<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id7984e9d5-9cee-11e3-bf66-cae9e34f5083" identifier="/us/usc/t4/s2"><num value="2">§ 2.</num><heading> Same; additional stars</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">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.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id7984e9d6-9cee-11e3-bf66-cae9e34f5083">(<ref href="/us/act/1947-07-30/ch389">July 30, 1947, ch. 389</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/61/642">61 Stat. 642</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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