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PUBLIC LAW 513-MAY 9, 1956

CHAPTER 242

Public Law 513 AN ACT

To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exliibition at the International Photographic Exposition, to be held at Washington, District of Columbia, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any article which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition at the International Photographic Exposition (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "exposition'), to be held at Washington, District of Columbia, from March 18 to April 4, 1957, inclusive, by the Master Photo Dealers and Finishers Association, a nonprofit membership corporation (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "association"), or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at the exposition, upon which article there is a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted without payment of such tariff or customs duty or any fees or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. SEC. 2. I t shall be hiwful at any time during or within three months after the close of the exposition to sell within the area of the exposition any articles provided for in this Act, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. All such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if anj', imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal from entry under this Act for consumption or entry under the general tariff law. SEC. 8. Imported articles provided for in this Act shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the United States. SEC. 4. At any time during or within three months after the close of the exposition, any article entered under this Act may be abandoned to the United States or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such articles shall be remitted. SEC. 5. Articles which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous customs custody or under a customs exliibition bond and imported articles in bonded warehouses under the general tariff' law may be accorded the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the exposition under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. SEC. 6. The association shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under this Act. 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 this Act, shall be reimbursed by the association to the United States under

May 9, 1956 [H. R. 8959]

International Photo g r a p h i c Expo sition. F r e e entry for exhibits.

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Marking requirements.

Abandonment of articles.

Transfers.

Payment of customs charges, etc.

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