4 — Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
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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.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
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