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 788 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 819-821 . 1928 . May 28,1928 . CHAP. 819 .-An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to readjust the	[H . R . 12110.1 pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, [Public, No . 560 .] Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Ser vice," approved June 10, 1922, as amende d. Be it enacte d by the Sena te and House of Representat ives of the Pay rea djustment, Un ited S tates of Ame rica in Con gress assem bled, That the Act Army, etc. entitled "An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commis- sioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Serv- ice," approved June 10, 1922, as amended, is hereby further amended Fourth pe riod amnd- by pay the fourth period, the followinglwords lppearingin lines ed. 11, 12, and 13 of said paragraph (volume 42, Statutes at Large, page Exception rrepealed. 626) : " except those whose promotion is limited by law to this grade and who are not enti tled under exi sting law to the pay and al low- ances of a higher grade." Appro ved, M ay 28, 1928. May 28, 1028. [8 .2802 .] [Public, No. 561 .] CHAP. 820.-An Act To provide for the appointment of midshipmen at large by the Vice President of the United States. Naval Academy . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mid sh ipm en to be United States of America in Congress assembled, Th at her eaf ter appointed by the Vice there shall be allowed at the United States Naval Academy, in addi- tion to those allowed by existing law, midshipmen appointed at large by the Vice President of the United States, equivalent in number to those all owed for each United States Senator. Approv ed, Ma y 28, 1928. May 28, 1928. [II.J. Res.292.] CHAP. 821 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite the States of [Pub. Res., No. 54.] the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to begin October 20, 1928. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United International Petro- States of America in Congress assem led, That the President of the le um Exposition, Tul- sa, Okla. United States is authorized to invite by proclamation, or in such Foreign countries in in cited to participate in. other manner as he may deem proper, the States of the Union and all foreign countries to participate in the proposed International Petroleum Exposition, to be held at Tulsa, Oklahoma, beginning October 20, 1928, for the purpose of exhibiting samples of fabricated and raw products of all countries used in the petroleum industry and bringing together buyers and sellers for promotion of trade and commerce in such products. Articles for exhibi- SEC, 2. All articles that shall be imported from foreign countries tion admi xed free of duty, etc. for the sole purpose of e xhibition at the Internatio nal Petroleum Exposition 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 regula tions as th e Secr etary of th e Trea sury s hall Sales permitted sub- prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition ject to revenue regula- tions. to 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 Secretary of the Treasury may Proviso. prescribe : Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn Payment of duty, for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force Allowance for dote- at the da te of wi thd raw al; and on such articles whic h shall have r iorat ion, etc. suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure, the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to

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