An Act to amend section 308 (5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
PL 83-694 (H.R.9248), enacted 08/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 694-AUG. 28, 1954 
[68 S T A T . 
46 Stat. 669. 
Effective date. 
19 use 1201. 
Furfural. 
Black granite. 
rem;" the following: "business dictating, recording, and transcribing 
machines, chiefly used in business offices, of the type or types recording 
on nonmagnetizable recording medium, and parts thereof, 30 per cen-
tum ad valorem;". 
SEC. 2. Paragraph 1542 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C , 
sec. 1001, par. 1542) is hereby amended by striking out "dictophones," 
in each place it appears therein. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any 
manner existing international obligations of the United States with 
respect to the duty on the articles inserted by the first section of this 
Act in paragraph 372 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and the rate of duty 
of 15 per centum ad valorem presently applied to such articles under 
paragraph 1542 of such Act, as modified pursuant to such international 
obligations, shall continue to be applied to such articles and to be 
subject to modification or termination in the same manner and to the 
same extent as under existing law. 
SEC. 4. The foregoing amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect at the close of the thirtieth day. after the day on which this Act 
is enacted. 
SEC. 5. Section 201 of title I I of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to 
read as follows: 
"PAR. 1818. Furfural." 
SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to admit 
free of duty black granite, in whatever form, imported prior to 
January 1,1955, for use in any statue, monument, or memorial author-
ized by law to be erected on Federal property. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 694 
CHAPTER 1045 
August 28, 1954 
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ACT 
To amend section 308 (5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. 
^.ugust 28, 195 
p . R. 9248] 
Aut omob lies, 
etc. 
46 Stat. 690. 
Book binding or 
cover. 
19 u s e 1201, 
par. 1631. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^senibled^ That section 308 (5) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C. 19: 1308 (5)), is fur-
ther amended to read as follows: 
"(5) Automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, airplanes, airships, bal-
loons, boats, racing shells, and similar vehicles and craft, and the 
usual equipment of the foregoing; all the foregoing which are brought 
temporarily into the United States by nonresidents for the purpose 
of taking part in races or other specific contests; and, in the case of 
vehicles and craft entered under this subdivision to take part in races 
or other specific contests for other than money purses, collectors of 
customs, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe, may defer the exaction of a bond for not to exceed ninety 
days after the date of importation, but unless such vehicle or craft 
is exported or the bond is given within the period of such deferment, 
such vehicle or craft shall be subject to forfeiture.". 
SEC. 2. (a) Paragraph 1631 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
is amended by inserting "book binding or cover" after "book,". 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall be effective as to 
articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption on or after the tenth day following the date of this Act 
and prior to September 1,195Q. 
Approved August 28, 1954.