Joint resolution to permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International Trade-Sample Fair, Dallas, Texas, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes
PL 83-486 (H.J.Res.545), enacted 07/14/1954

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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of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for 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 
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Marking require-
mentSa 
Ab a n d o ned ar-
ticles, etc. 
Transfers. 
P ayment of cus-
toms charges, etc. 
52 Stat. 1087. 
withdrawal; and on any articles which shall have suffered diminution 
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 pro-
vided 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: Provided 
further^ 
That at any time during or within three months after the close of such 
fair, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the Govern-
ment or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties 
on such articles 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 such fair under 
such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: And 
"provided further^ That the International Trade-Sample Fair shall be 
deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all 
merchandise imported under the provisions of this joint resolution, 
and the actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and 
other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraise-
ment, 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-Sample Fair to the Government of the IJnited 
States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury; and receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited 
as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner pro-
vided for in section 524 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 
U . S . C , sec. 1524). 
Approved July 14, 1964. 
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July 14,1954 
[H. R. 7371] 
Public Law 487 
CHAPTER 476 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposal of paid postal-savings certificates. 
Paid postal sav-
ings certificates. 
Claims. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) all claims 
for payment oi any postal-savings certificate, or other evidence of 
deposit in the postal-savings depository system, including duplicates, 
which certificate or evidence of deposit, including duplicates, are shown 
by the records of the Post Office Department to have been duly paid, 
shall be barred if not presented to the Postmaster General within 
six years from the date on which such records show that they were 
paid. 
(b) Final determination as to whether payment properly has 
been made on postal-savings certificates or other evidences of deposit 
in the postal-savings depository system, including duplicates, shall be 
based upon the official records of the Post Office Department.