Public Law 73–45

That the President of the

International Petroleum Exposition, Tulsa, Okla.

Proclamation to invite participation.

United States is authorized to invite by proclamation, or in such other manner as he may deem proper, the States of the Union and all foreign countries to participate in the proposed International Petroleum Exposition, to be held at Tulsa, Oklahoma, from May 12 to May 19, 1934, inclusive, for the purpose of exhibiting samples of fabricated and raw products of all countries used in the petroleum industry and bringing together buyers and sellers for promotion of trade and commerce in such products.

Sec. 2.

All articles that shall be imported from foreign countries

Admission of articles for exhibition.

for the sole purpose of exhibition at the International Petroleum Exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs, fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell

Sales permitted, subject to revenue regulations.

any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for

Proviso.

Payment of duty.

consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on such articles which shall have suffered

Allowance for deterioration, etc.

diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure, the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumption or use, and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any

Penalty for illegal sales, etc.

person guilty of any illegal sale, use, or withdrawal.

Sec. 3.

That the Government of the United States is not by this

No Government expense.

resolution obligated to any expense in connection with the holding of such exposition and is not hereafter to be obligated other than for suitable representation thereat.