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PUBLIC LAW 198-AUG. 5, 1953 Public Law 198
August 5, 1953 [H. J. R e s. 290]
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JOINT RESOLUTION Creating a committee to assist in the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Congress of 1754, held at Albany, New York, on June 24 of that year. Whereas June 24, 1954, will mark the two hundredth anniversary of the first Congress held in the United States; and Whereas said Congress was assembled in Albany, New York, on a site presently marked with a simple inscription, "Birthplace of American Union. Site of the Congress of 1754, Here Benjamin Franklin presented the first plan of federal union"; and Whereas it is fitting that this Congress of 1953 pay tribute to its stirring beginning: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed a committee of fourteen Members of Congress from the seven States which sent delegates to the Congress of 1754, seven of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and seven by the Speaker of the House, to participate in the ceremonies in Albany, New York, on June 24, 1954, to celebrate the date on which the first Congress in America adopted this resolution: '•Resolved^ That a union of all the colonies is absolutely necessary for their security and defense." Approved August 5, 1953. Public Law 199
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August 5. 1953
"JOINT RESOLUTION
[H. J. Res.325]
iji^ establish the date of the second regular session of the Eighty-third Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second regular session of the Eighty-third Congress shall begin at noon on Wednesday, January 6.1954. Approved August 5, 1953. Public Law 200
August 5, 1953 [H. R. 1806]
Code of Federal Regulations. 44 USC 311.
CHAPTER 333
AN ACT To amend further the Federal Register Act, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 503), as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 11. (a) The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register is authorized, with the approval of the President, to require, from time to time as it may deem necessary, the preparation and publication in special or supplemental editions of the Federal Register of complete codifications of the documents of each agency of the Government which have general applicability and legal effect, which have been issued or promulgated by such agency by publication in the Federal Register or by filing with the Committee, and which are relied upon by the agency as authority for, or are invoked or used by it in the discharge of, its activities or functions, and are in force and in effect as to facts arising on or after such dates as may be specified by the Committee.
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