Post Office Consolidation Act of 1872

{{see also|Post Office Act (disambiguation)}}

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The Post Office Consolidation Act of 1872, formally entitled as the Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to the Post-office Department ({{USStat|17|283}}, enacted June 8, 1872) consolidated the United States Post Office Department into the Cabinet of the United States. It is most notable for a rider enacted under section 148; this was the first provision in what later became known as the Comstock Act of 1873.{{cite book|title=Not in Front of the Children: 'Indecency,' Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth|first=Marjorie|last=Heins|authorlink=Marjorie Heins|year=2007|publisher=Rutgers University Press|edition=3rd|isbn=978-0-8135-4221-8|page=277}}{{USStat|17|302}}