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74th congress. SESS. II. CHS. 423, 424. MAY 18, 1936. 



Invitation to hold 

 10th congress in United 

 States; foreitrn govern- 

 ments to participate. 



Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and 

 requested to extend to the International Congress of Military Medi- 

 cine and Pharmacy an invitation to hold its tenth congress in the 

 United States in 1939, and to invite foreign governments to partici- 

 pate in that congress. 



Approved, May 18, 1936. 



May 18, 1936. 



[H.J. Res. 547.1 



[Pub. Ees., No.94.] 



Great Laltes Exposi- 

 tion, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Dutiable articles, im- 

 ported for exhibition 

 purposes, etc., ad- 

 mitted free, under regu- 

 lations. 



AlUe, pp. 1243, 1352. 



Sales permitted. 



Provisos. 



Duty on articles 

 withdrawn. 



Deterioration allow- 

 ance. 



Marking require- 

 ments. 



Articles abandoned. 



Transfer privileges. 



Exposition deemed 

 sole consignee of mer- 

 chandise. 



Incurred Federal ex- 

 penses reimbursable. 



[CHAPTER 424.] 



JOINT RESOLUTION 



Providing for the importation of articles free from tariff or customs duty for the 

 purpose of exhibition at Great Lakes Exposition to be held at Cleveland, 

 Ohio, beginning in June 1936, and for other purposes. 



Resolved ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles which 

 shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibi- 

 tion at the international exposition to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 beginning in June 1936, by Great Lakes Exposition, or for use in 

 constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign buildings, or exhibits 

 at the said exhibition, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or 

 customs duty shall be admitted without payment of such tarilf, cus- 

 toms dutj', fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of 

 the Treasury shall prescribe ; but it shall be lawful at any time during 

 or within three months after the close of the said exposition to sell 

 within the area of the exposition any articles provided for herein, 

 subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the 

 collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre- 

 scribe: Provided, That all such articles, when withdrawn for con- 

 sumption 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 

 suifered 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 hereunder for 

 consumption or entry under the general tariff law : Provided further, 

 That imported articles provided for herein 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 cusstody initil 

 pi'operly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because 

 such articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the 

 United States : Provided further. That at any time during or within 

 three months after the close of the exposition any article entered 

 hereunder maj^ be abandoned to the Government or destroyed under 

 customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such article shall be 

 remitted : Provided further. That 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 cus- 

 toms exhibition bond and imported articles in bonded warehouses 

 under the general tariff law may be accorded the privilege of trans- 

 fer to and entry for exhibition at the said exposition under such 

 regidations as the Secretary of the Treasui-y shall prescribe : And 

 provided, further, That Great Lakes Exposition shall be deemed, for 

 customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise 

 imported under the provisions of this Act, and that 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, 



