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PUBLIC LAW 86-31-MAY 16, 1957

the Secretary of the Treasury. Receipts from such reimbursement shall be deposited as refunds to the appropriation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. sec. 1524). Approved May 14, 1957.

52 Stat. 1087.

Public Law 85-30 AN ACT To extend for a period of two years the privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the Arnietl Forces of the United States on duty abroad.

May 14, 1957 [H. R. 6304]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That the Act of p'rTe'entry *of December 5, 1942, entitled "An Act to accord free entry to bona g^tsfide gifts from members of the armed forces of the United States Stat. 39V ' on duty abroad", as amended (U.S.C. title 50 App., sees 846 and 847), is amended to read as follows: "That under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe so much of any shipment as does not exceed $50 in value, with such further limitation on the importation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products as the Secretary may prescribe, shall be admitted into the United States or its Territories or possessions or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico free of all customs duties, charges, or exactions, or internal-revenue taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation, if there is filed in connection with the entry satisfactory evidence that the articles for which free entry is claimed were purchased in or through authorized agencies of the Armed Forces of the United States or m accordance with regulations prescribed by the major geographical commands of the United States Armed Forces, and are bona fide gifts from a membei' of the Armed Forces of the United States on duty outside the continental limits of the United States. "SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective with respect to articles entered Effective date. for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the day following the date of its enactment and before July 1, 1959." Approved May 14, 1967,

Public Law 8S31 AN ACT To amend the Act of June 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 41), and for other purposes.

May 16, 1957 ts. 998]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act cTon^ve'yance of of June 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 41) is amended by adding at the end school lands, thereof the following sentence: "If the grantee of such land fails for a period of one year to observe the provisions of the transfer agreement and the Secretary of the Interior fails to declare a forfeiture of the conveyance, the former beneficial owner, if an individual Indian or an Indian tribe, may petition the United States District Court for the district where the land is located to declare a forfeiture of the conveyance and to vest the title in the United States, in the same trust. status as previously existed." Approved May 16, 1957.

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