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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 297, 300, 301 . 1928 . 397 exhibition, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe : Provided, That all such articles when sold Proviso. Pu~ up on articles or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States shall be sold, etc. subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on such articles which Allowance for dimi- shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental han- notion, etc' dling and exposure, the duty, if payable, shall be assessed according to the appraised val ue at the time of sale or w ithdrawal, an d the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any person guilty of any illegal sale, use, or withdrawal of such articles. SEC. 2. The heads of the various executive departments and inde- p m nit ers from d u pendent establishments of the Government are authorized to collect, thorized. prepare and lend, upon request, to the Pacific Southwest Exposi- tion, articles, specimens, and exhibits which, in their judgment, it may be in the interest of the United States to exhibit at such expo- sition : Provided, That the furnishing of such articles, specimens, Proviso. and exhibits shall be without expense to the United States, v nnse Government ex- . Approved, March 29, 1928. CHAP. 300.-An Act To amend section 7 of Public Act Numbered 45 30, . ~	[H. March R. .6 6 094 . 94) Sixty-ninth Congress, entitled "An Act authorizing the use for permanent con- [Public, No . 227 .] struction at military posts of the proceeds from the sale of surplus War Depart- ment real property, and authorizing the sale of certain military reservations, and for other purposes ." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second JacksonBarracks,La . Time e xtended for proviso of section 7 of an Act, entitled, "An Act authorizing the option of Louisiana to use for permanent construction at military posts of the proceeds from the sale of surplus War Department real property, and author- izing the sale of certain military reservations, and for other pur- poses," (Forty-fourt h United State s Statutes, p age 203) a pprove d Vol . 44, p. 207, amend- March 12, 1926, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to author- ed. ize the Secretary of War to grant to the State of Louisiana a period of six years for the purpose of exercising the State's option in the purchase of Jackson Barracks. Approved, March 30, 1928. March 30, 1928. CHAP. 301 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Depart- 	[s .3387 .] ment equipment for use at the tenth national convention of the American Legion. [Public, No. 228.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary i anrio A Legion . ts, of War be, and is hereby, authorized to lend at his discretion, to the et c., for nat ional con- vention of, at San Tenth National Convention Bureau, American Legion, for use at Antonio, Tear the tenth national convention of the American Legion to be held at San Antonio, Texas, in the month of October, 1928, ten thousand cots, twenty thousand blankets, twenty thousand bed sheets, ten thousand pillows, ten thousand pillowcases, ten thousand mattresses or bed sacks, and such field kitchens, tables, eating and cooking utensils and appurtenances as may be necessary for use in temporary restaurants : Provided, That no expense shall be caused the United nr visor. Government ex- States Government by the delivery and return of said property, the pense, etc. same to be delivered at such time prior to the holding of the said convention as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the general director of said tenth national convention bureau, the American Legion, Mr. Philip B. Stapp : Provided ,further, That the Bond required . Secretary of War before delivering said property shall take from

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