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Works of art.

Bond requirement.

Restriction.

Proof tiquity.

Tapestries.

PUBLIC LAW 8 6 - 2 6 2 - S E P T. 14, 1959

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engraved with hand tools and not such as are printed from plates, stones, or blocks etched, drawn, or engraved by photochemical or other mechanical processes. "(b) Original works of the free fine arts, not provided for in subparagraph (a), subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe as to proof that the article imported represents some school, kind, or medium of the free fine arts. The term 'original works of the free fine arts' as used herein shall not be understood to include any article of utility or for industrial use." (c) Paragraph 1809 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1809), is amended to read as follows: "PAR. 1809. (a) Works of art, collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, sciences, agriculture, or manufactures, photographs, works in terra cotta, parian, pottery, or porcelain, antiquities and artistic copies thereof m metal or other material, imported in good faith for exhibition purposes within the territorial limits of the United States by any State or by any society or institution established for the encouragement of the arts, science, agriculture, or education, or for a municipal corporation, and all like articles imported in good faith by any society or association, or for a municipal corporation, for the purpose of erecting a public monument, and not intended for sale nor for any other purpose than herein expressed; but bond shall be given, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, for the payment of lawful duties which may accrue should any of the articles aforesaid be sold, transferred, or used contrary to this paragraph within five years after the date of entry hereunder and such articles shall be subject at ai^y time within such five-year period to examination and inspection by the proper officers of the customs: Provided, That the privileges of this subparagraph (a) shall not be allowed to associations or corporations engaged in or connected with business of a private or commercial character. "(b) I n connection with the entry of works of art and other articles claimed to be free of duty under this paragraph, surety on bonds may be waived in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. "(c) Articles entered under this paragraph may be transferred, subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, from an organization specified in subparagraph (a) to another such organization or temporarily to a commercial gallery or other premises for exhibition and not for sale." (d) Paragraph 1811 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1811), is amended to read as follows: "PAR. 1811. (a) Works of art (except rugs and carpets made after the year ITOO), collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, works in bronze, marble, terra cotta, parian, pottery, or porcelain, artistic antiquities, and objects of art of ornamental character or educational value which shall have been produced prior to the year 1830, subject to such regulations as to proof of antiquity as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Picture frames classifiable under this subparagraph may be entered at any port of entry. "(b) Violins, violas, violoncellos, and double basses, of all sizes, made in the year 1800 or prior year. "(c) Ethnographic objects made in traditional aboriginal styles and made at least fifty years prior to their date of entry, subject to such regulations as to proof of antiquity as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe." (e) Paragraph 1812 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1812), is amended to read as follows: "PAR. 1812. Gobelin and other hand-woven tapestries fit only for use as wall hangings, and valued at not less than $20 per square foot."

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