15 U.S.C. § 318 — Weather signals on mail cars

The Secretary of Commerce , in cooperation with the United States Postal Service , may arrange a plan by which there shall be displayed on all cars and other conveyances used for transporting United States mail suitable flags or other signals to indicate weather forecasts, cold-wave warnings, frost warnings, and so forth, to be furnished by the Secretary. (Apr. 25, 1896, ch. 140, 29 Stat. 108 ; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. June 30, 1940 , 5 F.R. 2421 , 54 Stat. 1236 ; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 13, 1965 , 30 F.R. 8819 , 79 Stat. 1318 ; Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a) , Aug. 12, 1970 , 84 Stat. 773 .) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Transfer of Functions “ United States Postal Service ” substituted in text for “Postmaster General” pursuant to Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a) , Aug. 12, 1970 , 84 Stat. 773 , set out as a note under section 201 of Title 39 , Postal Service, which abolished the office of Postmaster General of the Post Office Department and transferred its functions to the United States Postal Service . Executive Documents Transfer of Functions Office of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965 , 30 F.R. 8819 , 79 Stat. 1318 . Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940 transferred Weather Bureau from Department of Agriculture to Department of Commerce . For further details, see notes set out under section 311 of this title .

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