§ 188. — Publication of commercial information.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC188]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5--STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 188. Publication of commercial information
The Secretary of Commerce shall publish official notifications, from
time to time, of such commercial information communicated to him by
diplomatic and consular officers, as he may deem important to the public
interests, in such newspapers, not to exceed three in number, as he may
select.
(R.S. Sec. 211; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4,
1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 211 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, Sec. 2, 11
Stat. 60.
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted ``Secretary of Commerce'' for
``Secretary of Commerce and Labor''.
Transfer of Functions
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury
Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
