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Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States (Sections 1 - 146)
Chapter 1 - The Flag (Sections 1 - 10)
Sec. 2 - Same; additional stars
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES CHAPTER 1 - THE FLAG Sec. 2 - Same; additional stars |
| Contains | section 2 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 61 Stat. 642 |
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4 U.S.C. § 2 (2014)
ยง2. Same; additional stars
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.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
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