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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 9— NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE · § 318

§ 318. Weather signals on mail cars

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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.)
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  • Apr. 25, 1896, ch. 140
  • 29 Stat. 108
  • 54 Stat. 1236
  • 79 Stat. 1318
  • Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a)
  • 84 Stat. 773
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§ 318
Weather signals on mail cars
ActApr. 25, 1896, ch. 140
Stat.29 Stat. 108
Stat.54 Stat. 1236
Stat.79 Stat. 1318
Pub. L.Pub. L. 91–375, § 4(a)
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