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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · April 30, 1921 · Public Law 796

Public Law 796.

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(/us/pl/74/795).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Port of New York Authority.Admission of articles under bond, imported for exhibitions to be held by. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition or display at a permanent exhibition or exhibitions and/or at a temporary exhibition or exhibitions of the arts, sciences, and industries, and products of the soil, mine, and sea, to be held at any time and from time to time by the Port of New York Authority, a municipal corporate instrumentality organized pursuant to a compact entered into on April 30, 1921, between the States of New York and New Jersey and consented to by the Congress of the Vol. 42. p. 174.United States (ch. 77, U.
S. Stat. L., vol. 42, pt. I, p. 174), and/or by its tenants or licensees in the building known as the Port Authority Commerce Building, located on the block bounded by Eighth and Ninth Avenues, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets, Borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, upon which articles there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of such tariff, customs duty, fees, or charges under such regulationsSales permitted subject to regulations. as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful, at any time during or at the close of any exhibition held pursuant to this Act, to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for and actually displayed at such exhibition, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the *Proviso*.Payment of duty.Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided*, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal and to the requirements of the tariff laws in effect at such date: *Provided further*, Port of New York Authority deemed sole consignee.That the Port of New York Authority shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under the provisions of this Act, and that all Payment of expenses.necessary governmental expenses incurred as a result of exhibitions authorized under this Act, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by the Port of New York Authority under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided further*, Unsold, etc., articles subject to duty at end of two years.That all such articles shall, at the expiration of two year’s, be subject to the impost duty then in force, unless the same shall have been sold or exported from this country prior to that period of Invitation to foreign governments to exhibit not implied.time: *And provided further*, That, nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as an invitation, express or implied, from the Government of the United States to any foreign government, state, municipality, corporation, partnership, or individual to import any articles for the purpose of exhibition at the said exhibitions.
Approved, June 25, 1936. To amend an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, entitled “An Act to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.” Chapter 804 49 Stat. 1921 1936-06-25 74 2 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 2025-01-07 public 1921 [CHAPTER 804.] AN ACT To amend an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, entitled “An Act to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
” June 25, 1936.[[S. 4038](/us/bill/74/s/4038).][[Public, No. 796](/us/pl/74/796).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the courtSupreme Court of the District of Columbia.To be known as “The District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.”*Proviso*.Jurisdiction, etc., unchanged. established by section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 762), entitled “An Act to reorganize the courts in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, shall hereafter be known as the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction or functions of the court.
Approved, June 25, 1936. Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission, of Maryland, for park, parkway, and playground purposes. Chapter 805 49 Stat. 1921 1936-06-25 74 2 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 805.] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission, of Maryland, for park, parkway, and playground purposes.
June 25, 1936.[[S. 4105](/us/bill/74/s/4105).][
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