Public Law 74–83

That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Pan American Exposition to be held in Tampa, Florida, in 1939, by the Florida Fair and Gasparilla Association, Incorporated, or for use in construction, installing, or maintaining foreign buildings or exhibits at the said exposition, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted without payment of such tariff, customs duty, fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe;

Sales permitted.

but it shall be lawful at any time during or within three months after the close of the said exposition to sell within the area of the exposition and celebrations any articles provided for herein, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall

Provisos.

Payment of duty on articles withdrawn.

prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force

Deterioration allowance.

at the date of their withdrawal; and on such articles, which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal from entry hereunder for consumption or entry under the general tariff law:

Marking requirements.

Provided further, That imported articles provided for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently marked when

Abandoned articles.

imported into the United States: Provided further, That at any time during or within three months after the close of the exposition, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the Government or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such

Transfer privilege.

article shall be remitted: Provided further, That articles, which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous customs custody or under a customs exhibition bond, and imported articles in bonded warehouses under the general tariff law may be accorded the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the said exposition under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe:

Florida Fair and Gasparilla Association, Inc., deemed sole consignee.

And provided further, That the Florida Fair and Gasparilla Association, Incorporated, shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions

Incurred Federal expenses reimbursable.

of this Act, and that the actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraisement, release, or custody, together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed by Florida Fair and Gasparilla Association, Incorporated, to the Government of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from

Deposit of, as refunds.

Vol. 46, p. 741; U. S. C., p. 894.

such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930.