Public Law 85–405

That any article

Kentucky State Fair.

Importation.

which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition at the Kentucky State Fair (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the “fair”) to be held at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky, from September 4, 1958, to September 13, 1958, inclusive, by the Kentucky State Fair, a corporation, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at the fair, upon which article there is 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.

Sec. 2.

It shall be lawful at any time during or within three months

Sale, etc.

after the close of the fair to sell within the area of the fair articles provided for in this Act, 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. All such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of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 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 under this Act for consumption or entry under the general tariff law.

Sec. 3.

Imported articles provided for in this Act shall not be subject

Marking requirements.

to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall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

Sec. 4.

At any time during or within three months after the close

Abandonment of articles.

of the fair, any article entered under this Act may be abandoned to the United States or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such articles shall be remitted.

Sec. 5.

Articles which have been admitted without payment of duty

Transfers.

or 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 fair, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.

Sec. 6.

The Kentucky State Fair shall be deemed, for customs purposes

Payment of customs charges, etc.

only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under this Act. 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 this Act, shall be reimbursed by the Kentucky State Fair to the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Receipts from such reimbursement 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 U. S. C.,

52 Stat. 1087.

sec. 1524).

Sec. 7.

Any article which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition at the International Trade Exhibition to be held at Saint Paul, Minnesota, from May 7, 1958, to May 18, 1958, inclusive, by the Minnesota Centennial Festival of Nations, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at the International Trade Exhibition, upon which article there is 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. Each provision of sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this Act shall apply with respect to the International Trade Exhibition and all rights and privileges extended by such sections and all duties and obligations imposed thereby and each and every requirement thereof shall extend to the Minnesota Centennial Festival of Nations, which shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the authority of this section.