An Act to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International Theater Equipment Trade Show, New York, N. Y., to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.
PL 84-509 (H.R.8942), enacted 05/09/1956

70 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 509-MAY 9, 1956 
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graph of section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended (48 
U. S. C , sec. 633), is amended effective at noon, January 20, 1957, by 
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striking out "That the President shall nominate and, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the chief justice and justices 
of the supreme court, the judges of the circuit courts, who shall hold 
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their respective offices for the term of four years, unless sooner removed 
by the President" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The 
President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, appoint the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, 
who shall hold office for the term of seven years unless sooner removed 
by the President, and the judges of the circuit courts, who shall hold 
office for the term of six years, unless sooner removed by the President". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply notwithstand-
ing the provisions of section 1864 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (48 U. S. C , sec. 1463a). 
Approved May 9, 1956. 
Public Law 509 
CHAPTER 238 
AN A C T 
May 9. 1956 
To permit articles imported fi-om foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
[H. R. 8942] 
at the International Theatre Equipment Trade Show, New York, New Yorli, 
to be admitted .without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
I n t e r n a t i o n a l 
Theatre Equipment 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repre-'feyitatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That any article ^„__„^^ ^ 
which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition TVadlTiho'^ 
at the International Theatre Equipment Trade Show (hereinafter in exhibit*8. *"*'^ '"^ 
this Act referred to as "exposition"), to be held at New York, New 
York, from September 19 to September 25, 1956, inclusive, by the 
Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association, Incor-
porated, a corporation, or for use in constructing, installing, or main-
taining 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 lawful at any time during or within three months 
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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 prescribe. 
All such articles, when 
withdrawn 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 
handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, shall be assessed accord-
ing to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal from entry here-
under for consumption or entry under the general tariff' law. 
SEC. 3. Imported articles provided for herein shall not be subject to nie*nu^^^ require-
any marking requirements of the general taritl' 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 prop-
erly 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 exposi- aruci^.°™"*"* **' 
tion, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the United 
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Transfers. 
Payment of cus-
toms charge s« etc> 
46 Stat. 741; 
Stat. 1087. 
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States or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties 
on such articles 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 
imported 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 Treas-
ury shall prescribe. 
SEC. 6. The Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Asso-
ciation, 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. 
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 tlie supervision, custody of, and accounting, for, 
articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed 
by the Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association, 
Incorporated, a corporation, to the United States, under regulations 
to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
Eeceipts from such reimbursements 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). 
Approved May 9, 1956. 
May 9,1956 
[H. R. 8334] 
Racing shells. 
66 Stat. 82. 
19 u s e 
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par. 412. 
46 Stat. 734. 
19 u s e 1514. 
Public Law 510 
CHAPTER 239 
AN ACT 
To permit the importation, free of duty, of racing shells to be used in connection 
with preparations for the 1956 Olympic Games. 
Be it enacted hy ths Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the duty 
imposed by paragraph 412 of section 1 of the Tariff Act of 1930 shall 
not apply with respect to any racing shell— 
(1) which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for con-
sumption after December 31, 1955, for the purpose of enabling 
any athletic team or association in the United States to prepare 
for competition in the 1956 Olympic Games (including any com-
petition to determine repr^entatives of the United States in the 
1956 Olympic Games); and 
(2) with respect to which the person so entering or withdraw-
ing has filed with the collector of customs a statement under 
oath that such entry or withdrawal was for a purpose set forth 
in clause (1) of this section. 
SEC. 2. In the case of any racing shell entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption after December 31, 1955, and before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the first section of this Act shall 
apply, but only if the statement required by clause (2) of the first 
section of this Act is filed within one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. If the liquidation of the entry or withdrawal has 
become final under section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930, such entry 
or withdrawal may be reliquidated and the appropriate refund of 
duty may be made. 
Approved May 9, 1956.