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 May 31, 1939 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., IST SESS. -CHS. 162, 167-June2,1939 accorded the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the said exposition under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treas- ury shall prescribe: And provided further, That the International Petroleum Exposition shall be deemed for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provi- sions of this Act, and that 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 the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed by the International Petroleum Exposition to the Government of the United States, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930. SEC. 3. That the Government of the United States is not by this Act obligated to any expense in connection with the holding of such exposition and is not hereafter to be obligated other than for suitable representation thereat. Approved, May 31, 1939. [CHAPTER 167] AN ACT 797 Exposition deemed sole consignee of mer- chandise. Incurred Federal expenses, reimburse- ment. Deposit of receipts as refunds. 46 Stat. 741 . 19U.S.C.§1524; Supp. IV, § 1524. No Federal obliga- tion assumed. June 2, 1939 To authorize necessary facilities for the Coast Guard in the interest of national [S. 1369] defense and the performance of its maritime police functions. [Public, No. 104] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the interest of national defense, and to provide adequate facilities for the Coast Guard for the performance of maritime police functions, the Secre- tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized (1) to construct and equip three Coast Guard cutters, of approximately two thousand tons dis- placement each and designed to have a speed of not less than twenty knots; (2) to establish, equip, and maintain a Coast Guard base and air station on the coast of Alaska in such locality as the Commandant of the Coast Guard may recomnlend; and (3) to purchase or construct, and to equip, fifteen seaplanes having a cruising range of not less than two thousand statute miles: Proeided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, authorize the construction of the public works and the provision of the public utilities required for the establishment of said Coast Guard base and air station on the coast of Alaska to be accomplished by the Secretary of the Navy under a provision to be incorporated in such contract as the Secretary of the Navy may negotiate for naval aviation facilities in Alaska under the authority contained in the Act approved April 25, 1939, entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes" and the Secretary of the Navy, upon request and a transfer of the necessary funds, is authorized to accomplish said work accordingly. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amount as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, June 2, 1939. Coast Guard, facili- ties authorized. Cutters, construc- tion, etc. Coast Gulard base and air station, Alas- ka. Seaplanes, pur- chase, etc. 'roriiso. Construction, Alas- ka, by Secretary of the Navy authorized. Ante, p. 590. Appropriation au- thorized.

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