Joint resolution to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Washington State Third International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washington, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes
PL 83-185 (H.J.Res.293), enacted 08/01/1953

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portions of the lands under their respective jurisdictions along or 
adjacent to the line of said canal as are surplus to their respective 
needs, without reimbursement, and under such conditions as may be 
mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the head 
of the other department or agency concerned; and such transfer of 
jurisdiction by any department or agency of the Federal Government 
in possession of such lands is hereby authorized. 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
Public Law 185 
CHAPTER 311 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
August 1. 1953 
To permit articles imijorted from foreign countries for ttie purpose of exhibition 
[H. J. Res. 293] 
at the Washington State Third International Trade Fair, Seattle, Washing-
ton, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. 
Resol/ved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That all articles which shall xhirf^tlmatfoMi 
be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at Trade Fair, 
the Washington State Third International Trade Fair, to be held at cie^. 
"* 
Seattle, Washington, from February 11 to February 24, 1954, inclu-
sive, 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 
saie. 
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vided^ That all such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use 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 with-
drawal ; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or 
deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if pay-
able, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of 
withdraAval from entry hereunder for consumption or entry under the 
general tariff law: Provided further^ That imported articles provided ^^^'"^ 
require-
for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the 
general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for con-
sumption 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: Provided further^ That 
Abandonment, 
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 duties 
on such article shall be remitted: Provided further. That articles which 
Transfer, 
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 prescribe: And 
provided further^ That the International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a soie consignee, 
corporation, shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole 
consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this 
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joint resolution, and that the actual and necessary customs charges for 
labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, exam-
ination, appraisement, release, or custody, together with the necessary 
charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection 
with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported 
under the provisions of this joint resolution, shall be reimbursed by the 
International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, to the Gov-
ernment of the United States under regulations to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts from such reimburse-
ments 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 edition, title 19, sec. 1524). 
Approved August 1, 1953. 
August 5, 1953 
[S. 1393] 
Public Law 186 
CHAPTER 319 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1&49. 
D. C. substitute 
teachers. 
D. C. 
696. 
Code 31-
Be it enacted hy the Senate aTid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That section 6 of the 
District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act of 1949, approved October 
13,1949 (63 Stat. 842), as amended, is amended by inserting after the 
word "pay" the words "or on leave without pay". 
SEO. 2. This Act shall become effective as of July 1,1949. 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
August 5,1953 
[S. 1945] 
Public Law 187 
CHAPTER 320 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the 
District of Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods 
and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees of the 
Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved March 5, 1932. 
D. C. Board of 
Education. 
D. C. 
698. 
Annual leave. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods 
and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees of 
the Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved 
Code 31- March 5, 1952 (66 Stat. 14), is amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing new section: 
"SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the 
contrary, no individual whose position is within the purview of this 
Act shall, by virtue of the enactment of the first section of this Act, 
be entitled to lump-sum payment or payments for annual leave accrued 
or current as of March 5, 1952, but all such individual's annual leave, 
accrued or current as of March 5,1952, shall be credited to him for his 
use and benefit, and to be used in accordance with rules promulgated 
by the Board of Education." 
Approved August 5, 1953.