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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 2 8 4 - S E P T. 4, 1957

Public Law 85-284 AN ACT Septeiriaer 4, 1957 [H. R. 7096] To amend paragraph 1684 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to istle or Tampico fiber, to admit free of duty a beta-ray spectrometer for use at Stanford University, Stanford, California, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 1684 of section 201 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended as fOIIOAVS: (1) After the paragraph number insert "(a)",; (2) strike out "istle or Tampico fiber,"; and (3) add a new subparagraph as follows: " (b) Istle or Tampico fiber, whether or not dressed or manufactured." SEC, 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall apply only in the case of articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during the three-year period beginning on the day following the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 4 of this Act, no tariff or customs duty shall apply with respect to a beta-ray spectrometer, complete, consisting of a magnet unit, motor-generator set, and control rack, which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption by Stanford University, Stanford, California, for use at such university in connection with research for the Office of Naval Research and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Incorporated, New York, New York. (b) Subsection (a) shall apply whether such beta-ray spectrometer is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the liquidation of such entry or withdrawal has become final, such entry or withdrawal may be reliquidated and the appropriate refund of duty may be made. SEC. 4. Section 3 of this Act shall apply only so long as title to the beta-ray spectrometer entered or withdrawn free of duty under such section is vested in Stanford University. In the event that title to such spectrometer becomes vested in any other person after such entry or withdrawal, such spectrometer shall become subject to all duties imposed thereon by the revenue laws in force on the date on which such title becomes so vested. Such duties shall be assessed according to the appraised value on the date on which such title becomes so vested, with due allowance made for depreciation from handling and use. SEC. 5. (a) Section 201 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "PAR. 1822. Yarns, wholly or in chief value of wool, dyed and cut into uniform lengths not exceeding three inches, in immediate packages or containers not exceeding six ounces in weight, including the weight of the immediate package or container." (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply only in the case of articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on and after the day following the date of enactment of this Act. Approved September 4, 1957.

T ariff Act of 1930, amendments. 46 Stat. 678. 19 USC 120 1, par. 1684. Istle or Tampico fiber.

Beta-ray spectrometer. Entry, etc., by S t a n for d University.

19 USC 1201. Wool yams.

App l i e a b i l i t y date.

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