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4 U.S.C. § 2 — Same; additional stars
submitted 79 years ago by ch. 389 to r/title-4-FLAG-AND-SEAL-SEAT-OF-GOVERNMENT-AND-THE-STATES · 38 words · no verdicts yet
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This law adds a star to the U.S. flag when a new state joins. The new star doesn't appear right away. It takes effect on the next Fourth of July after admission.
When a new state is admitted to the Union, one star is added to the flag's union — the blue field of stars.
That addition doesn't happen the moment the state is admitted. It takes effect on the fourth day of July that comes right after the state joins. So a state admitted at any point during the year still waits for that following Independence Day before its star officially counts.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission.
Source credit: (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1947Enacted · Act of July 30, 1947, ch. 389 · 61 Stat. 642
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 389 on 1947-07-30.
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