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4 U.S.C. § 3 — Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of flag
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Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, 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 manufacture, 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 article 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, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words “flag, standard, colors, or ensign”, as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which sha
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Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, 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 manufacture, 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 article 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, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words “flag, standard, colors, or ensign”, as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.
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The following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America is established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States. The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to sections 1 and 2 of this title and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.
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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)
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E
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§ 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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