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Chapter VIII: Section I: All articles which shall be imported from foreign

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countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition,
upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, will be
admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges,
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe under an act of the Congress providing for the
exposition.

SEC. II. It will be lawful at any time during the exposition to
sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property
imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition
buildings or on the grounds, subject to such regulations for the
security of the revenue and for the collection of import duty as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Such articles
when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States will
be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by
the revenue laws in force at the date of the importation, and
all penalties prescribed by the laws of the United States will
be applied and enforced against such articles and against the
person who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.

SEC. III. Such arrangements will be made with the Government of
the United States as will permit the transportation of foreign
exhibits in bond direct to the exposition grounds, which will be
designated as a United States bonded warehouse.

ARTICLE XIII.

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Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition CommissionChapter VIII: Section I: All articles which shall be imported from foreign

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