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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 187, 188 -MAY 11, 13, 1940 [54 STAT. May 11, 1940 [H. J. Res. 431] [Pub. Res., No. 70] New York World's Fair, 1940. Articles imported for exhibition, etc. 50 Stat. 668. Golden Gate Inter- national Exposition. Articles imported for exhibition, etc. 50 Stat. 187. Protection of rights, duration. Distilled spirits, etc., for consumption on premises, and tour- ist literature for free distribution. 53 Stat. 625, 1221. [CHAPTER 187] JOINT RESOLUTION To extend to the 1940 New York World's Fair and the 1940 Golden Gate Inter- national Exposition the provisions according privileges under certain customs and other laws to the expositions of 1939. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the New York World's Fair 1939, New York City, New York, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes", approved August 16, 1937, as amended and supplemented, is extended and made applicable to the New York World s Fair, 1940, Incorporated. (b) The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the importation of articles free from tariff or customs duty for the purpose of exhibition at the Golden Gate International Exposition to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1939, and for other purposes", approved May 18, 1937, as amended and supplemented, is extended and made applicable to the Golden Gate International Exposition to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1940. (c) The six-month periods provided for in the joint resolutions referred to in this section, with respect to articles heretofore or here- after imported under such joint resolutions or under such joint reso- lutions as amended and extended, shall begin to run from the close of the respective expositions in 1940. SEo. 2 . The Act entitled "An Act relating to the importation of distilled spirits for consumption at the New York World's Fair, 1939, and the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, and to duties on certain articles to be exhibited at the New York World's Fair, 1939", approved April 29, 1939, as amended, is extended and made applicable to the New York World's Fair, 1940 Incorporated, and the Golden Gate International Exposition to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1940. Approved, May 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 188] AN ACT May 13, 1940 [H. R. 7806] To authorize the striking of an appropriate medal in commemoration of the [Public, No. 607] three-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Greenwich, Connecticut, as a town. Greenwich, Conn., 300th anniversary of establishment. Commemorative medals. Delivery; payment. Security for pay. ment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in com- memoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the establish- ment of Greenwich, Connecticut, as a town, and the granting of a charter for such establishment, there shall be struck at a mint of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint fifty thousand commemorative medals of a special appropriate single design, size, weight, and composition to be fixed by the Director of the Mint with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 2. Such commemorative medals shall be delivered to the duly authorized officers of Greenwich Tercentenary Committee upon pay- ment to the Director of the Mint of an amount to be fixed by the Director of the Mint not less than the estimated cost of manufacture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full payment of such cost.

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