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488 Regulations . Accounting . Issuance of stamps . Brands, etc ., on cam. Jul y 9,1 937 [S. J. Res. 88] [Pub. Res., No.52] Golden Gate Inter- national Exposition, 193 9. Preamble . Comm ission estab- lished . Name, composition, service, etc . 75Ta CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS . 47 2, 473-JULY 9, 1937 distilled spirits contained therein and evidencing the bottling in bond of such spirits under the provisions of this Act, and of regu- lations prescribed hereunder . " (3) The Commisisoner '- of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe (a) regulations with respect to the time and manner of applying for, issuing, affixing, and destroying stamps required by this section, the form and denom- inations of such stamps, applications for purchase of the stamps, proof tha t applicants are e ntitled to such s tamps, and the me thod of accounting for receipts from the sale of such stamps, and (b) such other regulations as the Commissioner shall deem necessary for the enforcement of this Act . "(4) Such stamps shall be issued by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to each collector of internal revenue, upon his requisition in such numbers as may be necessary in his district, and, upon com- pliance w ith the provisions of this Act and regulations issue d here- under shall be sold by collectors to persons entitled thereto, at a price of 1 cent for each stamp, except that in the case of stamps for containers of less than one-half pint, the price shall be one-quarter of 1 cent for each stamp . "(5) And there shall be plainly burned, embossed, or printed on the side of each case, to be known as the Government side, such marks, brands and stamps to denote the bottling in bond of the whisky packed therein as the Commissioner may by regulations prescribe." Approved, July 9, 1937 . [CHAPTER 473] JO INT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the world's fair to be held by the San Francisco Bay Exposition, Incorporated, in the city of San Francisco during the year 1939, and for other purposes . Whereas there is to be held in the city of San Francisco during the year 1939 a world's fair and celebration commemorating the com- pletion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, and designed to gather, arrange, and exhibit the varied cultures of the countries tributary to the Pacific Ocean and the origins, progress, and accomplishments in science, the arts, educa- tion, industry, business, and transportation of the Pacific area of the United States, and the nations of the world; Whereas a site for the exposition, an island of four hundred acres, municipally owned and located in the center of San Francisco Bay, is now nearing completion, and the San Francisco Bay Expo- sition, Incorporated, wi ll expend not less than $24,500,000 on its improvement; said site, upon the close of the exposition to become a municipal airport serving the entire metropolitan San Fran- cisco Bay district, and forming an adjunct of vast importance to national defense; and Wherea s such world fair an d celeb ration are wor thy an d deser ving of the support and encouragement of the United States; and the United States has aided and encouraged such world's fairs and celebrations in the past : Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in C ongress assemb led, That there is hereby established a Commission, to be known as the United States Golden Gate International Exposition Commission and to be com- ' So in original .