or  medicine,  and  who  do 
not  use  the  alcohol  in  the  preparation  of  compounds  that  can  be  classed  as 
beverages. 
DEFINING  ALCOHOL  FOR  MANUFACTURING  PURPOSES. 
That  no  spirit  of  less  strength  than  eighty  (80)  per  cent,  above  proof,  or 
ninety  (90)  per  cent,  by  volume,  shall  be  classed  by  the  Internal  Revenue  Office 
as  Alcohol  for  Ma?iufacluring  Purposes  within  the  meaning  of  the  act. 
DEFINING  ORIGINAL  PACKAGES  AND  REGULATING  THE  STORAGE  OF 
ALCOHOL. 
All  alcohol  used  in  the  arts  or  in  the  manufacture  of  medicinal  compounds  on 
which  a  claim  for  rebate  of  the  tax  is  to  be  made,  must  be  purchased  in  pack- 
ages, as  put  up  by  registered  distillers,  of  not  less  than  one-half  barrel,  and 
containing  not  less  than  twenty  (20)  wine  gallons  each.  Such  packages  shall 
be  considered  as  "original  packages'"  within  the  meaning  of  the  act.  All 
such  alcohol  must  be  stored  by  the  manufacturer,  immediately  on  receiving  the 
same,  in  an  apartment  separate  from  that  in  which  alcoholic  liquids  of  any  kind 
are  offered  for  sale,  and  each  package  must  be  marked  distictly  "  For  Manufac- 
turing Purposes  Only" 
That  every  manufacturer  desiring  to  secure  the  benefit  of  the  act,  shall  file 
with  the  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  district  in  which  the  said  manu- 
facturing industry  is  located,  a  notice  of  such  intention,  accompanied  by  a  state- 
ment of  the  location  of  the  factory  or  apartment,  and  the  character  of  the  pro- 
ducts in  which  the  alcohol  is  to  be  used.  For  the  faithful  observance  of  the 
conditions  of  the  law  he  shall  give  bonds,  to  be  renewed  annually,  to  an  amount 
proportionate  to  the  quantity  of  alcohol  likely  to  be  used. 
