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. 14029 Stat. 10854 Stat. 123679 Stat. 1318Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a)84 Stat. 773(, ; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. , 5 F.R. 2421, ; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 30 F.R. 8819, ; , , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a)84 Stat. 773section 201 of Title 39“United States Postal Service” substituted in text for “Postmaster General” pursuant to , , , set out as a note under , 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
79 Stat. 1318section 311 of this titleOffice of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. , 30 F.R. 8819, . 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 .