Ready Chicago citation linked to the exact statutory section and verified excerpt.
Section 15 of the act approved July 20, 1868 required each distiller to provide an approved warehouse that became a bonded warehouse of the United States under federal revenue control, and required tax payment before stored spirits could be removed.
Verified against statute pages 130–131 and PDF sheets 6–7 of the complete official GovInfo scan.
The statute establishes the legal regime; it does not by itself establish enforcement uniformity, typical storage duration, or consumer preference for aged whiskey.
The complete primary statute states each element directly.
Used and link-verified on the public history page “Expansion and Industrialization — Cities, Ice, Warehouses, and Factory Systems” on 2026-09-02. Retain the recorded qualifications in future revisions.