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[70 Stat. 131]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 131]

70 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 509-MAY 9, 1956

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graph of section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended (48 U.S.C. sec. 633), is amended effective at noon, January 20, 1957, by striking out "That the President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, the judges of the circuit courts, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the President" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, who shall hold office for the term of seven years unless sooner removed by the President, and the judges of the circuit courts, who shall hold office for the term of six years, unless sooner removed by the President". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of section 1864 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (48 U.S.C. sec. 1463a). Approved May 9, 1956. Public Law 509

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CHAPTER 238

AN ACT To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the International The a t r e Equipment Trade Show, New York, New Yorli, to be admitted.without payment of tariff, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-'feyitatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That any article which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition at the International Theatre Equipment Trade Show (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "exposition"), to be held at New York, New York, from September 19 to September 25, 1956, inclusive, by the Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association, Incorporated, a corporation, or for use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at such exposition, upon which there is a tariff or customs 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. SEC. 2. It shall be lawful at any time during or within three months after the close of such exposition to sell within the area of the exposition 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. 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 withdrawal; and on such 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. SEC. 3. Imported articles provided for herein shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general taritl' 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 additional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the United States. SEC. 4. At any time within three months after the close of the exposition, any article entered hereunder may be abandoned to the United

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