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[78 STAT. 301]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 301]

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PUBLIC LAT? 88-363-JULY 7, 1964

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SEC. 8. The Commission shall hold at least one meeting every cal- ^^l^^'^^^ ^"'^ endar year and shall submit an annual report to the United States and Canadian Governments on or before March 31 of each year, including a general statement of the operation for the previous year and the results of an independent audit of the financial operations of the Commission. The Commission shall permit inspection of its records by the accounting agencies of both the United States and Canadiar Governments. SEC. 9. The Commission shall maintain insurance in reasonable insurance. amounts, including, but not limited to, liability and property insurance. Such insurance may not cover the Commissioners or employees of the Commission except when sued by name for acts done in the scope of their employment. SEC. 10. In an action against the Commission instituted in a district ^°"'^ action. court of the United States, service of the summons and of the complaint upon the Commission shall be made by delivering a copy thereof to the United States attorney for the district in which the action is brought, or to an assistant United States attorney, or to a clerical employee designated by the United States attorney to accept service in a writing filed with the clerk of the court, and by sending a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the Commission by registered or certified mail. SEC. 11. (a) The United States Government shall not be liable for ^^'^""y °^ ,

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any act or omission or the Commission or oi any person employed by, or assigned or detailed to, the Commission. (b) Any liability of the Commission shall be met from funds of the Commission to the extent that it is not covered by insurance, or otherwise. Property belonging to the Commission shall be exempt from attachment, execution, or other process for satisfaction of claims, debts, or judgments. (c) No liability of the Commission shall be imputed to any member of the Commission solely on the basis that he occupies the position of member of the Commission. SEC. 12. The Commission shall not be subject to Federal, State, or ^J^^^^'° '*'" municipal taxation in the United States on any real or personal ""^ property held by it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any personal or real property, or on its income, whether from governmental appropriations, admission fees, concessions, or donations. SEC. 13. For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, any gift, devise, or bequest to or for the use of the Commission, and accepted by the Commission under authority of this Act, shall be deemed to be a gift, devise, or bequest to or for the use of the United States, as the case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, devise, or bequest to or for the use of the Government of Canada under the income, estate, or gift tax laws of the Government of Canada. SEC. 14. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Appropriation. Department of the Interior without fiscal year limitation such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act and the agreement with the Government of Canada signed January 22, 1964, article 11 of which provides that the Governments of the United States and Canada shall share equally the costs of developing and the annual cost of operating and maintaining the Roosevelt Campobello International Park. Approved July 7, 1964.