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PUBLIC LAW 85-409-MAY 16, 1958

[72 S T A T.

Public Law 85-409 May 16, 1958 [H. R. 9655]

AN ACT r£Q permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Oregon State Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair to be held at Portland, Oregon, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the c ° t ^ ^ « 3 ^E^^o- ^^^^^d States of America in Congress assembled, That any article sition and Inter- which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhinauonai Trade biQj^ ^^ ^j^g Oregon State Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair to be held at Portland, Oregon, from June 10, 1959, to Septembei- 20, 1959, inclusive, by the Oregon State Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair (hereinafter called the "exposition"), or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at such 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. Sale, etc. SEC. 2. I t shall be lawful at any time during or wathin three months after the close of such 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 All such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of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. ^•^^king fequreSEC. 3. Imported articles provided for in this Act shall not be sub*"*" ' ' ject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs Custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall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. Abandoiynent of SEC. 4. A t any time during or within three months after the close articles. ^^ ^^ exposition, any article entered under this Act may be abandoned to the United States or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such article shall be remitted. Transfers. 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 exhibition 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 such exposition, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. tomt*^*ar* ea' 6?'" ^^^- ^' "^^^^ exposition shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of 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 thfe necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed by the exposition to the United States, under regulations to be pre-

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