Chapter 1. In aid of the California Midwinter International Exposition
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CHAP. 1.— An Act In aid of the California Midwinter International Exposition.September 1, 1893. Whereas there will be held in the city and county of San Francisco,Preamble. State of California, from and after .January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, an exposition to be known as the California Midwinter International Exposition, in which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and have agreed to participate: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all articles which shallCalifornia Midwinter International Exposition.Articles for, to be admitted duty free. be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and all articles which have been imported from foreign countries and which are now on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, upon which there is a tariff or customs duty, andRemoval of exhibits at Chicago Fair. which have been heretofore admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be removed to the city of San Francisco, in the State of California, for the sole purpose of exhibition at said California Midwinter International Exposition.
Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful at any time dining such exposition toSales. sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided*, That all such articles when*Proviso*. sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue lawsPayment of duties. in force at the date of the importation: and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof.
Sec. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numberedForeign laborers permitted. thirty, entitled “Joint resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred andVol. 27, p.402. ninety-two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said California Midwinter International Exposition to the same extent as if said California Midwinter International Exposition was therein specifically named.
Approved, September 1, 1893.
(1)Chapter 2: To provide for certain urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. Chapter 2 28 Stat. 2 1893-09-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 1 public 2FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 2, 3. 1893.
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