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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II. CHs. 267, 268 . 1930 .

277 CHAP. 267.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite the States May 13,1930. of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum i13. J . Res. 244 .) Exposition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be held October 4 to October 11, 1930, [Pub. Res., No.71.) incl usive . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the International Petro. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President leum Exposition, Tul . sa, Okla. of the United States is authorized to invite by proclamation, or in states and fo rei gn such other manner as he may dee m proper, th e States of t he Union countries invited to and all foreign countries to participate in the proposed International par~tippe40 ' Petroleum Exposition, to be held at Tulsa, Oklahoma, from October 4 to October 11, 1930, inclusive, for the purpose of exhibiting samples of fabricated and raw products of all countries used in the petroleum industry and bringing together buyers and sellers for promotion of trade and commerce m such products .

Articles for exhibi- SEC . 2 . All articles that shall be imported from foreign countries tion, etc., admitted for the sole purpose of exhibition at the International Petroleum free of duty, etc . Exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre- Sa les per mit ted, sul r scribe ; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell j ect to revenue reguy any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition, Miens. subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secr etary of the Treasury may Proviso. prescribe : Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn Payment of duty . for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal ; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling Allowance for deteri . and necess ary exposure, the duty, if pa id, shall be assessed accord- oration, etc . ing to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consump- Penalty for illegal tion or use, and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced s ales, etc . against any person guilty of any illegal sale, use, or withdrawal . SEC. 3 . That the Government of the United States is not by this peln nsoe, Government ox- resolution obligated to any expense in connection with the holding of such exposition and is not hereafter to be so obligated other than for suitable representation thereat . Approved, May 13, 1930 . May 13, 1930. CHAP . 268.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the settlement of the case of [S . J. Res . 1651 United States against the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company, pending in [ Pub . Res.,No.72 .1 the United States District Court in and for the District of Delaware . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives the United Sinclair Crude Oil States of America in Congress assembled, That Special ounsel Atlee Purchasing Company. Settlement of claim Pomerene and Owen J . Roberts, representing the United States be, against, authorized . and they are hereby, authorized to settle the case of United States ag ainst Si nclair Cr ude Oil Purchasi ng Compan y (Numbe red 1431 , civil), now pending in the District Court of the United States for the District of Delaware for the sum of $2,906,484 .32, which sum is now deposited by the defendant in escrow pending approval of such settlement by the Congress .

Judgments against to Resolved, That upon receipt of said sum by the Treasurer of the be sati sfied b y specia l United States said special counsel be, and hereby are, authorize d to counsel . satisfy any judgment which may be entered in said cause against the defendant pursuant to such settlement, upon payment by defendant of the record costs therein. Approv ed, May 13, 1930 .