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Show liquor and blend, and tho varlou. n I tires around tho bnng stave, bDB II?' original gross weight of the paoL In fact, all marks and fi. " j around tho bung stave must b rn"' ' i-letely obliterated. Thin precautu" I is being taken so tbst tb barrel ca not bo used again and escape i. I lernal mvenue taxation. ' v Extreme Penalty Imposed, 1 The government, of course, nn ! does things by halve, so that for ' ' violation of tblH (statute an cxtrem ' ' penalty is Imposed One who ttu to comply with Ibe law ball i. deemed guilty of a felony and hj, be fined not lews than 1600 nor morI ' than 110,000 and Imprisonment nJ I less than one year nor more thaQ n, years. So that saloon keeper j j liquor ricnlers are now up agalgt ' i tin; real thing and had bettor goreni themselves accordingly and kop g,,,'. i side the prison walla Revenue offl! rials nay that the liquor mau hu been ao long accustomed to Just 043. celling the stamp that some of tbtt j pro liable to l?t their foot Blip iti ! got caught. 1 But the government penalties I rot ceaso here. Railroads are llabl I to a flue of 300 for each empty br. j ! r1 or package that they carry upci ' : vhlch the stamp has not been cn- ! ; coied and the marks and brands oV ' I llterated. so that railroad company 1 i will have to keep a watchful cy ij ; the future. Even tht ooor expre&i. man Is liable to Tand In Jail. A pro- ! vision In the statute saya that BbonM a revenue offlcor find an expressman . or anyone olso with an empty barn?; ' In his wagon with marks and brand i vndestroyed, the driver is liable to 1 arrest, fine and imprisonment andth,, ' confiscation of his team and wagon, i Rut porhapa the government Is net ' overly anxious to confiscate team with hay at $18 per ton. IMPORTANT TO IPMIHIEB An Important decision has just been made by R. E. Cabal, commissioner of Internal revenue, which will lead 10 a more rigid enforcement of tho levcnue law in the future. la the past It has always been lncnmbent upon a liquor dealer, when he emptied a barrel or a package of liquor 0 any kind which required a government stamp, to destroy that stamp. This Is the law, but the statute goes further fur-ther than this and makes It Imperative Impera-tive upon the dealer to obliterate not only tho stamp, but all marks and brands on tho barrel or package. This latter provision has always been In the law, but it has not been enforced, and the order Just Issued from the troasury department by Commissioner Commission-er Cabal Is that the provisions or tbo statute be strictly enforced In every particular and detail In the future, so that a further duty devolves upon the liquor dealer now. The marks and brands, beside ,'the stamp, referred re-ferred to, include the dato of Inspection Inspec-tion of the liquor, name of the officer offi-cer making the inspection, stamp rumber, designation of the kind of |