318 mrs xx.-FLAG AND snr. T I T L E X X . FLAG ANI") SEAL. secq E mv 1791. The tlagto be 13 stripeaand 37 stars. g 1793. Seal of the United States. 1792. A star to be added for every new § 1794. Secretary of State to keep and um State. the seal. The llsgtobew Sec. 1791. The Bag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal ¤¤’i1>¢¤¤¤ 37¤'¢¤*¤· stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the {lag shall be thirty- ‘ ]$‘jhiT?,Tg seven stars, white in a blue field. 1, v. 1, p.,34l. , 4 April, 1818, c. 34, s. 1, v. 3, p. 415. Asmm beadd- Sec. 1792. On the admission of a new State into the Union one star
- 6 70* °*°"Y M" shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take ehect
Sum on the fourth day of July then next succeeding sueh admission. 4 April, 1818, c. 34, a. 2, v. 3, p. 415. Se4l¤ft.hsEnitcd Sec. 1793. The seal heretofore used b the United States in Congress $fff*j; _ assembled is declared to be the seal of tge United States. 15 Sept., 1789, c. 14, s. 3, v. 1, p. 68. Se<·re¤ry¤f$¤¤¢¤ Sec. 17 94. The Secretary of State shall keep such seal, and shall make ‘°l§°°P“"l“"°*h° out and record, and shall atiix the same to, all civil commissions for oth- Q°°:.l..r--,-.. . cers of the United States, to be appointed by the President, by and with 15 Sept., 1789, 4-. the advice and consent of the Senate, or bv the President alone. But 14. ¤- 4. V- 1.1} 68· the seal shall not be afiixed to any commission before the same has been 5712 ]f;"·• lg? "· signed by the President of the United States, nor to an other instru- 5 j,,,,.f_'°j8·;g_ ,._ ment. without the special warrant of the President therezer. 131, a. 14, 1-. 18, p. 420.—Ma.rbury v. Madison, 1 Cr., 158.
