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PUBLIC LAW 694-AUG. 28, 1954

46 Stat. 669.

Effective date.

19 USC 1201.

Furfural. Black granite.

p. R. 9248]

Aut omob l i e s, etc. 46 Stat. 690.

Book binding or cover. 19 USC 1 2 0 1, par. 1631.

STAT.

rem;" the following: "business dictating, recording, and transcribing machines, chiefly used in business offices, of the type or types recording on nonmagnetizable recording medium, and parts thereof, 30 per centum ad valorem;". SEC. 2. Paragraph 1542 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. sec. 1001, par. 1542) is hereby amended by striking out "dictophones," in each place it appears therein. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any manner existing international obligations of the United States with respect to the duty on the articles inserted by the first section of this Act in paragraph 372 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and the rate of duty of 15 per centum ad valorem presently applied to such articles under paragraph 1542 of such Act, as modified pursuant to such international obligations, shall continue to be applied to such articles and to be subject to modification or termination in the same manner and to the same extent as under existing law. SEC. 4. The foregoing amendments made by this Act shall take effect at the close of the thirtieth day. after the day on which this Act is enacted. SEC. 5. Section 201 of title II of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: "PAR. 1818. Furfural." SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to admit free of duty black granite, in whatever form, imported prior to January 1, 1955, for use in any statue, monument, or memorial authorized by law to be erected on Federal property. Approved August 28, 1954. Public Law 694

August 28, 195 1954 ^.ugust

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CHAPTER 1045

^^ ACT To amend section 308(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 308(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U.S.C. 19: 1308 (5)), is further amended to read as follows: "(5) Automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, airplanes, airships, balloons, boats, racing shells, and similar vehicles and craft, and the usual equipment of the foregoing; all the foregoing which are brought temporarily into the United States by nonresidents for the purpose of taking part in races or other specific contests; and, in the case of vehicles and craft entered under this subdivision to take part in races or other specific contests for other than money purses, collectors of customs, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, may defer the exaction of a bond for not to exceed ninety days after the date of importation, but unless such vehicle or craft is exported or the bond is given within the period of such deferment, such vehicle or craft shall be subject to forfeiture.". SEC. 2. (a) Paragraph 1631 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is amended by inserting "book binding or cover" after "book,". (b) The amendment made by this section shall be effective as to articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the tenth day following the date of this Act and prior to September 1,195Q. Approved August 28, 1954.

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