Joint resolution to authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to prepare plans and estimates for the erection of a suitable memorial to General .John J. Pershing
PL 84-461 (S.J.Res.95), enacted 04/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 461-APR. 2, 1956 
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District of Columbia for real estate taxes assessed against it upon 
land designated as parcel 22/73 in the District of Columbia for the 
period from July 1,1953, to December 31,1954. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
66 Stat. 824. 
D. C. Code 1 app. 
SEC. 001. REGULATIONS.—The Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia are authorized to make rules and regulations to carry out 
the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 602. SEPARABILITY CLATTSE.—If any provision of this Act or 
the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, 
the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to 
other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 603. Wherever any officer or agency of the District, other than 
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, is mentioned in this 
Act, such officer or agency shall be deemed to be the officer or agency 
so mentioned, or the officer, officers, agency or agencies succeeding to 
the functions of the officer or agency so mentioned, pursuant to 
Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952. 
Approved March 31, 1956. 
April 2, 1956 
[S. J. Res. 95] 
Public Law 461 
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155 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the Amevk-aw Battle Monniuents Commission to prepare plaus and 
estimates for the erection of a suitable memorial to General .John .J. Pershing. 
G e n . 
J o hn 
Pershing. 
Memorial. 
Resolved by the Senate and IIovHe of Repfesentatire-s of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That the American Battle 
Monimients C!lommission, whose former Chairman was the late John 
J. Pershing, General of the Armies of the United States, is authorized 
and directed to prepare plans and estimates for the erection of a suit-
able memorial to General John J. Pershing, together with recom-
mendations with respect to site, design, and materials, for submission 
to the Congress at as early a date as practicable. Such plans- shall, 
prior to submission to the Congress, be approved by the National 
Commission of Fine Arts with respect to the design and materials 
to be used. 
Approved April 2, 1956. 
April 2, 1956 
[H. J. Rea. 464] 
Public Law 462 
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156 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
at the Washington State Fifth International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washington, 
to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Washington State 
Fifth International 
Trade Fair. 
F r e e entry for 
exhibits. 
Resolved by the Senate and Hovse 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 Fifth International Trade Fair, to be held 
at Seattle, Washington, from May 4 to May 13, 1956, inclusive, by 
the 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