An Act to provide for the free entry of a towing carriage for the use of the University of Michigan, and to increase the duty-free exemption of persons arriving in the United States who are not returning residents thereof
PL 87-261 (H.R.5852), enacted 09/21/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-261-SEPT. 21, 1961 
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Public Law 87-260 
A N A C T 
September 2 1,1961 
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To repeal an Act entitled "An Act extending the time in which to file adverse —LJ—: 
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claims and institute adverse suits against mineral entrl s in the district of 
Alaska", approved June 7, 1910 (36 Stat. 459). 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of \the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the Act 
entitled "An Act extending the time in which to file adverse claims 
and institute adverse suits against mineral entries in the district of 
Alaska", approved June 7, 1910 (36 Stat. 459), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall not be applicable to adverse claims on appli-
cations for patents filed prior to the effective date of this Act, but the 
eight-month period heretofore provided for such claims and the sixty-
day period heretofore provided for adverse suits shall continue in 
effect with respect thereto. 
Approved September 21, 1961. 
Alaska. 
Mineral entries. 
Adverse 
claims 
and suits. 
48 u s e 386. 
Public Law 87-261. 
AN ACT 
To provide for the free entry of a towing carriage for the use of the University 
of Michigan, and to increase the duty-free exemption of persons arriving in 
the United States who are not returning residents thereof. 
September 2 1, 1961 
[H. R. 5852] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of 
the Treasury is authorized and directed to admit free of duty one 
towing carriage and appurtenances (whether arriving in one shipment 
or in separate shipments) imported for the use of the University of 
Michigan. 
SEC 2. (a) Paragraph 1798(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1798(b)), is amended by renum-
bering subdivisions (2^ and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively, and by 
inserting after subdivision (1) the following new subdivision: 
"(2) not exceeding $100 in value of articles (including not more 
than one wine gallon of alcoholic beverages and not more than one 
hundred cigars) accompanying such person to be disposed of by him 
as bona fide ^ifts, if such |)erson has not claimed an exemption under 
this subdivision (2) within the six months immediately preceding 
his arrival and he intends to remain in the United States for not less 
than seventy-two hours;". 
(b) Paragraph 1798(g) of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C, sec. 
1201, par. 1798(g)), is amended by striking out "subdivision (2) of 
subparagraph (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subdivision (3) of 
subparagraph (b)". 
(c) Subdivision (2) (B) of section 321(a) of such Act, as amended 
(19 U.S.C, sec. 1321), is amended by inserting "(b)(2) or" after 
"paragraph 1798". 
(d) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall 
apply wdth respect to persons arriving in the United States on or after 
the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1961. 
Towing carriage* 
Free entry. 
T a r i f f 
Act of 
1930, amendment. 
67 Stat. 510. 
67 Stat. 515. 
Effective date.