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title: "15 U.S.C. § 188"
description: "Publication of commercial information"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION"
section: "188"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 188"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 188 - Publication of commercial information
## Text
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. § 211; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 211 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 2, 11 Stat. 60.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.