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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 481, 482. 1925. 1253 Whereas the War Department, under authorization of Congress, has A¤¢·=.v-1¤¤- leased to the International Trade Exhibition the New Orleans Quartermaster Intermediate Depot Numbered 2 for the purpose of exhibiting such products; and Whereas it is the desire and purpose to obtain the participation of the States of the Union and foreign countries in such exhibition, thus encouraging and facilitating the growth of commerce in trade in such products; and Whereas it is the sense of Congress that such a permanent international traAe exhibition should be encouraged and officially recognized: Therefore be it Resv ved by the Semzte and House og Representatives of the United States of America in Ucmgress assem Zed, That the President of the ,,,,§f,°,,",§, “}§v,,f,‘g°‘§ United States is authorized to invite by proclamation, or in such gptiemw in the ¤¤— other manner as he may deem proper, the States of the Union and hmm" all foreign countries to participate in the proposed permanent exhibition to be held by the International Trade Exhibition at New Orleans, Louisiana, beginning September 15, 1925, for the purpose of exhibiting samples of fabricated and raw products of all countries and bringing together buyers and sellers for promotion of trade and commerce in such products. , _ _ Sec. 2. The President of the United States is respectfully re- ,.,g,§§§1,_§§°‘§$‘,§§,‘,L,‘{{{ q_uested to give official recognition to the International Trade Exhibi- {,¤,§_;*{g°X§$¤> Hemtion by furnishing to Hamilton K. Avery, the vice president and ` general manager thereof, such credentials as he deems proper to enable such International Trade Exhibition, with the sanction of the United States Government, to present to the peoples of the United States and of foreign countries the advantages of such exhibition as a means of fostering and romoting trade and commerce. _ Sec. 3. All articles that shall be imported from foreign countries hlgltlbcrlesadiibdidhieilorfg for the sole purpose of exhibition at the International Trade Exhi— °"*“’Y· bition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be . admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre- Sal X b_ scribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to ject ¤°:rIZ°ielii¤ii°i1e;ii°n- sell any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition, °‘°‘“· subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretaiiy of the Treasury may mm prescribe: Provided; That all such articles w en sold or withdrawn reymein ofduty. for consumption or uge in the United Sfzatels shag} be subjeci; to the dut if an impose u on suc artic es the revenue laws in ,, ford; at theyilatepof with)drawal; and on sugh articles which shall r¤o'i¤ii·iiii¤::k.f°r dmhave suifered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure, the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumption or use, and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any person guilty of any illegal sale, use, or withdrawal. Approved, March 3, 1925. March 3, 1925. CHA. .— R solution Providin for the coo ration of the United States iitlibiisqmlgéiitengial exhibition couénemorating th; signing of the Decla- [P¤b· R¢S·· N¤· 62~l ration of Independence, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and H ause of Representatives of Nye Pmml h_ S _ United States of America in_O0ngress assembled, That there IS (2nm,n,§,PE‘fh,b°§j!g;’,j hereby established a commission, to be known as the l\ational Siggatggglm ggpsplsg Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commission and to be composed of mm, gunivggggry qi the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, to f,*;ge§gj§*°':”;‘;°,_§_§,Ig represent the United States in connection with the holduig of xagémmm an international exhibition in the city of Philadelphia, enn-