Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 51.djvu/289

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287 FRANCE-CUSTOMS, SYRIA AND THE LEBANON-FEB. 18 , 1937 F) Articles and products imported by dispensariesfor the care of the sick: Subsistence articles and products: household articles, ordinary soap. Special articles and products listed in paragraph E above. The value of the goods admissible annually duty free cannot exceed 1,200 Libano-Syrian piasters per person assisted. G) Articles and products imported by orphanagesfor the support and instruction of their inmates: Articles of apparel listed in paragraph B above, excluding leathers and hides, and silk ribbons, cords, threads and cloth. Subsistence articles and products listed in paragraph B above. Alimentary products referred to in paragraph E above. Office supplies listed in paragraph B above. School goods referred to in paragraph D above. Special articles and products listed in paragraph C above, to which should be added: musical instruments, recompenses for prizes (ornamented books, frames, boxes and children's toys), patterns of fine lingerie, works of tapestry, samples and articles of dry goods, intended for girls' orphanages, tools and instruments for manual work, intended for boys' orphanages. The value of the goods admissible annually duty free cannot exceed 2,500 Libano-Syrian piasters per orphan. H) Articles and products imported by hospices for the sustenance of their inmates: Articles of apparel contemplated in paragraph G above. Sustenance articles and products listed in paragraph B above. Alimentary products contemplated in paragraph E above. Office supplies listed in paragraph B above. The value of the goods admissible annually duty free cannot exceed 7,000 Libano-Syrian piasters per person assisted. ARTICLE 2. The importations of construction materials, materials for the installation and maintenance of buildings, mechanical equip- ment, motors, appliances, apparatus and gear of all kind (electrical installations, pumps, etc.), made by the establishments contemplated in article 1 of this decree, continue to be governed by decrees Nos. 6/LR, 166/LR, 211/LR and 232/LR of January 31, 1931, July 30, September 13 and October 4, 1934. Nevertheless, such materials and equipment do not benefit from exemption from customs duties unless they are introduced through a port of the Levantine States under French Mandate. ARTICLE 3. Those articles, products, materials and equipment, enumerated above, for which like articles are found on the domestic market, produced by local industry or agriculture, may, simply by decision of the superior authorities, be excluded from the benefit of exemption from customs duties.