Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Gaugers' Weighing Manual: Embracing Regulations and Tables for Determining the Taxable Quantity of Distilled Spirits by Weighing; August 18, 1911
By virtue of said provisions, and In the exercise of the authority thus conferred, and as a means for the preven tion of fraud, as well as of securing greater accuracy, weighing by the use of scales has been prescribed for the official determination of the number of gallons of spirits in casks or packages, concurrently with the continued partial use of the gauging rod and wantage rod heretofore prescribed.
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