Cap. 41 Art. 29Comptroller shall grant relief in case of loss in certain cases.

The Comptroller shall grant relief to any distiller who proves actual loss of spirits by reason of accident or malicious destruction of property:

Provided that no such relief shall be granted, unless the distiller has, at the time of such loss, entered the particulars thereof in his stock-book, and has also, within twenty-four hours of the discovery of such loss, given notice thereof to the proper officer.