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[70 Stat. 1067]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 1067]

70 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW lOOa-AUG. 6, 1956

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1774. Altars, pulpits, communion tables, baptismal fonts,.t^*""*' P"1P"«' shrines, mosaics, or parts of any of the foregoing, and statuary (^except casts of plaster of paris, or of compositions of paper or papiermache), imported in good faith for the use of, either by order of or for presentation (without charge) to, any corporation or association organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes." (b) This section shall apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this section, and to mosaics covered by entries or withdrawals which have not been liquidated or the liquidation of which has not become final on such date of enactment. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to teriln^J'huVcT admit free of duty any stained glass or any prefabricated panels con- stam/ord, conn, sisting of stained glass set in reinforced concrete with fastening devices which may be imported within the twelve-month period commencing on the date of enactment of this Act for use in the construction of a new sanctuary and auxiliary buildings for the First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, Connecticut. Approved August 6, 1956. "PAR.

Public Law 1002

CHAPTER 990

JOINT RESOLUTION August 6, 1956 To amend the Act of August 20, 1954, establishing a commission for the cele- * ' ^'—^^ • — bration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act of ton*Bi^en't"mIild August 20, 1954 (ch. 770, 68 Stat. 746), is amended by inserting commission, before the period the following "or in the alternative they may receive their transportation and not to exceed $20 per diem in lieu of subsistence'. SEC. 2. The Act of August 20, 1954 (ch. 770, 68 Stat. 746), is further amended by inserting a new section 5 to read as follows: "SEC. 5. The Commission is authorized to— " (a) accept donations of money and property and to utilize the same in carrying out the purposes of this resolution; " (b) accept and utilize services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel and to pay any such personnel when engaged in the work of the Commission necessary travel and subsistence expenses or, in the alternative, transportation, and not to exceed $20 per diem in lieu of subsistence; "(c) cooperate with patriotic and historical societies and with institutions of learning; and " (d) call upon Federal agencies for their advice and assistance in carrying out the purposes of this resolution." SEC. 3. Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the Act of August 20, 1954, are redesignated sections 6,7,8, and 9 respectively. Approved August 6, 1956. P u b l i c Law 1003

CHAPTER 1012

JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the operation of the Emergency Ship Repair Act of 1954. Resolved by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of

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