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4 U.S.C. § 2 — Same; additional stars

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4 U.S.C. § 2 — 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.

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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.

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4 U.S.C. § 1 — Flag; stripes and stars on

The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field.

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4 U.S.C. § 2 — Same; additional stars

Page 3 TITLE 4—FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES § 4 Standard proportions Hoist (width) of flag 1.0 Fly (length) of flag 1.9 Hoist (width) of Union 0.5385 (7⁄13) Fly (length) of Union 0.76 0.054 0.054 0.063 0.063 Diameter of star 0.0616 Width of stripe 0.0769 (1⁄13) A B C D E F G H K L § 2. 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 ad- mission. (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.) § 3. Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutila- tion of flag Any person who, within the District of Colum- bia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, fig- ure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any ad- vertisement of any nature upon any flag, stand- ard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufac- ture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any arti- cle or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, at- tached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to ad- vertise, call attentio

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