Notes on 4 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code - Notes

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(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
SHORT TITLE OF 2000 AMENDMENT                   
Pub. L. 106-252, Sec. 1, July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 626, provided
that: "This Act [enacting sections 116 to 126 of this title and
provisions set out as a note under section 116 of this title] may
be cited as the 'Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act'."
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10798                     
Ex. Ord. No. 10798, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 79, which prescribed
proportions and sizes of flags until July 4, 1960, was revoked by
section 33 of Ex. Ord. No. 10834, set out as a note under this
section.
EX. ORD. NO. 10834. PROPORTIONS AND SIZES OF FLAGS AND POSITION OF
STARS
Ex. Ord. No. 10834, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6865, provided:
WHEREAS the State of Hawaii has this day been admitted into the
Union; and
WHEREAS section 2 of title 4 of the United States Code provides
as follows: "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."; and
WHEREAS the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended [now chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40,
Public Buildings, Property, and Works and title III of the Act of
June 30, 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.)] authorizes the President to
prescribe policies and directives governing the procurement and
utilization of property by executive agencies; and
WHEREAS the interests of the Government require that orderly and
reasonable provision be made for various matters pertaining to the
flag and that appropriate regulations governing the procurement and
utilization of national flags and union jacks by executive agencies
be prescribed:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the
armed forces of the United States, and the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [see Short Title
note under section 471 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
Works], it is hereby ordered as follows:
PART I - DESIGN OF THE FLAG                    
Section 1. The flag of the United States shall have thirteen
horizontal stripes, alternate red and white, and a union consisting
of white stars on a field of blue.
Sec. 2. The positions of the stars in the union of the flag and
in the union jack shall be as indicated on the attachment to this
order, which is hereby made a part of this order.
Sec. 3. The dimensions of the constituent parts of the flag shall
conform to the proportions set forth in the attachment referred to
in section 2 of this order.
PART II - REGULATIONS GOVERNING EXECUTIVE AGENCIES        
Sec. 21. The following sizes of flags are authorized for
executive agencies:
Size                         Dimensions of Flag   
Hoist           Fly   
(width)       (length) 
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Feet          Feet
(1)                                              20.00         38.00
(2)                                              10.00         19.00
(3)                                               8.95         17.00
(4)                                               7.00         11.00
(5)                                               5.00          9.50
(6)                                               4.33          5.50
(7)                                               3.50          6.65
(8)                                               3.00          4.00
(9)                                               3.00          5.70
(10)                                              2.37          4.50
(11)                                              1.32          2.50
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Sec. 22. Flags manufactured or purchased for the use of executive
agencies:
(a) Shall conform to the provisions of Part I of this order,
except as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to the provisions of
section 24, or except as otherwise authorized by the provisions of
section 21, of this order.
(b) Shall conform to the provisions of section 21 of this order,
except as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to the provisions of
section 24 of this order.
Sec. 23. The exterior dimensions of each union jack manufactured
or purchased for executive agencies shall equal the respective
exterior dimensions of the union of a flag of a size authorized by
or pursuant to this order. The size of the union jack flown with
the national flag shall be the same as the size of the union of
that national flag.
Sec. 24. (a) The Secretary of Defense in respect of procurement
for the Department of Defense (including military colors) and the
Administrator of General Services in respect of procurement for
executive agencies other than the Department of Defense may, for
cause which the Secretary or the Administrator, as the case may be,
deems sufficient, make necessary minor adjustments in one or more
of the dimensions or proportionate dimensions prescribed by this
order, or authorize proportions or sizes other than those
prescribed by section 3 or section 21 of this order.
(b) So far as practicable, (1) the actions of the Secretary of
Defense under the provisions of section 24(a) of this order, as
they relate to the various organizational elements of the
Department of Defense, shall be coordinated, and (2) the Secretary
and the Administrator shall mutually coordinate their actions under
that section.
Sec. 25. Subject to such limited exceptions as the Secretary of
Defense in respect of the Department of Defense, and the
Administrator of General Services in respect of executive agencies
other than the Department of Defense, may approve, all national
flags and union jacks now in the possession of executive agencies,
or hereafter acquired by executive agencies under contracts awarded
prior to the date of this order, including those so possessed or so
acquired by the General Services Administration, for distribution
to other agencies, shall be utilized until unserviceable.
PART III - GENERAL PROVISIONS                   
Sec. 31. The flag prescribed by Executive Order No. 10798 of
January 3, 1959, shall be the official flag of the United States
until July 4, 1960, and on that date the flag prescribed by Part I
of this order shall become the official flag of the United States;
but this section shall neither derogate from section 24 or section
25 of this order nor preclude the procurement, for executive
agencies, of flags provided for by or pursuant to this order at any
time after the date of this order.
Sec. 32. As used in this order, the term "executive agencies"
means the executive departments and independent establishments in
the executive branch of the Government, including wholly-owned
Government corporations.
Sec. 33. Executive Order No. 10798 of January 3, 1959, is hereby
revoked.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.

STANDARD PROPORTIONS                       
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Hoist (width) of flag 1.0: A
Fly (length) of flag 1.9: B
Hoist (width) of Union 0.5385, ( 7/13 ): C
Fly (length) of Union 0.76: D
P0.054: E
P0.054: F
P0.063: G
P0.063: H
Diameter of star 0.0616: K
Width of stripe 0.0769, ( 1/13 ): L
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