Joint resolution to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Washington State Fourth International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washington, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes
PL 83-485 (H.J.Res.537), enacted 07/14/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 484-JULY 14, 1954 
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SEC. 2. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock 
Sioux Tribe are authorized to pay to each holder of an exchange 
assignment of tribal lands all moneys collected by the tribe for the 
lease or use of subsurface rights in such lands. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 14, 1954. 
1S. 3336] 
Public Law 484 
CHAPTER 473 
AN ACT 
To promote the apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and tribu-
taries for irrigation and other purposes by including the States of Nevada 
and Utah among the States authorized to negotiate a compact providing for 
such apportionment. 
Columbia River 
compact. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act entitled 
"An Act granting the consent of Congress to the States of Idaho, 
Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter 
into a compact for the disposition, allocation, diversion, and appor-
tionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and 
for other purposes", approved July 16, 1952 (66 Stat. 737), is 
amended by inserting after "Montana," the following: "Nevada,"; and 
after "Oregon," the following: "Utah,". 
Approved July 14, 1954. 
July 14,1954 
[H. J. Res. 537] 
Public Law 485 
CHAPTER 474 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition' 
at the Washington State Fourth International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washing-
ton, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
vashington 
F o u r t h l n t ema-
tional Trade Fair. 
Free e n t r y f o r 
exhibits. 
Sale, etc. 
Marking require-
ments. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House 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 Fourth International Trade Fair, to be held at 
Seattle, Washington, from March 11 to March 25, 1955, 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 
shall prescribe; 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 as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Pro-
vided^ That all 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 dimunition 
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 tariff law: Provided further^ That imported articles 
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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 addi-
tional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently 
marked when imported into the United States: Promded 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 Gov-
ernment or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any 
duties on such article shall be remitted: Provided further^ That articles 
which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition 
under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous 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 the said trade fair 
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre-
scribe: And provided further^ That the 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 joint resolution, 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 ac-
counting for, articles imported under the provisions of this joint reso-
lution, shall be reimbursed by the 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 appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided 
for in section 524, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C , 1946 edi-
tion, title 19, sec. 1524). 
Approved July 14, 1954. 
Abandoned ai* 
tides, etc. 
Transfers* 
I n t e r n a t i o nal 
Trade Fair, Inc. 
Payment of cus'-
toms charges, etc. 
52 Stat. 1087. 
July 14,1954 
:H.J. - 
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Res. 545] 
Public Law 486 
CHAPTER 475 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition 
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at the International Trade-Sample Fair, Dallas, Texas, to be admitted with-
out payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the 'Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That all articles which shall T/adlla" ^VFSr^ 
be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at Daiias.^Tfxf 
the International Trade-Sample Fair to be held at Dallas, Texas, in hibitt! '"*''' °'**" 
1955, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign 
exhibits at such fair, upon which articles there shall be a tariff' or cus-
toms 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. 
It shall be lawful at any time during 
^aie, etc 
or within three months after the close of such fair to sell within the 
area of such fair 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: Pro-
vided^ That all 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