Section, R.S. § 2141, established a penalty of $1,000 for setting up or continuing a distillery for manufacturing ardent spirits and mandated the destruction of the distillery.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

No Effect on Taxation or State Authority To Regulate Alcohol Within State Borders

Pub. L. 115–304, § 2, Dec. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 4401, provided that:

1. “(a) No Effect on Taxation.— Nothing in section 1 [repealing this section] or the repeal made by section 1 shall affect State or Federal taxation.
2. “(b) State Authority Unaffected.— Nothing in section 1 or the repeal made by section 1 shall diminish, enlarge, or otherwise affect a State’s authority to regulate the importation and sale of alcoholic beverages within its own borders, including State authority over the manufacture, distribution, transportation, or sale of intoxicating liquors.”