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Volume 68 · 470

Public Law 83–486

To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International Trade-Sample Fair, Dallas, Texas, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

Approved July 14, 1954

Statutory text

JOINT RESOLUTION

To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International Trade-Sample Fair, Dallas, Texas, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That all articles which shall

International Trade-Sample Fair, Dallas, Tex.

Free entry of exhibits.

be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International Trade-Sample Fair to be held at Dallas, Texas, in 1955, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at such fair, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted without payment of such tariff or customs duty or any fees or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. It shall be lawful at any time during

Sale, etc.

or within three months after the close of such fair to sell within the area of such fair 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collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of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 any 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

Marking requirements.

the general tariff law: 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for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall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

Abandoned articles, etc.

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

Transfers.

on such articles 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 such fair under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: And provided further,

Payment of customs charges, etc.

That the International Trade-Sample Fair shall be deemed, tor customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this joint resolution, and 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 joint resolution, shall be reimbursed by the International Trade-Sample Fair to the Government of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19

52 Stat. 1087.

U. S. C., sec. 1524).

Approved July 14, 1954.

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