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Chap. 155: Authorizing the President, under certain conditions, to invite the participation of other nations in the Chicago World’s Fair, providing for the admission of their exhibits, and for other purposes. 1929-02-05 155 Chapter 45 Stat. 1152 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 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 155.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the President, under certain conditions, to invite the participation of other nations in the Chicago World’s Fair, providing for the admission of their exhibits, and for other purposes.
February 5, 1929.[[H. J. Res. 365](href=/us/bill/70/hjres/365).][[Pub. Res., No. 82](/us/bill/70/pubres/82).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Chicago World’s Fair.Foreign nations to be invited to participate in. That whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the President that a sum of not less than $5,000,000 has been raised and is available to the Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration corporation, for the purposes of a world’s fair to be held in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, in the year 1933, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Chicago as a municipality, the President is authorized and requested, by proclamation or in such other manner as he may deem proper, to invite the participation of the nations of the world in the celebration.
Sec. 2. Articles for exhibition may be admitted free of duty. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at said celebration shall be admitted free of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations Sales permitted.as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful during said celebration to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported and actually on exhibition therein, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue *Provisos*.Duty on articles sold.as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided*, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their importation and to1 the terms of Expenses to be paid by Fair Corporation.the tariff laws in force at the time: *And provided further*, That all necessary expenses incurred, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by the Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration corporation, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 3. No obligation for Government expenses. That the Government of the United States is not by this resolution obligated to any expense in connection with the holding of such world’s fair and is not hereafter to be so obligated other than for suitable representation thereat. Approved, February 5, 1929.
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