Public Law 83–693

That paragraph 372 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C., sec. 1001, par. 372) is hereby amended by inserting after “cash registers, 25 per centum ad valo- rem;” the following: “business dictating, recording, and transcribing machines, chiefly used in business offices, of the type or types recording on nonmagnetizable recording medium, and parts thereof, 30 per centum ad valorem;”.

Sec. 2.

Paragraph 1542 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C.,

46 Stat. 669.

sec. 1001, par. 1542) is hereby amended by striking out “dictophones,” in each place it appears therein.

Sec. 3.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any manner existing international obligations of the United States with respect to the duty on the articles inserted by the first section of this Act in paragraph 372 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and the rate of duty of 15 per centum ad valorem presently applied to such articles under paragraph 1542 of such Act, as modified pursuant to such international obligations, shall continue to be applied to such articles and to be subject to modification or termination in the same manner and to the same extent as under existing law.

Sec. 4.

The foregoing amendments made by this Act shall take

Effective date.

effect at the close of the thirtieth day. after the day on which this Act is enacted.

Sec. 5.

Section 201 of title II of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,

19 USC 1201.

is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

“Par. 1818. Furfural.”

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Sec. 6.

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to admit free of duty black granite, in whatever form, imported prior to January 1, 1955, for use in any statue, monument, or memorial authorized by law to be erected on Federal property.