An Act to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition of the 11th Annual Instrument-Automation (International) Conference and Exhibit, New York, N. Y.,and the Americas' New Frontiers Exposition, to be held at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes
PL 84-566 (H.R.7678), enacted 06/04/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 666-JUNE 4, 1966 
[70 STAT. 
June 4, 1956 
[H. R. 7678] 
Public Law 566 
CHAPTER 367 
AN ACT 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
at the Eleventh Annual Instrument-Automation (International) Conference 
and Exhibit, New York, New York, and the Americas' New Frontiers Exposi-
tion, to be held at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to be admitted without payment 
of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Eleventh Annual 
Ins trument • A u t o-
mation Conference 
and ExhibiU 
Sale of arttdes. 
Maiking require-
ments* 
Abandonment of 
ivticles* 
Transfers. 
I n s t r u m e n t So-
ciety of America. 
Payment of cus-
toms charge S| etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That any article 
which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition 
at the Eleventh Annual Instrument-Automation (International) Con-
ference and Exhibit (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "exposi-
tion"), to be held at New York, New York, from September 17 to 
September 21, 1956, inclusive, by the Instrument Society of America, 
a corporation, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining 
foreign exhibits at such exposition, upon which 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. 
SEC. 2. It shall be laAvful at any time during or within three months 
after the close of such exposition to sell within the area of the exposi-
tion 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 prescriba. All such articles, when 
withdraAvn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be sub-
ject 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 
liandling 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. 
SEC. 3. 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 custody 
until properly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because 
such articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the 
United States. 
SEC. 4. At any time within three months after the close of the expo-
sition, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the United 
States or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties 
on such article shall be remitted. 
SEC. 5. Articles which have been admitted without payment of duty 
for exhibition under any tariff law and which have remained in con-
tinuous customs custody or under a customs exhibition bond and im-
ported 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. 
SEC. 6. The Instrument Society of America, a corporation, 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 the necessary charge 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 Instrument Society of America, a 
corporation, to the United States, under regulations to be prescribed 
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by the Secretary of the Treasury. Receipts from such reimburse-
ments shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which 
paid, in the manner provided for in section 524 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (19 U. S. C, sec. 1524). 
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SEC. 7. Any article which is imported from a foreign country for p^^^^^'^j^onT-
the purpose of exhibition at the Americas' New Frontiers Exposition tion, 
to be held in connection with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary 
of the admission of the State of Oklahoma into the Union, at Okla-
homa City, Oklahoma, from May 1,1956, to January 1,1958, inclusive, 
hj the Americas' Xew Frontiers Exposition, Incorporated, a corpora-
tion, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign ex-
hibits at the Americas' New Frontiers 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. Each 
provision of sections 1 to 6 inclusive of this Act shall aj)ply with 
respect to the Americas' New Frontiers Exposition and all rights and 
privileges extended by such sections and all duties and obligations 
imposed thereby and each and every requirement thereof shall extend 
to the Americas' New Frontiers Exposition, Incorporated, which shall 
be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all 
merchandise imported under the authority of this section. 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
Public Law 567 
CHAPTER 368 
AN ACT 
June 4, 1956 
To provide for the sale of a Government-owned housing project to the city of 
[H. R. 7S40] 
Hooks, Texas. 
Hooks, Tex. 
Conveyance* 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled, That, notwith-
standing the provisions of any other law, the Administrator of Gren-
eral Services on behalf of the United States is authorized and di-
rected to sell and convey the North Village project, Texas 41142, 
whenever said project is determined by him to be surplus to the needs 
of the Government, to the city of Hooks, Texas, at fair market value 
as determined by him on the basis of an appraisal made by an inde-
pendent real-estate expert, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to said North Village project. Hooks, Texas, consist-
ing of two hundred and forty-eight dwelling units. 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
Public Law 568 
C H A P T E R 369 
AN ACT 
June 4,1956 
To repeal legislation relating to the Gallup-Durango Highway and the Gallup- 
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Window Kock Highway at the Navajo Indian Reservation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
June 7,1924 (ch. 318,43 Stat. 606), as amended by the Act of May 28, 
1941 (ch. 137, 55 Stat. 207), is hereby repealed, and the tribal funds 
of the Navajo Indians are relieved of all reimbursable obligations, if 
any. incurred under such Act. 
Approved Juoe 4, 1956.