Joint resolution to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Washington State-Far East International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washington, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes
PL 82-351 (H.J.Res.422), enacted 05/21/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 351-MAY 21, 1952 
Thence easterly along the northerly line of block 21, one hundred and 
forty-four feet to the point of beginning; 
Being lots 5-10, inclusive, and the northerly four feet of lot 4, and 
half of the alley adjoining the said lots in the block 21 afore-mentioned. 
, 
TRACT 5 
Beginning at the northwest corner of block 21, Campbell Addition of 
the city of El Paso, Texas, which is at the southeast corner of the 
intersection of South Santa Fe and West Tenth Streets; 
Thence easterly along the northerly line of the said block 21 and the 
southerly line of West Tenth Street, one hundred and thirty feet to 
the north-south center line of a closed alley in the said block 21; 
Thence southerly along the north-south center line of the closed 
alley in block 21, one hundred ninety and seven-tenths feet more or less 
to the northerly line of a fifty-foot right-of-way of the E. P. & 
S . W . E . R . ; 
Thence westerly along a curve to the right twenty-five feet from and 
parallel to the center line of the said right-of-way one hundred thirty-
nine and seventy-five one-hundredths feet more or less to a point in 
the easterly line of South Santa Fe Street, which is one hundred 
thirty-six and seventy-four one-hundredths feet southerly from the 
northwest corner of block 21 ; 
Thence northerly along the westerly line of block 21 and the 
easterly line of South Santa Fe Street one hundred thirty-six and 
seventy-four one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning, being lots 
11-15 and part of lots 16,17, and 18, and one-half of the alley adjoining 
the said lots in the block 21 aforementioned. 
SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to make provision for suitable 
quarters for certain Government services at El Paso, Texas, and for 
other purposes", approved June 19, 1934, as amended, is hereby re-
pealed. 
SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved May 21, 1952. 
4 S.Stat. 1119. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 351 
CHAPTER 318 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
at the Washington State-Far East International Trade Fair, Seattle, Wash-
ington, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy 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 exhibition 
at the Washington State-Far East International Trade Fair, to be 
held at Seattle, Washington, from September 6 to September 14, 1952, 
inclusive, by the Washington State-Far East International Trade 
Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, or for use in constructing, installing, 
or maintaining foreign exhibits at the said trade fair, upon which 
articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted 
without payment of such tariff, customs duty, 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 trade fair to sell within the area of the trade fair 
any articles provided for herein, subject to such regulations for the 
security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the 
May 21, 1952 
[H.J. Res. 422] 
S e a t t l e , Wash. 
Trade Fair. 
I m p o r t a t i o n of 
articles. 
Sale. 
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Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That 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 law^s 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 with-
drawal from entry hereunder for consumption or entry under the 
mMiu'^"*^ require- 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 w^hen such articles are withdrawal for 
consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not 
be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no addi-
tional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently 
Abandonment. 
marked wlieu imported into the United States: Provided 
further, 
That at any time during or within three months after the close of the 
trade fair, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the 
Government or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any 
tody! '***""' *^"'" 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 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 the said trade 
fair under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
Sole consignee; prescribe: And provided f mother. That the Washington State-Far East 
expenses. 
International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, 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, and accounting for, articles imported under the provisions 
of this Act, shall be reimbursed by the Washington State-Far East 
International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, to the Govern-
ment of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the 
Deposit of re- Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimbursements 
shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, 
in the manner provided for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930, as 
46Stat. 741. 
amended (U. S. C, 1946 edition, title 19, sec. 1524). 
Approved May 21, 1952. 
May 21, 1952 
[H.R.5998] 
Public Law 352 
CHAPTER 319 
AN ACT 
To amend the excise tax on photographic apparatus. 
55 Stat. 716. 
65 Stat. 535. 
26 u s e 3406. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) the second 
sentence of section 3406 (a) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code as 
amended by section 486 (a) of the Revenue Act of 1951 is further 
amended by adding after the comma following the words "to X-ray 
film" the following: "to unperforated microfilm,". 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be effective as of Novem-
ber 1,1951. 
Approved May 21, 1952.