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 462 Enemy prisoners of war, internees, and detainees. Articlesi made by interned members of United Nations armed forces, etc. Regulations. Scope and duration. 55 Stat. 1647 . 50U. S. ., Supp.I, app., prec. § 1 note. June 30, 1942 [8. 337] [Public Law 636] Postal Service. Postage rate on books. Prmso. 46 Stat. 943. 39U.8.C.I293a. rune 30, 1942 [8. 2316] (Public Law 637] George Earle Cham- berlain. Memorial Gallin- ger Hospital, D. 0. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 455, 459, 460 -JUNE 27, 30 , 1942 [56 STAT. SEC. 2. In order to implement the provisions of article 38 of The Convention Between the United States of America and Other Powers, relating to the Treatment of prisoners of war, signed at Geneva on July 27, 1929, ratified by the President on January 16, 1932, and proclaimed on August 4, 1932 (47 Stat. (part 2) 2021,2043), all articles consigned or addressed to enemy prisoners of war and enemy civilian internees and detainees in the United States its Territories or posses- sions, including the Canal Zone and the Virgin Islands, shall be admitted free of all duties and internal revenue taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation and all customs charges and exactions. SEC. 3. All articles made by members of the armed forces of the United Nations interned or detained as prisoners of war by any enemy country or made by nationals of the United States interned or detained by any enemy country as enemy nationals shall, when imported into the United States, its Territories or possessions, including the Canal Zone and the Virgin Islands, be admitted free of all duties and internal revenues taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation and all customs charges and exactions. SEC. 4. The exemptions from duties, taxes, charges, and exactions provided for by this joint resolution shall be subject to compliance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. SEc. 5. This joint resolution shall be effective as to articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of its enactment and before the expiration of six months after the termination of the unlimited national emergency proclaimed by the President on May 27,1941. Approved, June 27, 1942. [CHAPTER 459] AN ACT To provide for a permanent postage rate of 3 cents per pound on books. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the postage rate on books consisting wholly of reading matter or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for students' notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books, when mailed under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe, shall be 3 cents per pound or fraction thereof, irrespective of the postal zone of destination thereof: Provided, That this Act shall not affect the rates of postage on books mailed by or to libraries and organizations as prescribed by the Act of February 28, 1925, as amended (39 U. S. C., 1934 ed., sec. 293a). Approved, June 30, 1942. [CHAPTER 460] AN ACT To provide for the placing in Gallinger Hospital of a memorial to George Earle Chamberlain. Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to provide for the placing, with appropriate ceremonies, in Gallinger Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, of a bust of the late George Earle Chamberlain, formerly a Senator from the State of Oregon, or a suitable bronze plaque bearing his name and a proper inscription, as a memorial to his efforts and achievements on behalf of Gallinger Hospital

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