No part of the consular and other commercial reports of the Department of Commerce, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published.
Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150 23 Stat. 324 Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10 32 Stat. 829 Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1 37 Stat. 736 (, ; , ; , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act , substituted “Department of Commerce” for “Department of Commerce and Labor”.
Transfer of Functions
Act , transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.