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PUBLIC LAW 86-262-SEPT. 14, 1959
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Public Law 86-262 AN ACT
September 14, 1959
To amend paragraph 1029 of the Tariff Act of 1930 so as to provide for the free — [ H. R. 24it] importation of tourist literature, to liberalize the tariff laws for works of art and other exhibition material, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) paragraph igaoVamindmentsf 1629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is hereby amended by adding at the end 46 sm. 67s. thereof a new subparagraph to read as follows: " (d) Tourist literature containing historical, geographic, timetable, tu^°"'^^* ^""*" travel, hotel, or similar information, chieflj^ with respect to places or travel facilities outside the continental United States, issued by foreign governments or departments, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, automobile associations, or similar organizations or associations." (b) This section shall be effective as to merchandise entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the day after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) Paragraph 1720 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended tions. ^°'^^^^ °^ ^"^^"(19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, par. 1720), is amended to read as follows: "PAR. 1720. Models of inventions and of other improvements in the arts, to be used exclusively as models, or exclusively as exhibits in exhibitions at any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning, any society or institution established for the encouragement of the arts, science, or education, or any association of such organizations." (b) Paragraph 1807 of such Act, as amended (19 U.S.C., sec. 1201, YineaAi. *^^ par. 1807), is amended to read as follows: "PAR. 1807. (a) Original paintings in oil, mineral, water, vitreous enamel, or other colors, pastels, original mosaics, original drawings and sketches in pen, ink, pencil, or watercolors, or works of the free fine arts in any other media including applied paper and other materials, manufactured or otherwise, such as are used on collages, artists' proof etchings unbound, and engravings and woodcuts unbound, lithographs or prints made by other hand transfer processes unbound, original sculptures or statuary; but the terms 'sculpture' and 'statuary' Definitions. as used in this paragraph shall be understood to include professional productions of sculptors only, whether in round or in relief, in bronze, marble, stone, terra cotta, ivory, wood, metal, or other materials, or whether cut, carved, or otherwise wrought by hand from the solid block or mass of marble, stone, alabaster, or from metal, or other material, or cast in bronze or other metal or substance, or from wax or plaster, or constructed from any material or made in any form as the professional productions of sculptors only, and the term 'original', as used in this paragraph to modify the words 'sculptures' and 'statuary', shall be understood to include the original work or model and not more than ten castings, replicas, or reproductions made from the sculptor's original work or model, with or without a change in scale and regardless of whether or not the sculptor is alive at the time the castings, replicas, or reproductions are completed. The terms 'painting', 'mosaic', 'drawing', 'work of the free fine arts', 'sketch', 'sculpture', and 'statuary', as used in this paragraph, shall not be understood to include any articles of utility or for industrial use, nor such as are made wholly or in part by stenciling or any other mechanical process; and the terms 'etchings', 'engravings', and 'woodcuts', 'lithographs', or 'prints made by other hand transfer processes', as used in this paragraph, shall be understood to include only such as are printed by hand from plates, stones, or blocks etched, drawn, or
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