Volume 52 · 757
Public Law 75–473
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, 1939, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.
Approved June 16, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, 1939, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the international exposition to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, beginning in July 1939 by the Seventh World’s Poultry Congress
Dutiable articles, imported for exhibition purposes, etc., admitted free under regulations.
and Exposition, or for use in constructing, 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; but it
Sales permitted.
shall be lawful at any time during and/or within three months after the close of the said exposition, to sell within the area of the exposition 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 prescribe: Provided, That all
Provisos.
Duty on articles withdrawn.
such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use.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 at the date of their withdrawal; and on such articles, which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration
Deterioration allowance.
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: Provided further, That imported articles provided
Marking requirements.
for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall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 imported into the United States: Provided, further, That at any time during or within three months after the
Abandoned articles.
close of the exposition, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the Government or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such article shall be remitted: Provided further, That articles, which have been admitted without payment, of duty
Transfer privilege.
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: And provided further, That the
Exposition deemed sole consignee of merchandise.
Seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition shall be deemed, for customs purposes only to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this Act, and that the actual and
Reimbursement for incurred Federal expenses.
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 the Seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition to the Government of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that
Deposit of receipts as refunds.
receipts from 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.
Approved, June 16, 1938.