4 USC § 2 - Same; additional stars
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identifier: "/us/usc/t4/s2"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "4 USC § 2 - Same; additional stars"
title_number: 4
title_name: "FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES"
section_number: "2"
section_name: "Same; additional stars"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "THE FLAG"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-03-03"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)"
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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 admission.
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**Source Credit**: (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)