Joint resolution to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Chicago International Trade Fair, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois, to be admitted payment of tariff, and for other purposes
PL 82-218 (H.J.Res.330), enacted 10/26/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 218—OCT. 26, 1951 
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length of his active Federal service beyond thirty years shall be com-
puted as if said reenlistment were for the minimum number of years 
necessary to permit such persons to complete thirty years' active Fed-
eral service: ATid provided further^ That after the enactment of this 
amendment and under such regulations as may be approved by the 
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to 
Coast Guard personnel any person to whom a reenlistment bonus is 
paid as herein provided, and who voluntarily or as the result of his own 
misconduct, does not complete the term of enlistment for which the 
bonus was paid, shall be liable to refund such part of such bonus as 
the unexpired part of such enlistment bears to the total enlistment 
period for which such bonus was paid, less any amount paid in Federal 
or State income taxes on such refundable part." 
Approved October 26, 1951. 
Public Law 218 
CHAPTER 581 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
October 26,1951 
[H. J. Res. 330] 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
at the Chicago International Trade Fair, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois, to be 
admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
na«onai*frade°Fair' ^^^^^^ ^f America in Conffress assembled, That all articles which shall 
Imports for cxhibi- be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at 
tion, etc. 
^YiQ Chicago International Trade Fair, to be held at Chicago, Illinois, 
from March 22 to April 6, 1952, inclusive, by the Chicago Inter-
national Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, or for use in con-
structing, 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 pre-
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scribe; 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 
Articles withdrawn as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided. That all 
for consumption, etc. 
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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 laws 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 withdrawal 
from entry hereunder for consumption or entry under the general 
mSs *'°^ require- 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 custody until properly marked, but no additional duty 
shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently marked 
tict^^^°'™^°*°^'^" ^^^^ 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 Govern-
ment or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon 
any 
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further. 
That 
articles which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibi-
tion under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous 
customs custody or under a customs exhibition bond and imported 
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PUBLIC LAW 220—OCT. 25, 1951 
655 
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 prescribe: And provided further, That the Chicago 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 account-
ing for, articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be 
reimbursed by the Chicago International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a 
corporation, to the Government of the United States under regulations 
to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts 
from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appro-
priation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C , 1940 edition, title 19, sec. 
1524). 
Approved October 26, 1951. 
Sole consignee; 
penses. 
46 Stat. 741. 
Public Law 219 
CHAPTER 587 
AN ACT 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation of twine 
used for baling hay, straw, and other fodder and bedding material. 
October 25,1951 
[H. R. 1005] 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of th^ 
United /States of America in Cvngress assembled, That paragraph 
1622 of section 201 of title I I of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is 
amended by inserting after the words "binding twine" a comma and 
the words "and twine chiefly used for baling hay, straw, and other 
fodder and bedding materials,". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall be effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
46 
Stat. 
676. 
19 
U. S. 
C. S 1201, 
par. 
1622. 
Effective 
date. 
Public Law 220 
CHAPTER 588 
AN ACT 
To amend section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 so as to 
authorize payment of claims arising from the correction of military or naval 
records. 
October 25,1951 
[H. K. 1181] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 207 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 812), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 207. (a) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
and the Secretary of the Treasury (with respect to the Coast Guard), 
respectively, under procedures set up by them, and acting through 
boards of civilian officers or employees of their respective Depart-
ments, are authorized to correct any military or naval record where in 
their judgment such action is necessary to correct an error or remove 
an injustice, and corrections so made shall be final and conclusive on 
all officers of the Government except when procured by means of 
SU.S.C.§ 191a and 
note. 
Correction of mili-
tary and naval records. 
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