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

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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.

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39 U.S.C. § 201 — United States Postal Service

There is established, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the United States Postal Service.

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15 U.S.C. § 311 — Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section, act Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 1, 26 Stat. 653, as amended, relating to the establishment of a Weather Bureau in the Department of Commerce, was omitted because the Weather Bureau was consolidated with the Coast and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in the Department to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration, and the office of Chief of the Weather Bureau was abolished, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note below. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to the Secretary of Commerce all functions of the Bureau and the Chief of the Bureau. Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out as a note under [section 1511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1511&num=0&edition=prelim), abolished the Environmental Science Services Administration, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator, and established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce. By Department Organization Order 25–5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486, July 29, 1974, the Secretary of Commerce delegated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a number of functions vested in him, including his functions under this chapter of the Code. By order of the Acting Associate Administrator, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, the following organizational names appearing in chapter IX of subtitle B of Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the Administration, were changed: Environmental Science Services Administration to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (ESSA to NOAA); Coast and Geodetic Survey to National Ocean Survey,

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

Page 722 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 318 section 215 of former title 10, and was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 68A Stat. 648. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Weather Bureau consolidated with Coast and Geo- detic Survey to form new agency in Department of Commerce known as Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2, of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 311 of this title. Functions of Bureau and Chief of Bureau transferred to Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan. Subsequently, Environmental Science Services Administration abolished and National Oce- anic and Atmospheric Administration established. By Department Organization Order 25–5A, Secretary dele- gated to NOAA his functions under this chapter of the Code. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA, organizational name of Weather Bureau changed to National Weather Service. For further de- tails, see Codification note set out under section 311 of this title. Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940 transferred Weather Bu- reau from Department of Agriculture to Department of Commerce. § 318. Weather signals on mail cars The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the United States Postal Service, may ar- range a plan by which there shall be displayed on all cars and other conveyances used for trans- porting 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), A

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